Why are you asking why?

This article was prompted from three (now four) e-mails opened early this a.m. (just after making several notes I asked, “what now,” and received a nudge to go to my inbox and, sure enough, there was a fourth), which was from a friend who received the invitation to attend a workshop from Ryan Bruce, publisher of Brad Cullen books and sponsor (and webmaster) of the website, which carries my (Brad Cullen) articles about spiritual topics.

The first three basically asked, “Why should I take you up on the offer to participate in one of the pilot project workshops?” The fourth was merely a comment that it would be intriguing to see what kind of results the invitation garnered.

Because it is science...that's why.

Here’s the answer: The latest scientific research into some of the workings of the human mind have been exciting to Ryan and me because so much of the research confirms things we have been saying, from our own experiences, for the past 17 years of our collaboration.

Let’s enumerate some of what the research has demonstrated point-by-point and what the Virtual Reality Workshop (vrw) could (no guarantees, of course) do for participants to make positive changes that they desire …not only emotionally, mentally and spiritually, but even physical improvements:

1. There are myriad ways to simplify our lives and make them far more satisfactory …some are complicated, long range and costly …Ryan’s and my position has steadfastly been, find what works for you and go for it. Utilizing our imaginations to change negative realities in our lives has proved extremely beneficial for us and a vrw is merely an introduction to the process of becoming happier and more productive. The latest research confirms imagination is a key and vrw is one possibility for you.

2. Neuroscientists increasingly agree that the reality which exists within each of our minds differs from the reality in the imagination of everyone else. Therefore, from my humble, non-scientific point of view, it is time for each of us to take control of our own imaginations to create a better reality …Ryan and I both attest that our realities have improved immensely on our journey together and we’ve witnessed the improvements in countless others.

How fast can you move in Virtual Reality?

A vrw may help you, how will you know, if you don’t try it?

3. Nobel peace prize winner, Eric Kandel (do yourself a favor and Google his name) won the prize in the year 2000 for demonstrating that a single nerve cell from a sea slug can be taught to become more curious about its surroundings …and when it does – IT CREATES NEW NEUROPATHWAYS which allows it to send and receive an ever-increasing amount of information with other organisms. In other words, it develops an increased ability to IMAGINE.

Will a vrw do this for you? How will you know if you don’t try it? If a single cell from a ridiculously simple organism can take on mind-blowing powers, imagine what you, you who has unlimited potential can gain!

4. We’ve been talking a lot lately about what researchers are proving related to the functions of all parts of the human mind. I’ve taken the view that the human mind is composed of three basic parts with myriad sub-sets in the three: The Conscious, which is our thinking and planning part, which in our lives, moment by moment, can hold only about four bits of information, in the memories we consciously bring into view, but only for brief periods. We tend to believe that we are conscious of hundreds of things at once …neuro-researchers have proven this to be untrue.

"Accept no ones word for it." Challenge everything through experiment.

The second part of the mind, according to Brad Cullen’s (hereafter bc) non-learned, non-scientific) hierarchy), the sub-conscious, for which Ryan coined the term, “Master Mental Processor” (mmp), is recording all this stuff which is contained in our memory banks (more unscientific terminology from bc), but our conscious minds (without some specific training and help) cannot access.

The third part (again, ala bc) is the super-conscious which is our direct connection to what I refer to as our SPIRIT-PARENT and others may refer to as Infinite Intelligence, God, and whatever other terms or names each of us might prefer to use to indicate that “something” which is beyond or above our ability to even begin to understand – again, a current bc belief which you may not necessarily share.

A vrw can be an interesting tool to get all three parts and their subsets to integrate into one whole that makes this life far more satisfying and simple …again, how will you know unless you try it?

5. Neuro-scientific research has also proven something that may have seemed obvious to many of us and that is that all of us have selective memories. Ten eye- witnesses to a crime or even an accident often have ten WIDELY differing memories as to what happened; which, again, proves what the researchers are saying from a scientific basis, that is, when we have intense negative feelings and prejudices about anything, such as fears, worries and doubts we need to remember that the feeling has less to do with what is going on presently and more to do with the feeling we had at the time of some past incident.

Nice slogan...want to know how to do it?

Another thing proven by recent research is that the human mind prefers to record and place negative feelings above positive feelings such as, joy, happiness, peace and the like, as a mechanism for self preservation; in other words, to protect us in the event of future dangers. This can, rather obviously, be a veritable, mental cesspool, producing tension and stress – stress and tension, another scientifically proven source of all sorts of emotional and physical discomfort and even disease.

Can a vrw help you begin to sort out which memories and feelings to keep because of their value and which you need to replace because they are doing you harm? Ryan and I believe they will help, but how will you know unless you try?

Now I want to add a whole bunch of other research-engendered thoughts, but my dear friend and publisher, Ryan Bruce gets a bit upset with me when I go on and on about anything, but the above referenced three e-mails asked why and hopefully this will give you a taste of what I told them and what you may be asking.

Try a vrw …you might like it. If not, you can move on to something else.

bc

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