Coaching, Your Brain And Quantum Physics

What do these three areas have to do with each other?

You may be surprised, that it's more than you think. In fact, it has everything to do with what you think.

When you get deep down in it, you'll notice that every action begins within the confines of a person's head. A complex process of thought and emotion is triggered inside your brain that is manifested as a behavior.

It's only in the last 10 years or so, that science has been able to pinpoint exactly how this process takes place. And evidence is beginning to mount, that it's breaking the barriers of what we believed to be true.

A number of breakthrough findings are shedding light in what's behind how we perceive our world, and it gives us ideas of how we can succeed in understanding how to harness its incredible power.

This spongy, three pound mass of fatty tissue inside your skull controls every human activity; but it is its discovered potential that is fascinating to neuro-scientists today. The Society for Neuroscience in a recent article reflected that "The extent of the brain's capabilities is unknown, but it is the most complex living structure known in the Universe."

This is so because of the structural and functional makeup of its inter-connected neurons. Its activity takes place at the ionic level, and as notable neuro-scientist Jeffrey Schwartz has noted "if you have a basic understanding of Newtonian versus quantum physics you will know that this means the brain itself is a quantum environment."

A funny thing happens in quantum physics; when it comes to governing rules, quantum theory completely destroys the foundations of Newtonian physics.

This implies that we are subject to the postulations of quantum mechanics, and what this says is that the question that we ask of nature influences the outcome you see. The questions you ask of your brain significantly affect the connections it makes; altering the pattern of the neural connections with every thought it generates.

An important realization is that we can alter the outcome of the brain's neural connections, thus altering our reality, by intently focusing our attention on the vision we want to achieve. This is not at all unknown for people that meditate; by learning mindfulness meditation techniques and applying them to their lives, people have been able to craft and pursue their life vision.

We also know that the brain is highly adaptable, effectively changing its structure through a process that's been widely recognized, called "neuro-plasticity." We just have to learn how to harness the its ability to alter its neural patterns. How? By working with, instead of against, its own language...thought.

If we take the words of W. Clement Stone "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" somewhat further, we learn that achievement must begin in the mind. The messages you give it, be it positive or negative, will be played out in the scenario of your mind and re-enforced through a habitual adaptation of the behavior.

This happens, as also do many things that we take for granted, mostly in a non conscious manner. There's a lot about how our brains function that is conducted without us necessarily knowing about it. Most of our activity goes on seemingly on autopilot.

Where does coaching come in?

By clearly bringing attention to what we're doing in a non-conscious manner. What does your brain need? Would be a common question of coaching taking on this approach. In doing so, we can hope to gain insight of why we are the way we are, why we do things in a particular manner, and it helps us focus on finding the best solution among many, sometimes conflicting thought patterns that are competing for attention in your mind.

The fact is that everyone has thoughts, everyone shares in the energy of the creative. Not many people however know how to act on great thoughts, and express them fully as a perceived reality. Yet with some effort, questions and focused attention, we can effectively produce results. Science now shows us how this works exactly; making it more understandable.

Now it's in our hands to take advantage of the opportunity.

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