…cannot be seperated from the body.

What more proof do we need? Here we have clear evidence that the mind can influence what happens in the body. They two cannot be seperated. Mind, body, soul, are all one.

Albeit, the study involves only 15 healthy male volunteers with a mean age of 25 years and a range of 21 to 30 years. A series of systematic and highly suggestive tools were used to trick the volunteers into believing they had been administered a potent analgesic during the manipulation and test phase of the experiment. The suggestions involved the use of color coding for the fake creams and verbal suggestions relating to the anticipation of pain including the introduction of extreme heat on the forearm of the volunteers.

An MRI was utilized to scan the dorsal horn region of the spinal cord during the test phase of the experiment. In analyzing the findings, the Eippert team of scientists caution the size of experimental group may have influenced the study. However, the physical manifestations of the deceptive suggestions including “fake” creams, packaging and verbal suggestions could be detected on the fMRI as reducing pain.

In Between Mind-Body Split: Chronic Pain Relief