1.0Drishtikonehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikoneDesh Kapoorhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/author/drishtikone/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nmw6SzuxmJ"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2008/01/think-and-grow-thin-literally/">Think and Grow Thin – literally!!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2008/01/think-and-grow-thin-literally/embed/#?secret=nmw6SzuxmJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Think and Grow Thin – literally!!” — Drishtikone" data-secret="nmw6SzuxmJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Does mind rule over the body or the other way around? Can you change your body just by thinking differently? Well, there is this thing called a placebo affect. In tests, a person - with some ailment - is given just a sugar pill but told it is the real medicine. And miraculously, the person gets cured! Why? Because the mind believes that the body is taking the right medicine. But does it work if you were just told something with nothing "put" (not even a sugar pill) in you? Well, it seems to have worked. IN an interesting experiement, a Harvard psychologist, Ellen Langer, told some hotel maids - who were working hard physically throught their regular day jobs yet not losing any weight .. that they WERE actually exercising and so there was no reason for them to be fat! The maids used to carry the belief that their work did not give them time enough to "exercise" - and that was the reason for their extra weights. All the while they were hauling vacuum cleaners up and down stairs, cleaning up rooms... and doing other strenuous work.. without the physical results! So, two groups were formed. One went about their work as usual. And second, was given a little bit of "reality check". Guess what? After a month, the maids in the second group had had a change in their physical attributes - Decrease in systolic blood pressure, weight, and waist-to-hip ratio — and a 10 percent drop in blood pressure. Bizarre!!http://media.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2008/jan/placebo/maid200.jpg