
Originally Posted by
miyay
saw a documentary in national geographic about the power of the mind to alleviate pain. a patient was shown an image of her brain, focusing on the pain centers. pain was shown as a bright flame. the patient was asked to focus her mind into making the flame smaller. until it dies out. the patient reported that the smaller the flame becomes the lesser the pain.
the researchers theory that a person can control pain was based on the study of Buddhist monks who were able to control pain using the power of the mind.
the mind is really powerful

The mind is its own heaven out of hell or hell out of heaven!