Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
welcome
to the second video in this series
about the placebo and nocebo
really looking forward to doing this video
we're going to look at a couple more stories.... research stories
which will demonstrate the
strength of this effect and
there's a video that I'm going to be showing and
commenting on also today which
I have to warn you about some of you of a more sensitive nature might need
to look away
but it's yet again a fascinating example
of the reality this effect
and also .... how skeptical people
people who quite justifiably may feel very skeptical
well this type of .... these types of ideas
how they're likely to react and
the skepticism you may have towards it as well
what might be behind that
so ... let's kick off today's video with a
quote from Ghandi the quote
is your beliefs
become your thoughts your thoughts
become your words your words become your actions
your actions become your habits
your habits become your values
and your values become your destiny
provocative thought from Ghandi there
and we're going to return to that thought
at the end video but
first of all I'm going to introduce the the couple of books that I'm taking this
research
from so that you can also deepen your knowledge
take your research further become more convinced that
this is something real so
the first book is a book which was
a huge seller
in the nineteen eighties and nineties called getting well again
by O Carl Simonton and the first story that I look at
is going to be taken from there and the second story
or the second recent research I should be saying is
by a lady called Jean Achterberg
this book is called the Rituals of Healing and also
documents lots of really fascinating studies
into this area of how
the mind can have a huge
effect on you well-being on your physical health but obviously
on your mental health as well
so who was this O Carl Simonton ....well
he was an oncologist and
he in the early seventies he was working
at Travis airbase for the for the US Air Force
and in California and he became chief of
radiation therapy at the base
and he had some he had some interesting experiences
which he documents in the book which
let him to question
what what was happening sire this in our
he sets up his these cancer patients were coming in
of turn ways almost identical diagnoses
so day my toughest
particular so much to you people with identical
I don't more less identical counselors the same stage
grow sensation maturity yes
and they've received the same therapy of course the the sinking
in the same trucks but what really
hospitals 77 was the
dramatic divergent results
that's some
will be dying I weird doll I hate that process
other people would how to lift their
Narcisse man's
boss this is like this is very natural his
his scientific minds star-struck
much is all their factors in here the tough affecting
this walk baby and over issues at the base
waters the ideas thirties and two tanks trying
resolve this this this possible
laws could it be the states of mind if people because
his own observations where it seems to be that people leaped for
for love fight 20 optimistic
also be some time slot challenged as well
that's they were the ones that surviving
where is the submissive and the negative once thing
like it yep
diagnosis predicted
I am in the in the mid-seventies
1973 he started designing
I'm clinic in Fort Worth Texas
fans asked the director of that cake
he was then in that position to
to actually perform a study into test this
ideas to test this idea
EC the mind which is hoping this
dramatic effect all how long
patients are likely to survive
I his is clear quartz
a place where basically where
terminal cancer patients cancer patients
who had basically being told by their doctors in other parts
Texas I'm sorry but up
can't help you anymore run out of run out of ideas
s2 how you might combat this counts how
Mike beat it and the
it was the striker's people ended up
being treated at this cancer clinic in
sentence cask in info Texas
said wat tam yell and statistics
were very clear that's average life span for people
coming to this clinic basically they had 12 points
to months average life span
and that was it *** that the user the res use
research on its what's very clear
so wats up what simpson decided to do
is he said he had a he had a trial group
without 159 patients wasn't only L
and he was going to see if by you seeing
the imagination way that they could
influence the
progress Up to Cancer the station's
ands against this has to be
this is Grace symbolized there are a lot more details in the books
or in his book
what they were trying to use K get the patience to create their own pictures
that were symbolic of
them beaching cats
they wants told walks to imagine
what they were told to do this was to create imagery
that symbolic how peak sup
suck for example in and
in that book for tree we can reduce how one
young boy here twelve-year-old his chosen
a method fall for combating
his katz's in a mental way
was to imagine him playing Space Invaders
where he was acting the cancer cells
dying some people chose to imagine
day cancer cells melting
in this Sunday but they were bits ice
and they were melting under the heat of the Sun
them representing the Sun
and another one I'll
the just the craziness so I want to
find itself funny so much myself is one person describes how
they they match themselves staying out and
while lasts like as like a lone ranger with lassie
SLA launching ounce with that with a lesser
ants capturing they the cancer cells
taking control being in control laptops
the basic thing was what they speak
matching here
lost they were matching based they were undergoing normal therapy
normal chemotherapy yes sorry there was no change
there they were supporting day chemotherapy
their the effects mister
with the imagination and this study around for four years
manse at the end four years
what they found laws that's
63 people we're still alive
let that is already quite interesting
this break down those figures so so all the 63 it was still alive what's
what if we pick over the details what we find
we find that 14 them
so that is just under 10 percent of the people who were involved in the whole
so by remember there or toenail
14 out the 150 started
they were completely counts
free caps completely disappeared
K
and 12 or searched slightly under 10 percent
cancer was in regression
once stress it again move the easel or supposed to be terminally ill
on average they should have been dead three years ago
and then finally the 7 same so
home in 10 percent paintball involved in the studies
they capsule was static
K so
I'm net result of to this
are at the end of his four-year study was that the
I preach life expectancy
had risen from twelve-point two months
to trying chief or months
by acting this elements of imagination
in a healthy directions positive meaningful correction
have toppled average life expectancy
of scrape
in the words of the patients
the describe how
this radiation treatment select seem to be select somehow
magical because not only was I
surviving longer but they moose
hopping less negative side effects
damage membranes mucus type things that happen when you
when you bombard you I'll living cells with radiation
these negative effects facts
well or so joost
in the in this in this group which is in itself very interesting
one would expect one I would expect I think most reasonable
people would expect that this typeof evidence
purchase very encouraging for people gives them the ability to take control
of their own
house that a Twitter being
advocated thats the tricks of the American
Cancer Society will be keen to
promote this type research or at least
up in college *** further studies to confirm
whether this was lastest abnormal weather is actually represent
some type truth
but the real world I'll often since
ask me would like it to be so
in simpson's case he was actually puts
1981 on the quacks
all the this for unproven methods
ants it wasn't until nineteen years later
the year 2030 worse silently
remove strong this phoneless
clack list by the American Cancer Society
this was in part due to pressure from people it's like news
work but also recognition that
these ideas becoming
more part all
regular cancer treatment that's
is also bought about a sea change ang
legislation that compels
I'll hospitals to
patch by some type of main
healthcare to complement
physical radiation chemotherapy was going on
pictures results games ok Singh
so even if Simmons and receive praise for his work
the faxes research of Fortune
with us now
okay so via
why do I was one of the stories this sounds good just go for two points here
I think one of the things I like
about is its this it gives hope
for those people the the system
house being able to help it creates the
I'm do you in the *** that
actually I'm can do so much more
I am NOT victim hi
actually take active steps
to was improving I think that's a huge
liberating
mental asked shoot to
hands not only is it does it feel liberating
evidence from people lots and lots into and there is so much more evidence
indicated jackson also need to be feel more empowered
but we re re in physical terms
are more say is that truly a win-win situation
and the second reason I like it obviously is
it is yes it can
clear evidence that what is going on
on up how lamar its
house facts thats
really affects the week couldn't imagine were true
just twenty years ago if you look at the research in the area
or so what is generally accepted by by mainstream science
scientists could have been laughed out and also
we've seen a huge sea change and that it is becoming
doesn't become but it is becoming more acceptable
for people to think that the mind
passes significance affects on
on the process
twenty thirty years ago when I was a teenager
its people was just like thinking how can I
with the questioning a question stress it's just in the mind it's not real
but now we've got the that there's so much data out there
that says that we had it all along
that stress
East real it's real in the law and is painful being stressed in the mind
I'm that paying also translates itself
into real physical effects
in the body so what was real up here
eventually becomes real games
the body and i think is important to
to recognize the the chain of events here
because this is this is what the
whole mind forty question revolves around
is starting here
and their ending here in the body starting in mind
and ending bought a said the more control
the greater awareness I what is going on up here
means that I have a better chance up
influencing effects
physical health in the previous radio unit concrete cases
placebo and the sea fact how we can dramatic strengthen automatically we can
effects
depending on what's going on up and this segment
stories further demonstration all reality
of this
the second researcher going to look at is a lady called
gene to who is a
ya doctor psychology in San Francisco
wassup she died two years ago
and this lady
was actually inspired by some of the workers
symington and decided to do
own research and she did a lot of research
I want to focus on one particular study is a again
the the reality of it is so fascinating
home hands has led me to look more inches
immune system works and I will these type fascinating things about
homies as human beings coming along this
happenin all forty to the $60 trillion cells that make up all body
what's happening say all the basis of experience
myself here folks on the
two trillion also cells that make up our immune system
our defense system
the defense system that when is this weekend
lays flat on my back and make something K
must so
I to back a she was interested
she had this idea that what can we do
rectally influence our immune system
with with our thoughts Swinton's research
indicated that was the case but it's like going down to a more detailed
level so %uh she was looking at the white blood cells
white blood cells all those
don't remember that biology lessons
white blood cells others beings those
others cells that actually that attack invaders coming to our party
Iran's they're all essentially
six types white blood cells I'll answer
we're going to fight them in to select two groups
we got some we got one group with the new travails
then you just feels all
longs that we that the southern white blood cells
that attack invaders that
the forty already knows are invaders
it's a little bit like if we imagine a shooting war
a you got and all me on one side it's like imagine painted
that will invest and on the other side on the battlefield I'm gonna have to go
back a couple hundred used to imagine scores
but slight just going back to the podium where they clearly more difficulties
it was very clear that like at the Battle of Waterloo
thats the English the rents that was once a
one side and on the other side we have the
the French in that live there are also other always involved efforts at
fun to go there okay 02 August side but
french guy comes over slept in the sky
like nice that's like he's the enemy to kill in and that's how
mutual fills work and the French officials
British yeah so new films work by
killing knowing enemies
but what about on known enemies this site
from English perspective I'll a jump on
%uh fortunately it was planned let's say french guy
at the Battle of Waterloo he decided to put song
like a record like they I like the British
how with the British no 2 shooting
well don't have to slice find out more information
ands the body in a similar
in a similar situation when is defending itself against
on enemies
it passed just it has to activate the second group
all of a of white blood cells which other lymphocytes
okay so we've got two types there don't they
we've got the we've got the travails from 9 a.m. est ce
and lymphocytes far unknown his the whole time
the salty cease little beings
saw maintain elf the tutorials
ourselves that make up our immune system up on defense
system so
the back she wondered can
is it possible for people
to influence the relative balance
them I'm new church sales make up around about 60 percent
fans one type lips us there are several types limps ice
makeup about 24 percent of the
got cells and the white blood cell count
so she was interested can can we slight change the
change the ratio at the moment is Celeste 6224
can we selected by thinking about it
reduce number
the relative number of neutrophils
or or can I'm and at the same time can we increase the
lymphocytes or and
is the other is the opposite possible as well Camry given this ratio
if we think about it Camry increase
the number new travails and decrease the number
lymphocytes so that was that was the question come with
with all mines changed his balance
huge potential consequences for
our immune system and help obviously if you can read your mind
affect this balance
then you become able to controlling your house in a way
a followed deep purple physical level then again
most people would consider possible
so in this summer in this research in
1988 Chevrolet I they hot
I relatively small group which is a disadvantage with this study
has to be recognized %uh over a six-week period
a participants they
were I'll encouraged to
create image very for themselves
that which represents their
hopping more neutral fells
a greater percentage neutral cells all
a greater percentage of lymphocytes
Iran's at the end of the study at the end to this six-week study
what they were able to demonstrate is that
purity with the mind alone they were assisted by music
om seems to help the concentration process
they were able to do exactly
what they hoped to be able to do I E
change the the end number yourself
in that lot or change the number of lymphocytes
so this just polls for a second
how many of you out there
wake up in the morning I want to I'm white blood cells
doing it for my I wonder what the answer
ratio is and I'm sure that ninety nothing
ninety-nine point nine if 100 sent to your Sep
however for the release
church is demonstrating is that if we begin to think in that direction
we actually start course real
physiological changes
system
is that
truly magical something which over which we
none awareness
somehow our mind
in ways that we we we still don't understand
somehow our mind is a culture fact
just a couple a statistics around
thats research from to back Wednesday tries to
using the mind change the balance future sales
what they found is a p-value less than
less than a point for which means
instance scientific language there is
a strong presumption
thats the mind the imagery in this case
that the morning wars coursing
the change on the
lymphocyte site there is a need in Solara reading
even smaller means even more conclusive in this case a p-value of
less than points 03 which
again is signs that it seems highly suggest
gested with there is a strong presumption here
that the mind is causing these changes
and not it's just chance that's causing
and in the final part of this video
I get a look at a fascinating I
I guy called david klein this
man you might already know M this man came to my attention when I found out
that site
he could hold his breath for 17 minutes Holt
his seventy
me its when you
look at this guy you can see is
the you can see is videos on YouTube he goes into
how he trains both his body
and his mind to achieve box for you and me
would be at the moment is impossible
but what David blame is trying to encourage us to think
is that if you believe it's impossible
you want for yourself right if you believe it
is possible you will also
prove yourself thanks
this is actually a very similar similar conclusions
what back to back cancer as a result
have I'm thirty-year three decades worth
all working with people is that if you believe the law and
can affect your health then you improve yourself right
if you believe your mind cannot factor hell
annual previews right side
back to David Lane a I like this video
a law saying shirt to you in the yet
he he meets about the guy from the officer's name
escapes me at the moment what we see
is David Blaine speaking to region ice
office fine the comedian
Iran's region ices a
skeptic to all things wishy-washy other-worldly
ands the reaction
to David blames trick
here is it speaks volumes
so
what's the what happens in this video
yes David Blaine he sticks a needle
a sailor's Neil through his all always
so said jewish concede on the other side and then he asks him to pull it out
Tom ants he's
he's wincing s this is doing this as you can see in the video if you watch it
various
is the loss to the conversation CityCenter
is so fascinating so telling
is that Ricky Gervais in
his skepticism he says this
is crazy that
I E you've done a trip but it's not a trick
is a little bit like this conversation had in the previous video
it's a lot watches if the trick
watches meal the that the trick
wasn't a trick it's called trick but its real
a swatch israel's the what's going on in my head
always what's real slight what is happening
in my body label like it
do you think it's central to cross
thing the importance all
this this whole phenomena this whole mind
body phenomena
looks really really I I don't
understand
right okay almost a
if thats if I is a track how is try
how is that not only do I answer your *** mom
you know Ricky her to me a favor grabbing it all right here
yeah and pulling out she could see the magic trick grammar
Erica rationing kauai's coming up a lap
projects
right okay well is that nato cancer on
mobile and we'll see how it works
up of
way I don't understand for
school out time and money on your mind
Western Rail sorry this now that's real that's not track
of oxide
okay now up
I don't that's not thats that's real there's no
thats a stock in the North Korea's om
one area that
also wants highlight is that this
mauling body relation even though we talked about it for
white blood cells cancer and a
lying there's also a loss of evidence out there
showing how the mind
can direct im influence all blood pressure
hypotension how we can house
people seem to be able to use their minds to control
body temperature how all the people
can cause their hearts to stop
not technically they don't actually stops what actually happens they
they stop beating up three hundred times a minute that makes their
the the pulse fail untraceable
again under these things are recommended
to do just like wouldn't recommend you sticking a needle in your arm like David
like
the important thing is is what points to
is the bill it's a that we
because weather is david klein segment
active ankle Jack Schwartz or
that the hundreds if not thousands of people out there that
are that how demonstrated these effects
all that we are all
K purple of us
of of using online to affect 40
but it is the scale and like with any scale
it requires element it requires
practice
so in this video we've talked about
77 cancer research using the lines to
battle battle these invaders
we talked about act about how we can consciously
change the working its of the immune system
with the white blood cells and then finally
the particularly graphic video
is that David Blaine sticking a needle
himself so we're back at the beginning
we started with
Gandhi said your beliefs
become you also its your thoughts become
were its your words become your
actions actions speak
habits habits
become values annual values
become test