Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon

When you ask Anna about her past health problems, she will tell you that having those challenges was the best thing that ever happened to her. Think about it: What if the worst thing that ever happened to you turns out to be the best thing that has ever happened to you? She often tells me that she loves her present life, and I always respond, “Of course you do, you created your life every day by not getting up from your meditations until you were in love with that life. So now, you get to love your life.”

more you repeat a thought, choice, behavior, experience, or emotion, the more those neurons fire and wire together and the more they will sustain a long-term relationship.

the body has no energy left in its inner environment for growth and repair, compromising the immune system.

emotionally addicted to a life she hated.

The rush of adrenaline and the rest of the stress hormones arouses their brain and body, providing a rush of energy.1 In time, they become addicted to the rush of that chemistry

finally physically manifested the pain and suffering she’d emotionally experienced in her mind.

could teach her body emotionally what her future would feel like ahead of the actual experience.

become so conscious of her unconscious thoughts, behaviors, and emotions

elevated emotions of love, joy, gratitude, inspiration, compassion, and freedom could signal new genes to make healthy proteins affecting her body’s structure and function.

controls all the automatic functions that happen beyond the brain’s conscious awareness