Well, I am sure this is true!
http://prepareforchange.net/2016/03/13/does-your-mind-influence-your-autonomic-immune-system/
Do we have to feel sick? Do we have to feel cold? Or do humans have the potential and ability to influence our immune system with the power of the mind? The immune system of a human being is a system of many biological structures and processes within us that protects us against disease. Among other functions it is what regulates how our internal organs work. In theory, it operates unconsciously without any sort of input from our consciousness.
February 24th, 2016, by Seth Leaf Pruzansky
Conventional scientific thought has long said that we can not choose to influence our immune system or our autonomic nervous system. According to this school of thought, the body does what it does and our mind is only along for the ride. But what if we could use our mind and our consciousness to effectively override the immune system?
Wim Hof, a 56-year-old man from the Netherlands, is someone who would say that could be done. According to him, people can be trained to strengthen their bodies and prevent disease. Hof has shown without a shadow of a doubt that he can control his autonomic nervous system and not only that, but that this ability can be learned by others.
Hof has climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro in his shorts within a two-day period, has completed a marathon above the Arctic Circle in Finland while wearing shorts with temperatures of minus 20° Celsius, and has stood submerged in ice for close to two hours.
How does he do this? By controlling his body temperature through consciousness and meditation.
Hof says anyone can do this, and research has shown that this is true. The study says, “With the help of simple techniques like breathing exercises, meditation and repeated exposure to cold you can activate the autonomic nervous system and inhibit the response of your immune system.”
In one experiment, Hof trained 12 healthy young male volunteers for 10 days. Each volunteer learned specific breathing and meditation techniques. They swam for long periods in ice-cold waters, with their bare skin exposed to sub-zero temperatures. This would lead one to believe that they would suffer hypothermia, or at the very least have their immune system compromised, but according to the research the men ended up suppressing any symptoms that would normally come with such exposure.
Hof is not the only one to show that this can be done. During visits to remote monasteries in the 1980s, a team of researchers studied monks living in the Himalayan Mountains who could, by Tum-mo meditation, raise the temperatures of their fingers and toes by as much as 17°. The same team of researchers also made measurements on practitioners of other forms of advanced meditation in Sikkim, India. To their great surprise, they came to find that these monks could lower their metabolism by 64 percent.
The demonstrations of Hof are exemplary representations that depict the potential residing within our own consciousness. And while it’s wonderful to be in awe of such accomplishments, it’s more important to use these feats as inspiration to develop the potential of our own innate intelligence, specifically in the consciousness that is your own.
In 1954, when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier by running a mile in 3:59.4 as part of his training, it opened the door to others to reach this milestone and even better it even though experts said it couldn’t be done! It was said that Bannister achieved this marathon record by assiduously visualizing his success in order to create a sense of certainty in his body.
Now, the four-minute mile is a common occurrence. Imagine what world health would be like if individuals were able to control their consciousness to or beyond the levels of Hof? I know that I personally am inspired to make such feats a common occurrence!
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power of the mind has no limits.....................
I agree a hundred percent the mind is a wonderous piece of the body and can heal and do so much more with its own power
yes, specially when we get rid of our programming and prejudices....
Well Char, it is such a natural process for me I feel that this teaching is best reserved for those who need it.....such as the many people who suffer from joint pain, muscle fatigue, arthritis, diabetes, allergies, seasonal flu, poor blood circulation, etc.....As I do not suffer such things, I mean this for others who do.....I like to help those who are in need of help...That is something that all of us should be here for, if working for the Light....
Having the ability to warm the body using visualisation, is well known to me and it works...I do it automatically, in a cold environment.....Sure saves on energy bills.... ;-)
I really seek for every modern person to realise that meditation works, because it enhances inner strengths, which can COMPLETELY effect the physical aethers of our bodies, because those inner aspects are of a higher vibration, and include the lower and higher aspects of mind....When I say "mind" I mean the mental body, which is able to project thoughts into the receiving " crystal," we call a brain....The brain may process and relay those thoughts, but is not the causal energy behind them...only a receiving relay....Meditation proves to modern science, the truism that mind over matter is not only real, but absolutely & unmistakably so....Time to accept it and work with it, rather than endless rounds of tests and experiments, to confirm this, as we see conducted on Tibetan monks, for example...and noting that ALL EARTH HUMAN BEINGS, if trained, can do exactly what Tibetan monks can do, with mental discipline and meditational and visualisation skills..........even warming up a cold wet sheet covering, causing it to steam......while seated in minus Celsius conditions, which would normally lead to hyperthermia.....
Moreover, all health conditions can be cured by mind...By attitude and by focus...Now it is not very accurate to say that mainstream science say that mind has no effect in autonomic nervours system such as what control the immune system. They do aknowledge this very well and they term it as PLACEBO EFFECT. It is only that it is unknown to what extend can we consciously influence the autonomic nervous system.
Phylosophicaly, ERNST MACH had already debunk any notion that there is such a thing in universe as that which is acted upon by things but it itself never act upon things. If autonomic nervous system can affect or cause the mind, then under the right condition, the vice versa must be able to happen.