by metatron 4 Replies latest jw experiences
see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3642356.stm
Ellen Langer wrote a surprizing book called "Mindfulness" that relates to this. What is amazing is that we are now seeing
more than just a psychosomatic effect - thoughts are actually affecting biochemistry and objective physical states.
Keep your attitudes cheery ( and stay young)
metatron
The results showed that memory performance in older adults was lower when they were primed with negative stereotypes.
This explains why some comments at a Watchtower study are so unpredictable, and why older dubs can't seem to remember the WTS's current teaching on a half dozen key doctrines.
It also explains why some elderly brothers thank Jehovah for their sins in their prayers.
Cause and effect. Chicken and egg ...
How do they know that the positive mental attitude makes you live longer?
Why not that healthier, stronger, pre-disposed to longer-living people have a better mental outlook ?
Since humans are so difficult to breed in captivity - and it takes so long for them to die, the best we can do is look
for objective biochemical changes developed in response to attitude modification ( see "Mindfulness").
The experiment described therein was quite radical: a bunch of old guys were isolated for a few months at a monastery
or something and surrounded with nothing but music, magazines and videos of stuff from the '50's. Their bodies appear
to have positively responded with objective changes. Deepak Chopra makes a big deal out of this - who knows?
metatron
