OneForce Blog-3: Human Brain & the Superb Mind (Part 1 of 7)

A superb mind begins with a healthy, balanced brain—a reality that everyone must know to live happier, more satisfied life. What is the mind—and what is the brain? Are they the same and one? Certainly not—our minds differ from our brains. The brain, as we were taught in HS, is an organ linked to the central nervous system while the mind is the workings of the brain. Note the difference?

The human brain exists as the finest hardware of our being—it controls our thoughts, our moods, and how we feel—it determines our character, habits, inclinations, attitudes, actions, and behaviors.

The human brain remains as the central organ of our personality—it determines our uniqueness in comparison with others.

The human brain is the main organ of success—it’s the starting point of how we achieve our dreams and goals—or how we failed at trying to achieve them. It’s this remarkable piece of gray matter (found between our ears) which separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Our brain provides that grand distinction allowing us to rule and dominate the entire creations on earth.

The human brain personifies mystery and complexity—it’s the most mysterious part of the human body—and remains to be the most complicated object in the universe.

The human brain simply dominates the way we live our adult lives—everything we do and say emanates from this control center called the brain. It is therefore important to learn how to treat, protect, and care for this magnificent part of our body. Helping the brain results to tremendous benefits—the opposite is also true—hurting the brain creates repercussions.

Now you must choose—because you’re either supporting or damaging your brain at any moment of your life. If you want a better life, choose to improve your mind by supporting your brain.

None of us are stuck with these brains—we can alter them—we can improve them. Researches show that more than 90% of human brains are unhealthy and unbalanced which can result to more problems, more chaos, and more conflicts—certainly making life harder. The great news is—we’re not stuck with these unhealthy brains—we can alter them—we can improve them. It’s from the remarkable feature of the human brain to plasticize that gives us a high level of certainty that our brains can truly change by adding or losing its neural networks. Positive flexing leads to new habits of success—creating new versions of happiness and satisfaction. Negative flexing, on the other hand, results to a harder life. Contradictory to what most people believe, our brains can continuously flex throughout during the entire lifetime—human brains are not hardwired. (Traditional belief says that human brains become hardwired when a person reaches the age of nineteen.) Human brains are not fixed—they change on a moment by moment basis. These are new and exciting scientific findings about the human brain.

Did you know that almost 90 percent of what we know about the brain is discovered only in the last decade? 1990s is seen as the decade of the human brain. But what’s really scary and surprising is that more than 80 percent of what we used to know about the brain to be true is actually false! Neuroscience continuously discovers new things about the human brain—-and how these discoveries can help people live better lives.

There is now no truth in the old adage, “Old dogs can’t learn new tricks.” The fact of the (gray) matter is—change is always happening within the brain—making each person’s learning and adjustments to environment a lifelong career whether he is 3 or 93 years old. Both young and old are malleable and they can learn new tricks. When it comes to our brains, change is king—change is permanent. Don’t be fooled again by that old saying—neuroscience has proven otherwise—it’s telling us what’s really true.

The human brain has an astounding biology beyond your wildest dream. It is a complexity of trillion neurons and connections linking one brain cell to another. Try to imagine the population of Metro Manila—give each resident 10,000 strings that will link him to another person. Multiply that intricacy by a thousand fold—you now have a human brain! The amount of linkage is tremendous that these neural pathways have outnumbered the stars in the universe. You and I actually have more connections in our brain than there are stars in the universe. A micro-area like a size of a pinhead houses 30,000 to 50,000 brain cells that are linked together and communicating with each other. A single neuron by itself is not impressive but a trillion neurons coordinating and speaking with each other is creating that higher intelligence in humans. The human brain is composed of the cerebrum, the brain stem, and the cerebellum. It is surrounded by three protective layers of tissue called the meninges, and bathed in liquid called the cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid protects the brain from injury and provides nourishment to its surrounding tissues. Although it looks unappealing like a wrinkled walnut with a consistency of a mushroom, it is packed with powers beyond your wildest dream, seriously.

Today’s brain is about three times bigger than the brain of our ancestors (who existed 2.5 million years back.) The human brain was found to increase its nerve cells by 150,000 per generation. And when it comes to our brains—SIZE DOES MATTER—and how you use it also counts. You don’t really want a small brain—and you don’t want to misuse it. No, no, no, no, no.

Here are some symptoms of an unhealthy, unbalanced brain—a person’s brain is unhealthy when:
- He/she starts to lose memory.
- He/she feels bad or in moods for no apparent reason.
- He/she feels irritated easily.
- He/she is sick, has illness or disease. (Our body is really a product of our thoughts.)
- He/she loses focus very easily.
- The list goes on and on.
All answers on “whys of human behavior” are found deep within the neurons.

Happiness, contentment, and success start with a superb mind—superb minds begin with healthy balanced brains. You and I shouldn’t take our brains for granted—help it, support it. The human brain is still our best organ for success!

Hope you enjoyed this third blog—from your friendly mind engineer.

Imagine the possibilities.

Homer Villa

OneForce Blog-2: The Mighty Power of Thought

I’m recollecting some matters in our last TG reunion and it’s about the most important asset a person could have. What could be that asset—is it the money—his house—the business—or even his family? Well, medical doctors claim that a person’s most important asset is his physical wellbeing, his health—and who won’t agree? Our physical health is really a goldmine—one that is truly important if we consider performing at our peak every moment. Let me suggest another personal asset—his mental attitude towards things, towards life. I’m replaying OneForce info sheet—every experience we had is an EFFECT and the MIND, interestingly enough, is the CAUSE.

Mental attitudes are important because they are processes by which one gives meaning to something and internally reacts to things he sees, he hears, and to every experience.

Could it be that Pinoy attitude be a cause of Pinoy disunity?

Could it be that blaming President Gloria Arroyo be the most comfortable reaction—the easiest thing to do for us to feel good? Are we not to blame Pinoy (mental) attitude for all the miseries disunity? As my TG friend Jet would say, internal change must begin with the man in the mirror—to improve this nation.

Perhaps, the time is NOW to change the norm of that Pinoy mindset—start thinking, start believing (now) that The Filipino People is A United Race.

You’re probably observing current realities and thinking, “That’s a hard thing to do because that’s not what I see in this country.”—and I can understand that reaction—the Filipino brain is used to this type of thinking (To see is to believe.)

And that can be a problem—we were taught to “see first” in order to believe something to exist—we were taught merely to observe what’s happening.

Change is possible—we can shift our thinking pattern from “To see is to believe” to “To believe is to see.”—which is really what the Holy Book prescribes. We can change mindsets and grasp a power of new thought patterns that lead to genuine change within.

In other words, let’s change the way we think so we change the results—permanently.

Old ways of thinking patterns brought us current realities that we often don’t appreciate very much. Emphatically, NOW is a moment to change—beginning with our thought patterns—and to start believing—so we can see—that The Filipino is indeed a United Race. TO BELIEVE IS TO SEE.

A key is to focus on what’ common—focus on the things that we can both work on together—and not on the things that we disagree with. Start focusing on what is constructive, on what is common—and we shall see great things.

Does anyone have an idea how powerful a human thought is—how powerful the mind is. Well, if you ask me—human thoughts are more powerful than any boosting force emanating from rocket ships or space shuttles. It’s that powerful but how? A space shuttle requires megatons of airline fuel to create massive thrusting force in order to escape earth’s gravitational pull, ultimately crossing-over earth’s atmosphere. And that’s enormous.

Your thoughts, on the other hand and by far reaching standards, pass the earth’s atmosphere, escape the grip of the solar system, and further escape the greater grip of the Milky Way galaxy in a fairly easy manner! Our thoughts don’t require megatons of airline fuel to cross-over earth’s atmosphere—all we need to do is create an idea in our minds, and zoom!—it touched the biggest star in the universe in no time.

Our daily prayers, using only our thoughts, are capable of reaching the third heavens in which no sophisticated equipment, even the most advanced space shuttle or rocket can reach.

That is the mighty power of thought! Comparing human thoughts with rocket ships—absolutely no match.

Imagine the possibilities.

Homer Villa

OneForce Blog-1: Super-human Abilities & Peak Performance

I’d like to share my thoughts with you that ran into me today and it’s about super-human abilities found in every individual, you and me.

You’re maybe skeptical that each person holds extraordinary power hidden within and this is really scientific. Each person has these super-human abilities whether he recognizes it or not. We simply possess them.

Let me share that scientific fact: a human body actually comprises of trillions of living cells and a micro-area like a size of a pinhead can house 30,000 human cells if that area is found in the brain. Each cell within the human body generates 1.15 volts of power like a generator or in medical term that’s mitochondria of the human cell. Conclusively our physical bodies have the capacity to generate trillions of volts of power that is enough to light-up Taguig City for nearly a week—amazing! Scientists however, have not discovered yet that particular machine that will extract human voltage power from people if that’s what’s in your mind.

Let’s go to another perspective of the super-human capabilities that are more visual and we witness daily. What do you think Bill Gates, Manny Pacquiao, and Barack Obama have in common—they all have super-human abilities that made them greats in their lines of work—Bill Gates is great in business, Manny Pacquiao is pambansang kamao and great in sports (boxing), and Barack Obama is simply spectacular in politics. These gentlemen are not Spidermen nor Batmen, nor some Marvel comic heroes. They possess REAL super-human abilities hidden in the subconscious mind.

The good news—all of us have them hidden in our subconscious mind. Look and observe yourself—you have it! You have become great in your own lines of focus. The level or degree may vary but you have it.

Let me drive another point: You’ve probably met a 70-year old grandma walking with her cane, experiencing all sorts of pain in her hips, her knees, practically all joints found in her body. Then you wonder and could not believe your eyes because in a split-second, you find this old woman grabbing a refrigerator on one hand and carrying another sack of rice on her little shoulder just because her house is on fire! Are you imagining the scenario? How could that be?

Of course we already knew the answer—it’s from the adrenaline rush that pumped into her system and made her transform from a weakling grandma into a wonder grandma or wonder woman without a suit. But that is not the question. The real question is—why do people use these super-human abilities only when their houses are on fire? Isn’t this an odd way of using our super-human abilities? Think about it. Why are we using these superpowers infrequently and not all the time nor at will? Why wait for the house to get on fire before using that extraordinary ability? This is the real question.

Perhaps an opportunity has risen: People can live better if they learn to control and release those super-human capabilities from the subconscious part of their brains.

And how do we exactly do that? By what many success coaches and experts refer to as brain reconditioning process which involves expanding the number of brain cells thru non-invasive methods (no brain surgery required) and by enhancing brain wave patterns such as beta, alpha, gamma, delta, and theta frequencies for brains to function normally and extraordinarily.

One researcher showed that normal brains are found in less than 10 percent of the population and that the remainder has damaged brains. OMG. And if you look around you, his research finding is quite persuading.

The norm he said is that “brain damage is normal.”

But it doesn’t have to be the norm—there are untapped benefits for having a medically-sound, healthy and balanced brain. A person gets to release and utilize his super-human capability at will. He gets to heal himself physically by producing the necessary neurotransmitters or brain chemicals necessary for normal body function. Not to forget money savings from not using them on doctor’s fee, medicines, and hospital bills. He can even lose weight and trim his beer belly without dreaded diets, difficult exercises, and drugs.

The latter is really a personal experience including curing myself on two occasions of severe tonsillitis without antibiotics. Best of all, you can tap these capabilities during the entire lifetime.

Brain science has proven these necessary miracles of life. It’s really all for the taking.

Here’s a final note about super-human capabilities: What do you think will happen to a 3-year old girl who gets operated in her brain wherein her right hemisphere was completely taken out leaving only the left hemisphere of her brain intact?
(a) She dies.
(b) She becomes a vegetable and in a coma.
(c) She becomes paralyzed on the left side of her body.
(d) None of the above: Her physical and mental abilities are still normal. She is functioning perfectly in spite of removing the right hemisphere of her brain.

If you answered (d) none of the above, you are perfectly right!

Wanna bet 1,000 pesos? I want your cash now, hehehe.

There’s another super-human ability residing in every brain that was discovered only last decade and was never heard of before—it’s about the brain’s amazing flexing power. The child with half of her brain taken out is still mentally and physically normal—difficult to believe, but it’s true!

If a child with half of her brain taken out in a medical operation can function normally, how much more can an average person with two hemispheres of his brain still intact within his skull can function even better, attain higher level of performance, and be a super-human being.

Imagine the possibilities.

Homer Villa