3 Brain Circuits That Prove You Are Never Alone | Dr. Lisa Miller

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0:33We have done 10 years of MRI studies through which we've found very specific circuits in the brain true to every single human being on earth. And they show us that we are built to receive and perceive a relationship to our higher power. Really? Does that higher power mean whatever that word is for you, God or universe or whatever that is? it's whatever your word may be as it applies to the deep loving guiding presence in life is it our higher selves or our creator it is our creator okay it is our interesting so and it's not just something bigger than ourself because something bigger than ourself could be something unfortunate like a cult or an extremist group that's bigger than ourself this is something loving, guiding, and ever-present.

1:19And the MRIs reveal this? Like, how does it show this? MRIs show that we are built to perceive a loving, holding, guiding creator. Specifically, there are three circuits in the brain. We all have these three circuits. The first is the bonding network, which lets us know that we are loved and held, just as we were loved and held as children in our parents' arms. The second is a shift in our attention network from the narrow task-driven gotta-have-it, gotta-get-it, dorsal attention, to the big view of the ventral attention network. The lights come back on and a new direction pops. We receive guidance.

2:03We are loved, held, we are guided. And the third core component of the spiritual brain is the parietal that puts in and out hard boundaries so that we know that Lewis is in this chair and Lisa's in the other, and we have friends at all different GPS coordinates. We are a point and we are a wave. We are unique and we're part of one family of life, the greater oneness. Loved, held, guided, and never alone. The three circuits in our brains that allow us to see that we are loved, held, guided, and never alone. map on to the reality of a creator who is all loving, all knowing, and all present. If someone doesn't have a relationship to God or their creator that is all loving, all knowing, all present, and they don't believe in that, what happens to their brain?

3:00Or what do you see in MRI studies or research in that person's brain? So this is such an important point, we are all built not just to believe, but to perceive a loving, guiding, present creator. So if we don't, right, which is fine, right, that opportunity still exists within us. Nobody's left out. No one is born without these circuits. And the same way that we all are born with ears and eyes and feet, this is how we're built. So if I don't feel the presence, it's simply a matter of building the muscle. In the same way that we might have physical fitness for the physical core, we can have spiritual fitness for the spiritual core, practicing awakening.

3:47This can be prayer, meditation. It can be reflective reading or teachings, introspection, a deep connection to the divinity through nature. Whatever our pathway, it leads us to the same place. I feel like there's a lot of disconnected people in the world right now that are distracted by things that are not connecting them to source, to God, to their creator. And their ability to perceive that experience with God is diminished. And maybe it doesn't even feel like it's there at all. What actually changes inside of the brain for someone when they activate their awakened brain versus living disconnected?

4:28You can choose this very moment to activate your awakened brain. It is right there a quarter inch under the surface, built and ready to go. Everyone has this equipment. So then it's a choice. It's a choice. Because while the awakened brain is inborn, it is one third innate, two thirds cultivated. And you and you alone can cultivate your own awakened awareness. In the same way that you and you alone can build your muscles and build your stamina and cultivate your temperament, you and you alone can build your birthright.

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