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How To REPROGRAM Your Mind While You Sleep To Heal The BODY & MIND! | Bruce Lipton

Have you ever felt held back by a habit or pattern of thinking that you feel powerless to break? Or perhaps felt frustrated by a loved one’s failure to see mistakes they’re repeating?

Bruce LiptonguestDr. Rangan Chatterjeehost
Nov 2, 20221h 32mWatch on YouTube

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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT

Bruce Lipton on Reprogramming Subconscious Beliefs to Transform Health and Relationships

  1. Lipton argues that about 95% of daily behavior comes from subconscious programs downloaded in childhood, mostly in the first seven years, while the conscious mind drives only about 5%.
  2. He claims genes do not control destiny and that stress, via epigenetics and blood chemistry shaped by thoughts, largely determines disease and health, citing his stem cell culture experiments.
  3. Lipton names three ways to reprogram the subconscious: hypnosis or theta states such as falling asleep to recorded programs, habituation through repetition, and energy psychology modalities he says can work in 15 to 20 minutes.
  4. Both speakers discuss how unconscious patterns play out in relationships, self-talk and energy use, with Lipton sharing his own story of self-criticism, failed relationships and a lasting partnership.
  5. Lipton advises parents to give young children positive messages, and says older children and adults can still change through repeated new habits.

IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING

5 ideas

Most behavior runs on autopilot programs

Lipton says that when the conscious mind is busy thinking inward, the subconscious takes over and plays downloaded programs, which is why people can't see their own patterns even when others can.

Knowledge alone doesn't change habits

Lipton says the conscious mind learns by reading and ideas, but the subconscious is a habit mind that learns differently, so a well-informed person can still see no change in their life.

Genes are not destiny

Lipton says less than 1% of disease is tied to genes and over 90% is stress-related. He argues the environment and our thoughts, translated into blood chemistry, control gene activity, as his cell experiments showed.

The brain turns pictures in the mind into chemistry

Lipton says holding images of love leads the brain to release chemicals like dopamine, oxytocin and growth hormone, while fear releases stress hormones, changing how cells behave.

There are three routes to reprogramming

Lipton lists hypnosis or theta states such as falling asleep to recorded programs, repetition and habit, and energy psychology, which he says can shift programs in 15 to 20 minutes.

WORDS WORTH SAVING

5 quotes

Are you living the life you want, or are you living the life you've been programmed? And the answer, unfortunately, is most of us are living the life we've been programmed.

— Bruce Lipton

Knowledge is power, and lack of knowledge is a lack of power.

— Bruce Lipton

The subconscious mind, by definition, is the habit mind. And I go, "Significance, habits resist change because if habits change, then they're not habits anymore."

— Bruce Lipton

Whatever picture you hold in your mind, the brain translates that into complementary chemistry.

— Bruce Lipton

It is simply impossible to achieve long-term health and happiness if you hate yourself.

— Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

Read the available transcript
Subconscious versus conscious mindChildhood programming and theta brain stateEpigenetics and stress-related diseaseStem cell experiments and culture mediumReprogramming through sleep, habit and energy psychologyRelationships and the honeymoon effectSelf-talk, choice and wasted energy

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  • Bruce Lipton

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    Cell biologist and author known for popularizing epigenetics and mind-body influences on biology.

  • Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

    host

    Medical doctor and host of the podcast/YouTube show “Feel Better, Live More.”

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