You are the placebo: making your mind matter

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Preface: waking up -- Introduction: making minds matter -- Information. Is it possible? ; A brief history of the placebo ; The placebo effect in the brain ; The placebo effect in the body ; How thoughts change the brain and the body ; Suggestibility ; Attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions ; The quantum mind ; Three stories of personal transformation ; Information to transformation: proof that you are the placebo -- Transformation. Meditation preparation ; Changing beliefs and perceptions meditation -- Afterword: becoming supernatural;Throughout history up until present, many cultures have traditionally experienced the effects of verifiable healings, along with hexes, curses, witchcraft, voodoo, and other mysterious phenomena. These effects-many of which were elicited by unscientific means-were brought about by the beliefs and lore of the society. Even today, pharmaceutical companies use double- and triple-blind randomized studies in an attempt to exclude of the power of the mind over the body. In You Are the Placebo, Dr. Joe Dispenza explores the history, the science, and the practical applications of the so-called placebo effect. Citing many amazing individual cases studies, this compelling book will empower you to personally use "the expectation of a particular outcome" to alter your internal states-as well as external reality-solely through the action of your mind. It offers the necessary understandings to change old beliefs and perceptions into new ones. In addition, it teaches a model of personal transformation that correlates with the placebo effect-without the need for any external influences ("placebos" such as sugar pills, saline injections, and so on). You Are the Placebo combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioral conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect. and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible." Preface: waking up -- Introduction: making minds matter -- Information. Is it possible? A brief history of the placebo The placebo effect in the brain The placebo effect in the body How thoughts change the brain and the body Suggestibility Attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions The quantum mind Three stories of personal transformation Information to transformation: proof that you are the placebo -- Transformation. Meditation preparation Changing beliefs and perceptions meditation -- Afterword: becoming supernatural