Your perception shapes reality: How epigenetics affect athletic performance
Every single item you perceive, hear, or encounter is unique to you. Everything in the universe that you perceive is unique to you because perception creates a universe.
Sometimes things aren’t what they seem. Your coworkers’ perceptions of the object in your office that you see everyday are different from your own. It depends on how intensely you are concentrating on the object or circumstance in question. People have various perspectives on the same topics. What actually happens to our reality is how we interpret the world. We each have a unique perspective on reality because of this.
Medical science has shown us that genes regulate how our bodies function. The genes we already have in our bodies cause our bodies to have medical issues, illnesses, and diseases. For instance, there is a probability that we will carry the cancer gene if one of our family members does. It’s as though our genes dictate what is genuine. With epigenetics, however, it is not true.
Epigenetics
Epigenetics is the study of inherited variations in gene expression or phenotype (appearance) brought on by processes other than modifications to the underlying DNA sequence. Genes are only blueprints, according to Lipton’s research on epigenetics.
If our genes control our lives, we are victims because we have no control over the genes we inherit. However, if epigenetics governs our lives, we have the choice to be in charge. In other words, we may alter our views! And when we do it, our genetic activity changes.
He added that genes do not determine who we are. The way we react to or interpret the world around us affects how the genes function. If our nervous system analyzes and interprets the environment before regulating the chemistry of the blood, if the perception in our mind is reflected in the chemistry of our body, then we may actually change the fate of our cells by changing our thinking.
This basically indicates that we have to alter the way we think. Take your athletic career as an example. You will actually lose if you believe you cannot succeed. It’s known as the “nocebo effect” (negative perception). However, if you have a winning attitude and believe you will succeed, you will. It’s known as the “placebo effect” (positive perception).
But one cannot simply accept that. It is insufficient to simply think positively. The conscious mind is the part of us that feels we can succeed and doesn’t want to lose, but there is another part of us that fears mistakes and losing sooner (the subconscious mind, or the deepest belief). According to neuroscience, our subconscious minds govern 95% of our lives.
Our subconscious mind is where we should be concentrating. Even though the subconscious mind is a million times more potent than the conscious mind, most individuals don’t even recognize that it is at work. By becoming aware, we can change the underlying limiting or self-defeating thoughts that don’t serve us by accessing the behavioral programming in our unconscious mind.
By turning on our alpha-theta waves, we can influence our subconscious mind. This is the stage in which we are in the flow, or where we are halfway between theta (deep concentration) and alpha (deep relaxation). We are altering our perception while we are in the flow state. Since we’re having fun and performing at our best, our activity mirrors our reality and leads to success.
Final thoughts
According to what Dr. Bruce Lipton taught us about epigenetics, our genes do not determine who we are. We have the ability to change our reality and perception. One method is to enter the flow state or stimulate your alpha-theta brain waves.
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