Sunday, June 29, 2008
A couple of nights back I saw a film called What the [Bleep] Do We Know? It had some interesting points to make about relativity and entanglement theory—two of the precepts behind the idea that every atom in the universe (including those that make up each of us) is interconnected. It has deep implications on how we treat others and the universe we live in.
The film also introduces ideas on how our emotions create the version of world we each see. In one instance a scientist photographs molecules of water before and after an emotion is channeled into them. It is eerie enough to see that the shape changes with the introduction of an emotion. However, it is disturbing to see the difference between, say, the result of love—a beautiful snowflake-like crystal—and anger: a formless, jagged mass. If our bodies are made mostly of water, how do our emotions affect us? Perhaps there is more to being positive than we realize.
According to the film, when we feel or think the same things over and over it causes our minds to rewire into a perception of the world based around the people, places and events that created the thoughts or emotions in the first place. We experience something significant, and the brain releases hormones called peptides tied to the emotions. Over time our bodies get used to—and even dependent on—running on these things. Maybe we hesitate to get into and out of new emotional states because our bodies dread the chemical withdrawal that will take place when we change our thoughts and introduce new emotions.
I’m sure there are scientists who support or disagree with what the film has to say, but one thing looks to be possible: we have the ability to design the reality we perceive from the inside out. We can create a world for ourselves filled with love and happiness; or fear and hurt. We can push ourselves into a rut—or we can pull ourselves out of one—with the act of consciously filling our minds with the thoughts and emotions we want to act as the foundations for the world our minds will perceive.
3 comments:
I believe that you are what you think. I didn't know the reason was that because water takes on the emotions that we have and produces that chemical. I will continue to strive to think and feel positively instead of negatively.
I definitely think there is some truth to what you wrote. I suppose it implies that if you try to be happy all the time, and have a positive outlook, it's easier to stay happy, and vice versa. We have some control over our world, but it doesn't come without some effort on our part...
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