"You can lead your brain and inspire it. You can actively shape new neural pathways."
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"We have approximately 60,000 thoughts in a day. Unfortunately, 95% of them are thoughts we had the day before."
"The brain is a dynamic system that constantly processes and creates your reality. It works best if you balance all the things that the brain is good at. The brain is good at being adaptable, flexible, creative, and intelligent. But it's also good at playing and just being. A balanced life provides time - every day if possible - so that every function of the brain is allowed to come alive and flourish."
"We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster."
"Food can heal and renew. Food can be your anti-aging medicine."
"Mature workers are less impulsive, less reactive, more creative and more centered."
"The intention to live as long as possible isn't one of the mind's best intentions, because quantity isn't the same as quality."
"The fastest growing segment of the population in the world right now is over the age of 90, and in some cases over the age of 100 in some countries. So people are living longer. And even though much of it is attributed to modern medicine, it's not. It's lifestyle. It's nutrition. It's the quality of exercise, the ability to manage stress."
"Love and meaningful relationships are vital to physical and emotional well-being."
"I can transform my entire life. The universe is an unbroken, continuous fabric within which I can create and intend my destiny."
"The fact that we are born with the potential to go from simple survival to God-consciousness is the remarkable trait that sets our nervous systems apart from all other creatures. How to Know God."
"The accumulation of toxins in the body/mind system accelerates aging."
"People who become great leaders are those who take time to reflect every day on the big questions: Who am I? What is my purpose? Who are my heroes in history, mythology, and religion? What are my unique talents and how do I express them? These are the qualities of silent reflection that make a great leader, like Jesus."
"Eat a plant-based diet - which act like prebiotic and probiotics in the gut."
"We've just done a five-day retreat at the Chopra centre and people who went to the meditation retreat saw their anti-ageing enzyme increase by 40 per cent. We looked at their 23,000 genes and the self-healing genes were up regulated and all the genes related to heart disease, cancer and inflammatory diseases, diabetes, they all went down within five days."
"People who continue to nurture long-term and new friendships as they grow older are more likely to enjoy health and vitality."
"How can I create a better world? The more you reflect, the more your life will move into the answer."
"Inherent in every intention and desire are the mechanics for its fulfillment."
"You have the power to reverse your age."
"Nutritional complements, wisely used, can prevent many age-related illnesses and dramatically reverse your biological age."