The plastic brain.

No matter where you are in your life today, if you want to change and if you believe you can then you will. The adult human brain still has the capacity to change, to be rewired, even in to old age. This is called plasticity, to be like plastic and remain malleable.

Our brains are affected by the environment in which we grow and live and by the things that we do. These discoveries are surprisingly recent. Even though a few scientists were investigating this in the 1800s, the considered wisdom until the 1990s was that the adult brain was fixed and immutable.
How wonderful it is for science to, yet again, support what ancient spiritual wisdom has been teaching for many thousands of years. Your environment affects and moulds who you are and by positively changing your thoughts you can change your environment. A complete circle of life.

As we stand on the planet it is whizzing round at huge speed, both on it's own axis and in it's orbit around the sun, and yet we don't feel any sensation of that movement. It would be easy to see why the idea of a round, spinning earth was so difficult for people to accept when it was first presented.
In just the same way there are spiritual laws or laws of nature that are at work constantly yet invisibly. They, just like gravity, operate equally in every situation and on every person, they don't favour one person over another, they don't stop and start randomly. They are just as constant as gravity and just as invisible.

When we know about these laws and we know about the flexibility of our brain to change it's wiring we can have hope that no matter how bad our life currently appears, it can change, we can change.
Through the powerful mind that exists in the brain and the heart, we can actively select thoughts that support our transformation, we can learn from books, workshops, lectures and even blogs, how we can choose a different path by carefully weeding the old thoughts and planting the seeds of new and empowering thoughts.

One are where the plastic brain research is making a difference is in the treatment of depression. Experiments have shown that voluntary exercise creates an expansion in the brain. That expansion in turn allows new learning more easily. So if you are currently struggling with any form of depression I invite you today to put on a jacket and go for a walk. Even if it just down the road to the recycling centre, the simple act of movement will help. If you are able to consider any other possibility, think about the sort of exercise you would enjoy. Perhaps a dance class, or Tai Chi, maybe aerobics or step classes work for you, or a simple, peaceful walk in nature. What ever inspires you, and no matter how hard it may feel to do, to first step will begin a journey to releasing depression and moving into a new life of joy, peace and love.

Today I move my body in ways that I love and that inspire me. I know as I move in this way my brain supports ever greater expansion and I grow in every way.

My new radio show starts today. The Metaphysical Motivator is internet based, it's on for 1 hour starting at 6pm GMT (that's London time) and you can listen in by following this link: http://southernspiritualradio.co.uk I look forward to hearing from you.