The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force By Jeffrey M. Schwartz

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A groundbreaking work of science that confirms, for the first time, the independent existence of the mind–and demonstrates the possibilities for human control over the workings of the brain.Conventional science has long held the position that 'the mind' is merely an illusion, a side effect of electrochemical activity in the physical brain. Now in paperback, Dr Jeffrey Schwartz and Sharon Begley's groundbreaking work, The Mind and the Brain, argues exactly the opposite: that the mind has a life of its own.Dr Schwartz, a leading researcher in brain dysfunctions, and Wall Street Journal science columnist Sharon Begley demonstrate that the human mind is an independent entity that can shape and control the functioning of the physical brain. Their work has its basis in our emerging understanding of adult neuroplasticity–the brain's ability to be rewired not just in childhood, but throughout life, a trait only recently established by neuroscientists. Through decades of work treating patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), Schwartz made an extraordinary finding: while following the therapy he developed, his patients were effecting significant and lasting changes in their own neural pathways. It was a scientific first: by actively focusing their attention away from negative behaviors and toward more positive ones, Schwartz's patients were using their minds to reshape their brains–and discovering a thrilling new dimension to the concept of neuroplasticity. The Mind and the Brain follows Schwartz as he investigates this newly discovered power, which he calls self–directed neuroplasticity or, more simply, mental force. It describes his work with noted physicist Henry Stapp and connects the concept of 'mental force' with the ancient practice of mindfulness in Buddhist tradition. And it points to potential new applications that could transform the treatment of almost every variety of neurological dysfunction, from dyslexia to stroke–and could lead to new strategies to help us harness our mental powers. Yet as wondrous as these implications are, perhaps even more important is the philosophical dimension of Schwartz's work. For the existence of mental force offers convincing scientific evidence of human free will, and thus of man's inherent capacity for moral choice.

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Neuroplasticity: Changing the physical brain by using the mind itself. Rewiring the brain by conscious activity. Tracing the author’s path on how how he came to his conclusions over the years is interesting in its own right.1. He was well aware of William James (1900) who wrote on the “mind and the brain” and contended that there was more to the mind than a physical entity. James talked about “volition" (free will), but could not make a scientific case for proving it.2. Author knew that a child forms most all brain function potential by the age of two. He also knew that when young children lost half of their brain to surgery, they were NOT severely handicapped.3. As a neuropsychologist, the author worked with many patients who were suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and others who had lost part of their brain function due to stoke or other causes. Instead of giving patients drugs to affectcertain parts of the physical brain, which was common practice, he tried self-mind-healing remedies where the patient took back control by “focus”, “intention” and “attention”. Author quote: “The discovery that neuroplasticity can be induced in people who have suffered a stroke demonstrated, more than any other finding, the clinical power of a brain that can rewire itself."4. After years of working with OCD patients, the author used a disciplined format of, “Relabel, Reattribute, Refocus, Revalue”, resulting in an independent scientific application that could be applied to validate the results. (All the while he was bucking the materialist psychologists who wanted no part of his “mysterious solution”.) Author’s process was at last confirmed scientifically by controlled studies.Author quote: “Since I was arguing that the mind can change the brain, persuading the scientific community that I was right required that scientists accept an evan more basic fact that the adult brain can change at all.”5. At this point the author had won the argument for “duality”; that the brain and the mind are connected but that they are completely separate entities. (Darwinists and materialists deny duality since brain to them equals mind.)He also had vindicated William James contention that there was a real concept of volition or free will.6. The author then goes on to investigate if there is any basis in science for this “mind over matter mystery” to come about, i.e., how does the rewiring take place? He was open to the option that it might be a mystery or enigma of physics, so he investigated quantum physics where physicist Niels Bohr had already shown that consciousness between mind and quantum particles changes the state of the particles.Niels Bohr quote: "Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” (Einstein understood what Bohr meant but never accepted it.) With the triumph of the quantum theory, physics stopped being about nature itself and instead became about our knowledge of nature (human observations): “No phenomenon is a phenomenon until it is an observed phenomenon.” Without knowing the details of quantum theory, It should be obvious that the mind and matter are in some way mysteriously entangled.The final step was to apply the quantum effects to what is going on in the brain of an observer, and what scientists know as the Quantum Zeno Effect. The neurons involve electrical impulses and ions so we have the quantum ingredients needed if changes can be effectual. Simply put, the Zeno Effect says that when an observation is made (intention/attention of the mind), it holds onto the neural connection that has been created, and with continued, focused observations over time holds that neural connection. So the brain gets physically changed/rewired by focused use of the mind!So the author finally satisfied his puzzlement on how the OCD patients and those with other brain damage could by "force of mind" produce healing. The author makes a comment "that although I believed in the concept in a spiritual sense, I wasn’t yet thinking about whether such a mental force might have a physical reality.”

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