the Light of Quantum Mechanics,” www-
physics.lbl.gov/~stapp/Philosophy.pdf; Henry Stapp,
Mindful Universe: Quantum Mechanics and the Participating Observer
(London:
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[114] Don Lincoln, “The Inner Life of Quarks,” Scientific American,
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[115] Leaf, “Mind Mapping”; Leaf, “Mind Mapping Approach”; Leaf, Louw,
and
Uys, “Development of a Model for Geodesic Learning,” 44, 53–70.
[116] Thomas More, Utopia, updated edition (London: Penguin Classics,
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[117] Leaf, Switch On Your Brain 5-Step Learning Process; Leaf, Who
Switched O!
My Brain?; Caroline M. Leaf, “Who Switched O! My Brain? Controlling Toxic Thoughts and Emotions,” DVD series (Johannesburg, South Africa: Switch On Your
Brain, 2007).
[118] Schwartz and Begley, Mind and the Brain.
[119] Andrew Newberg, Eugene D’Aquili, and Vince Rause, Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief (New York: Ballantine,
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[120] Schwartz and Begley, Mind and the Brain; Schwartz and Gladding, You Are
Not Your Brain; Schwartz, Stapp, and Beauregard, “Quantum Physics in
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[121] Leaf, “Mind Mapping”; Leaf, “The Mind Mapping Approach”; Leaf,
Louw, and
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[122] Ibid.
[123] “Blue Brain Project Accurately Predicts Connections between
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Science Daily, September 17, 2012,
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[124] Leaf, “Mind Mapping”; Leaf, “The Mind Mapping Approach”; Leaf,
Louw, and
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[125] Leaf, “Mind Mapping Approach: Technique for Closed Head Injury.”
[126] Karim Nader, http://blogs.mcgill.ca/science/2009/04/30/karim-nader-on-
memory-reconsolidation; Karim Nader, Glenn E. Schafe, and Joseph E. Le
Doux,
“Fear Memories Require Protein Synthesis in the Amygdala for
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[127] Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage (New York: Crown Business,
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[128] Harvard Crimson poll, 2004, cited in ibid.
[129] This is 365 days in a year divided by 21 days in a cycle, which
gives you 17
cycles per year.
[130] Kandel, In Search of Memory.
[131] Church, Genie in Your Genes.
[132] Ibid.
[133] Rodolfo Llinas, “Rodolfo Llinas’s Fearless Approach to
Neurophysiology Has Redefined Our Thinking about Individual Neurons and How They Create Movement
and Consciousness,” U. S. Columbian Medical Association, http://uscma.org/2010/09/12/rodolfo-llinas’s-fearless-approach-to-neurophysiology-has-redefined-our-thinkingabout-individual-neurons-and-
how-they-create-movementand-consciousness; Rodolfo Llinas, I of the
Vortex (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press,
2002).
[134] Michael Merzenich as cited in Doidge, Brain That Changes Itself.
[135] Phillippa Lally et al., “How Are Habits Formed: Modelling Habit
Formation in the Real World,” European Journal of Social Psychology 40, no. 6 (2010): 998–1009.
[136] Ibid.
[137] See K. Anders Ericsson, Michael J. Prietula, and Edward T. Cokely,
“The
Making of an Expert,” Harvard Business Review, July 2007,
http://hbr.org/2007/07/the-making-of-an-expert/ar/1.
[138] Jennifer Wiley and Andrew F. Jarosz, “Working Memory Capacity,
Attentional Focus, and Problem Solving,” Current Directions in
Psychological Science 21, no. 4
(2012): 258. See also, “Greater Working Memory Benefits Analytic, Not
Creative, Problem-Solving,” Science Daily, August 7, 2012,
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120807132209.htm.
[139] “Mindfulness Meditation May Relieve Chronic Inflammation,” Science Daily, January 16, 2013,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130116163536.htm.
[140] “Evidence Supports Health Benefits of ‘Mindfulness-Based
Practices,’” Science Daily, July 11, 2012,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120711104811.htm.
[141] “Breast Cancer Survivors Benefit from Practicing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction,” Science Daily, December 29, 2011,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111229203000.htm.
[142] “Don’t Worry, Be Happy: Understanding Mindfulness Meditation,”
Science
Daily, November 1, 2011,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111031154134.htm.
[143] “Mindfulness Meditation Training Changes Brain Structure in Eight Weeks,”
Science Daily, January 21, 2011,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110121144007.htm.
[144] I explain this in depth in chapter 5 (key 5) and chapter 6 (key 6).
It’s worth taking the time to look back at these chapters at this point.
[145] Caroline Leaf, The Switch On Your Brain 5-Step Learning Process
DVD/Workbook (Dallas: Switch On Your Brain, 2009).