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 I once came across the true story of a man who worked in a warehouse with a very large freezer room.
Near closing time, he entered the room to get some work done quickly, leaving the door slightly open. A security guard passing by noticed the open door, so he shut and locked it. Soon after, the man inside finished his work and tried to leave, only to find that he could not open the door. He shouted at the top of his lungs and made a variety of loud noises, but no one was close enough to hear him. Having worked there for a long time, he knew the temperature inside was -50 degrees Fahrenheit, and what effect it would have on his body if he had to spend all night inside the chamber. His fear went into high gear.
In the morning, someone opened the locked door to find the man inside. He was dead. Surprisingly, however, it was not cold: the power cord of the freezer had been unplugged all night. If he had known this fact, he could have had a good night’s sleep. What happened to the man in the refrigerated room overnight? His body was not frozen, but his brain had believed that he would not survive the night, and so he had died of fear. Thoughts and emotions like fear affect our body far more than suffering and pain itself.
Such is the incredible power of our brains. The information they take in and accept becomes our reality. The brain focusing on negative information then creates unstable brain waves and releases stress hormones that adversely affect physical and mental functions. Or, starting with positive information, we end up in a good body-mind state.
Thus, the presence or absence of life’s suffering and pain is a matter of the information path we choose to go down. So, with all your brain power, choose -- and choose well.
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some day soon!!!!!
