Joe Dispenza- Our Three Brains From Thinking to Doing To Being- TEDx
Summary
TLDRThis script delves into the human brain's three functional levels: the neocortex for thinking, the limbic system for emotions, and the cerebellum for subconscious actions. It explains how learning and experiences reshape neural connections, leading to personal growth. The narrative illustrates how applying knowledge, like compassion, can alter behavior and neural pathways, ultimately changing one's identity and genetic expression. It emphasizes the importance of repetition in solidifying new behaviors and reaching a state of being, where transformation becomes a natural, subconscious skill.
Takeaways
- 🧠 The human brain is composed of three distinct 'brains': the neocortex (thinking brain), the limbic system (emotional brain), and the cerebellum (reptilian brain).
- 💡 The neocortex is the most evolved part, responsible for conscious awareness and the process of gathering and processing information.
- 🔄 Learning involves creating new synaptic connections in the neocortex, which physically changes the brain's structure.
- 🔗 The principle 'neurons that fire together, wire together' explains how new information is biologically integrated into our neural networks.
- 💬 Remembering is the process of maintaining and sustaining synaptic connections, strengthening the bonds between neurons.
- 🌐 Experiences shape the brain's circuitry by organizing neurons into patterns and releasing chemicals that correspond to emotions or feelings.
- 📚 Personal growth can be achieved by applying intellectual knowledge to real-life situations, which in turn modifies behavior and creates new experiences.
- 🤔 Metacognition is the ability to observe and reflect on one's own thinking, allowing for the modification of behaviors and mindset.
- 🔄 The process of changing one's mind involves silencing old neural pathways and creating new ones that align with desired behaviors and attitudes.
- 🧠 The cerebellum, as the subconscious mind, stores habits and automatic behaviors that become second nature through repetition and practice.
- 🌱 Embodiment of knowledge, such as compassion, involves not just intellectual understanding but also emotional and physical experiences that can change genetic expression.
Q & A
What are the three 'brains' mentioned in the script, and what is the function of each?
-The three 'brains' are the neocortex, the limbic brain, and the cerebellum. The neocortex is the newest and most evolved part, responsible for conscious awareness and information processing. The limbic brain, also known as the emotional or mammalian brain, regulates internal chemical order and emotions. The cerebellum, the oldest part, is the seat of the subconscious mind and is responsible for coordination and balance.
How does the neocortex contribute to learning and memory?
-The neocortex contributes to learning by creating new synaptic connections every time new information is learned. This process of forging new connections is what defines learning. Memory, on the other hand, is the maintenance and sustaining of these connections. The neocortex physically changes as new information is learned, essentially upscaling its 'hardware'.
What is the significance of the phrase 'nerve cells that fire together, wire together' in neuroscience?
-The phrase 'nerve cells that fire together, wire together' signifies the principle in neuroscience that when neurons consistently fire in response to the same stimuli, they form stronger connections, effectively 'wiring' the information into the brain's structure. This is the biological basis for learning and memory.
What are neural networks, and how do they relate to our thoughts and behaviors?
-Neural networks are groups of neurons that have fired and wired together to form a community of neurosynaptic connections. They can be related to ideas, concepts, memories, skills, or behaviors. These networks have an electrochemical component and are the basis for our thoughts and actions, as they dictate the patterns in which our brain operates.
How does the script explain the process of changing one's mind through learning and experience?
-The script explains that changing one's mind involves learning new information and applying it, which leads to the modification of behavior and the creation of new experiences. This process involves the brain firing in different sequences, patterns, and combinations, leading to the formation of new neural networks that embody the new level of understanding.
What role does the limbic brain play in emotional memory and experiences?
-The limbic brain, also known as the emotional brain, is responsible for creating and storing emotional memories. It produces a chemical response when neurons organize into patterns during an experience, releasing a feeling or emotion. This chemical response helps to remember significant emotional events more vividly than routine ones.
How does stress affect the body and the brain?
-Stress occurs when the body is knocked out of homeostasis or balance. It triggers the fight or flight response, causing physical changes such as dilated pupils, dry mouth, increased heart rate, and changes in respiratory rate. Stress can be triggered by actual experiences or even thoughts alone, and if not managed, can lead to disease.
What is metacognition, and how does it relate to modifying behavior?
-Metacognition is the ability to think about one's own thinking, to pay attention to and observe one's own cognitive processes. It allows individuals to recognize and understand their reactions and feelings, enabling them to modify their behaviors to better navigate life's challenges.
How does the frontal lobe contribute to the process of changing one's self-concept?
-The frontal lobe is the seat of awareness and the home of the self-concept. It acts like a volume control, silencing circuits connected to the old self while promoting new patterns of thought and behavior. This process involves 'unhooking' from old behaviors and 'reconnecting' to new ones, effectively changing the mind.
What is the significance of the cerebellum in the process of embodying knowledge and forming habits?
-The cerebellum is the seat of the subconscious mind and is crucial in the process of embodying knowledge. When behaviors are practiced repeatedly, they become automatic and second nature, effectively changing the genetic expression and creating a state of innate behavior. This is how habits are formed and maintained.
How does the script define 'mind' in the context of neuroscience?
-In the context of neuroscience, the script defines 'mind' as the brain in action, the brain at work, or what the brain does. It emphasizes that the mind is not a separate entity but rather the result of the brain's activity, which can be changed by altering the brain's patterns of operation.
Outlines
🧠 The Three Brains and Neurological Learning
This paragraph introduces the concept of the 'three brains' theory, which includes the neocortex, the limbic system, and the cerebellum. The neocortex is described as the most evolved, responsible for conscious awareness and learning through the formation of new synaptic connections. The limbic system, or 'chemical brain,' is associated with emotions and internal chemical regulation. The cerebellum, the oldest part, is linked to the subconscious mind. The paragraph emphasizes the brain's capacity for change and adaptation through learning and the creation of neural networks, illustrating the mind as the brain in action.
💖 Emotional Memory and the Impact of Experiences
The second paragraph delves into the role of the limbic brain in emotional memory, explaining how significant experiences can create lasting memories by altering internal chemical states. It contrasts memorable events with routine activities that do not engage the brain as deeply. The narrative uses the example of 9/11 to illustrate how intense experiences can be vividly recalled. The paragraph also discusses the stress response, showing how thoughts alone can trigger physical reactions, potentially leading to disease if not managed properly.
🤔 Metacognition and the Power of Intention
This paragraph explores the concept of metacognition, the ability to think about one's own thinking, and its role in modifying behavior. It discusses how the frontal lobe, as the seat of awareness, can adjust the volume of neural circuits associated with past identities, effectively silencing old patterns of thought. The speaker encourages the application of learned knowledge to new situations, illustrating how intention and planning can rewire the brain to align with desired behaviors, leading to a change in the mind's state.
🌟 Embodiment of Knowledge and the Transformation of Self
The final paragraph focuses on the embodiment of knowledge through repeated experiences, such as practicing compassion until it becomes an automatic response. It discusses how the mind and body must work together to truly understand and apply knowledge, leading to a change in genetic expression and a new level of being. The paragraph concludes by emphasizing the importance of repetition in solidifying new behaviors and states of mind, ultimately activating the subconscious mind and leading to a transformative state of being.
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Keywords
💡Neocortex
💡Limbic Brain
💡Cerebellum
💡Neurons
💡Synaptic Connections
💡Neural Networks
💡Metacognition
💡Stress Response
💡Compassion
💡Epigenetics
💡State of Being
Highlights
The brain is composed of three parts: the neocortex (thinking brain), the limbic brain (emotional brain), and the cerebellum (reptilian brain). Each has its own anatomy, physiology, and sense of time and space.
The neocortex, the newest and most evolved part of the brain, is responsible for conscious awareness and is where learning occurs by forming new synaptic connections.
The limbic brain, also known as the emotional brain, regulates internal chemical order and is responsible for creating emotions from experiences.
The cerebellum, the oldest part of the brain in evolutionary terms, is the seat of the subconscious mind and controls automatic behaviors and skills.
Learning is defined as the process of making new synaptic connections in the neocortex, which physically changes the brain's structure.
Remembering involves maintaining and sustaining these synaptic connections, similar to how relationships strengthen with communication.
Neurons that fire together, wire together, forming neural networks that represent ideas, memories, or skills, which are the physical basis of learning and memory.
Mind is defined as the brain in action; it's what the brain does when it processes information and fires neurons in specific patterns.
Metacognition, the ability to think about one's own thoughts, allows individuals to observe and modify their behavior, leading to personal transformation.
The process of changing one's mind involves breaking down old neural circuits connected to the old self and creating new ones that reflect a new level of mind.
Repeated experiences of practicing new behaviors lead to the development of neural circuits in the cerebellum, making the new behavior automatic and part of the subconscious mind.
When mind and body work together in coherence, a person can achieve a state of being where their behavior aligns effortlessly with their intentions.
True transformation occurs when knowledge is applied consistently, leading to the embodiment of new habits and behaviors that are deeply ingrained in the subconscious mind.
Sustaining a new state of being where no external factors can disrupt one's coherence is the key to personal transformation and positively influencing others.
The ultimate goal of self-transformation is to reach a state of being where one’s thoughts, actions, and emotions are consistently aligned, enabling them to inspire and lead others by example.
Transcripts
good afternoon
now we have three brains that allow us
to go
from thinking to doing to being
each brain is its own individual
biocomputer with its own anatomy and own
circuitry
its own physiology and chemistry they
even have their own history
as well as their own sense of time and
space
now the first brain the neocortex
it's the newest brain in evolution it's
that walnut
shaped structure that sits on the
outside with all of its folds and
valleys and yellow there
it's the newest the most evolved and
highly specialized in human beings
right under the neocortex is called the
limbic brain
the chemical brain the emotional brain
or the mammalian brain
it's about the size of a lemon and it's
responsible
for regulating internal chemical order
right in the back of the brain stem
there
in red is called the cerebellum the
reptilian brain
it's the oldest brain in evolution it's
the seat of the subconscious mind
now your brain is made up of about a
hundred billion neurons
if you took a hundred billion sheets of
paper and stacked them on top of each
other
it would be five thousand miles high
that's the distance
from los angeles to london now nerve
cells
possess the unique ability to store and
communicate
information between each other so your
neocortex
your thinking brain is the seat of your
conscious awareness
you're listening to me right now with
your neocortex
and what the neocortex loves to do is to
gather information
and every time you learn something new
you make a new synaptic connection
in your thinking brain that's what
learning is learning
is forging new connections and every
time you learn something new
your brain physically changes
so you read a book on how to ride a
bicycle you read a book on how to build
a dog house
you read a book on how to dance the
salsa how to cook french cuisine
how to become successful how to be a
better parent and your brain literally
up scares it
upscales its hardware to reflect a new
level of mind
the principle in neuroscience says this
nerve cells that fire together
wire together and as you begin to learn
new information
you biologically wire that information
into your cerebral architecture
so if learning is making new synaptic
connections
then remembering is maintaining and
sustaining those connections
and just like any relationship the more
you communicate
the more bonded you become and neurons
are exactly the same way now once these
neurons begin to
fire and wire together they actually
form
networks what neuroscientists called
neural networks
now neural networks are just gangs of
neurons
that have fired and wired together to
form a community of neurosynaptic
connections
it could be related to an idea a concept
a memory
experience a skill or behavior an action
but these networks actually have an
electrochemical component
and if you want to see mind in action
watch this that's a thought right there
again so you generate more electrical
impulses in your brain in one day
than all the cell phones on the planet
put together
now the neuroscientific definition of
mind is
mind is the brain in action mind is the
brain at work
mind is what the brain does and because
we have a hundred billion neurons
seamlessly pieced together
we can make the brain fire in different
sequences
different patterns and different
combinations
and whenever we make the brain work
differently we're changing our mind
so once you've understood something
intellectually
theoretically once you've understood
something philosophically
if you take what you intellectually work
learned in your thinking brain
and you apply it you personalize it
you demonstrate it it means you're going
to have to modify your behavior in some
way
and if you change your actions and you
do something differently
you're going to have a new experience
now when you're in the midst of an
experience
everything you're seeing and smelling
and tasting and feeling and hearing
all of your five senses are gathering
this vital information from the
environment
and as you begin to process all this
information and it's rushing back to
your brain
jungles of neurons begin to organize
themselves into patterns
the moment those neurons string into
place
the brain releases a chemical and that
chemical is called a
feeling or an emotion so experience then
enriches the circuitry in your brain
neurologically
but then it produces a chemical that's
released in the second brain
called the limbic brain or the emotional
brain so you can remember your first
kiss you can remember graduating from
college
you can remember the birth of your first
child you can remember finishing a
marathon
you can remember catching a fish off the
coast of mexico
and then taking it home and cooking it
and drinking some really good wine that
tastes good and
feeling the ocean breeze on your face
and seeing the sunset
and we could say that you were altered
from that experience
the problem is you can't remember what
you had for dinner the night before
that's because routine lulls the brain
to sleep
so a great example of this then is most
americans can remember
exactly where they were on 9 11. you can
tell me
who you are with what time of day it was
and what you were doing
we could say then when you were in the
midst of that moment or that experience
everything you were seeing and hearing
changed your internal chemical state
and the moment you felt altered in some
way internally
your brain perked up and you paid
attention to whoever
or whatever caused it and that event in
and of itself
is called a memory now
let's say you read the book called
from forgiveness to compassion
to unconditional love and
this book had inspired you so much so
that you decided to read it twice
and as you began to review this
information in your mind
and contemplate on it and self-reflect
you begin to cause those neurons to form
into networks
to reflect a new level of mind you find
yourself in the shower thinking about it
you're driving to work and you're
contemplating these concepts
you begin to talk to your friends about
what you learn and
you're beginning to develop long-term
relationships and those neurons
and all of a sudden you're moving around
your office and you're saying
you know you need to be more
compassionate you know
wow and someone else you say you need to
forgive
everybody is impressed with your
knowledge they're knocking on your
office door
and they're asking you to administer to
them and you're resolving everybody's
problems
things are going really well
all of a sudden you're driving home from
work you get a call on your cell phone
and it's your spouse and your spouse
tells you
that they forgot to mention in the
morning that it's your mother-in-law's
birthday
and you pull over on the side of the
road and you think
i hate my mother-in-law she hurt my
feelings 10
years ago she tells the same stories
over and over again and you begin to
remember that you have some pretty
stressful moments
that branded you emotionally from your
past with your mother-in-law
now stress is when your body's knocked
out of homeostasis
stress is when your body's knocked out
of balance
now when you see a lion you begin to
turn on a primitive nervous system
but it doesn't even have to be your lion
a lion you could see your mother-in-law
and it produces the same exact effect
now let's go one step further it doesn't
even have to be the physical appearance
of your mother-in-law
you can begin to think about
certain things and auto suggest and you
can turn on the stress response
just by thought alone now your body
is your unconscious mind it does not
know the difference
between the actual experience in reality
that produces the emotion
and the emotion that you fabricate by
thought alone to the body
it believes it's in that experience so
the moment the limbic brain begins to
make blend of neuropeptides
it begins to signal the hormonal centers
and you get a rush of energy
to prepare you for this event real or
imagined
a moment that happens you become altered
in some way
fight or flight nervous system causes
your pupils to dilate
your mouth gets a little dry all of a
sudden your heart rate begins to change
your respiratory rate changes and blood
is being sent to your extremities
and now you're prepared to either do
battle with your mother-in-law
or never go to the dinner to stay and
run stay and fight
or to run now what was once highly
adaptive
all of a sudden is now maladaptive
because when we turn on the stress
response and we can't turn it off
now we're headed for disease so then
you're sitting on the side of the road
and then you think i read the book on
compassion
damn the moment you begin to think about
what you have to do something very
natural happens
you begin to think about what you're
thinking about
you begin to pay attention to how you're
reacting
you begin to notice how you're feeling
and that concept in neuroscience
is called metacognition we can observe
who we're being and because we can
observe who we're being
it means we could modify our behaviors
to do a better job in life
so now the frontal lobe is the seat of
your awareness it's the home of the you
and the me
and as you begin to think about who you
no longer want to be
the frontal lobe acts like a volume
control
and it begins to lower the volume in the
circuits in your brain
that are connected to the old self and
as it begins to
silence those circuits that are
connected to the old level of mind
that level of mind no longer fires and
you're observing it instead of
participating in it
and as you begin to silence those
circuits
nerve cells that no longer fire together
no longer wire together
and you begin to biologically break down
the circuits in your brain
that are connected to the old self and
to the old mind
now as you're sitting on the side of the
road you think
what piece of knowledge could i apply in
this situation from what i learned in
the book
and as you begin to plan your actions
and you begin to think about a new way
of being
and you begin to put yourself into the
equation
your brain naturally begins to fire
in new sequences and new patterns and
new combinations
and whenever you make your brain work
differently you're
changing your mind because mind is the
brain in action
and as the brain begins to fire in new
ways and you produce a new level of mind
nerve cells that fire together
wire together and you begin to install
the neurological hardware
ahead of the actual experience and now
you have circuits in place to use
when you get into that dinner so now
as you ask yourself what is compassion
and you begin to remember
all these different things that you
learned in the book the frontal lobe
like a great symphony leader begins to
synchronize these circuits
and when it begins to produce a certain
level of coherence
a certain level of mind your brain
naturally creates a hologram
or an image and that image then becomes
the internal representation
of what you are going to use when you
walk into that dinner
we would call that intention now there's
a very
very unique shuffle that kind of goes on
microscopically between different
circuits in your brain you're trying to
fire this new
thought called compassion but remember
you fired and wired all these other
circuits based on the last 10 years
so as you're beginning to fire this new
thought all these other thoughts are
saying you hate your mother-in-law you
don't want to go to that dinner why
don't you start tomorrow this isn't a
good time to do this
but if you persist with a certain amount
of amplitude
and you put your attention behind that
thought sooner or later
that thought will be the strongest and
loudest voice in your head
now the moment that becomes the loudest
voice in your head
the brain has to seal that circuit more
permanently
so when the action potential is firing
down the neuron from the presynaptic
cleft to the postsynaptic clef
there's a glue that seals the circuit
called neural growth factor
and it travels in the opposite direction
but there's only a certain amount of
that neural growth factor to go around
so it starts to steal the glue from the
neighboring circuits
and when that happens there goes your
memory of your mother-in-law
hurting your feelings ten years ago
there goes the thought that you hate her
there goes the impatience there goes the
intolerance and the only
signal that's traveling to that neuron
is called compassion
now every place where one neuron
connects with another neuron is a memory
when this happens you begin to
biologically and neurologically
prune away the old memory of the old
self
and this is the science of changing your
mind
if you want to see what it looks like in
real time let's try that again
you want to see what it looks like in
real time unhooking from the old self
reconnecting to the new self this can
happen
in moments now
get back on the road you make your
u-turn you're heading to the dinner
you're reminding yourself who you no
longer want to be silencing those
circuits in the brain
you begin to think about who you do want
to be based on the knowledge you've
learned and you're priming your brain
ahead of the actual experience
you walk into the dinner and you get
your behaviors to match your intentions
you get your actions equal to your
thoughts you get your mind and body
working together
and you do exactly what the book says
the moment that happens
all of a sudden you feel compassion
now the moment your heart begins to open
and you feel compassion
you are teaching your body emotionally
to understand what your mind
intellectually understood
you see knowledge is for the mind but
experiences for the body
and when we begin to experience
compassion now we are embodying
knowledge
the word is becoming flesh and the
limbic brain makes a new batch of
peptides
that signals the body and you begin to
literally change your genetic expression
because there's new information
coming to the gene and epigenetically we
signal genes
from the environment and you're changing
the fabric of you
because you're instructing your body
chemically to understand what your mind
is intellectually and philosophically
understood but it's not enough to do it
once
you can't forgive your mother-in-law one
time and expect to be on the stained
glass windows in church
you got to be able to repeat the
experience you got to be able to do it
over
and over again you have to do it so many
times that you no longer have to think
about it
and when you do it over and over again
you neuro
chemically condition the body to
memorize compassion
as well as the conscious mind and when
that happens when the mind and body are
working together
or the body knows as well as the mind
you activate that third brain
called the cerebellum the seat of your
subconscious mind
you've practiced it so many times that
you know how
but you don't know how you know how it's
automatic it's second nature
it's easy it's a habit it's a skill it's
an automatic behavior
and when you get to this level of
memorizing an internal chemical order
a level of innate now it's so innate in
you
that it's who you are when you get to
that point
where no person no thing no experience
can remove you from it because you have
sustained this level of coherence
now you're in a state of being
and so the way we transform the world
is we transform ourselves and when we're
in that state of being
we give people permission to do the same
thanks for listening
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