Mind to Matter: The Astonishing Science of How Your Brain Creates Material Reality

Easy to read, easy to follow the exercises and truly enlightening. Even better, you get a TON of supplemental material. Even more better: the techniques actually work for better health. I mean, that's why you bought it, right? When I first logged into the website for the intro chapter, I was shocked and thought "How am I going to listen to all those videos and interviews?" But I did because they were all fantastic. Then I went on and heard all the materials from chapters 1 and 2 and so on. The book is easy to digest and the exercises at the end of each chapter start with very simple things that don't consume a lot of time and quickly become habits that you don't have to think about. For me, the most enlightening part is learning that many of the disciplines I previously thought were kinds of voodoo magic turn out to be scientifically proven, and have logical explanations. Although I personally have learned (and practiced) energy healing, and I know it works, it was hard for me to believe because of my upbringing in a very scientifically-oriented family. Dawson does a great job of backing up these supposedly mysterious disciplines with multiple scientific studies. I realize how much information has been hidden from us because it's easier for pharma companies to push a pill than to tell us that meditation can reduce our blood pressure just as effectively and with no negative side effects. (Actually when I last had my blood pressure taken, the doctor said it was too low. He had told me to breathe deeply before that and my mind started to go into a meditative state automatically. Pretty funny. Why did you tell me to breathe deeply if you didn't want me to lower my blood pressure?) Anyway, you'll find the book both eye-opening and practical. Each chapter is an easy read. Even more importantly, the techniques really work. I'm not all the way through but I have noticed a difference in my health in just a few weeks.

Dawson Church has written a powerful, life changing book. All the reader has to do to change his/her life is change his/her thought patterns. This book makes that possible if the reader will consistently apply the principles and techniques that the author presents herein. Only 1-2% of people actually live the lives of their dreams; the rest settle for the table scraps that life throws them. This book shows the reader how to stop settling and create the life that they have always longed for but thought was only meant for an elite few other people. This book is based on verifiable scientific research and proven fact, not on "pie in the sky" or "hocus-pocus" as close-minded skeptics would regard it. Thoughts are things; they are made up of energy. The human mind/brain is alive with electromagnetic activity, creating its own distinct and unique energy field. Solid matter is made up of energy. Every cell in your body has its own electromagnetic field that causes it to interact with every other cell's electromagnetic field. Each human body has an EM field that extends 5 meters beyond its physical boundaries. These EM fields interact with each other and influence each other. Bottom line: Energy is all that there is. Learn to control the EM energy of your brain/mind through controlling your own thoughts and you can change literally anything and everything in your life and your own reality. I read through this book initially but failed to apply most of the principles that Dawson Church presents; I let myself get caught up in the mediocrity of my "settle for" life - but i realized what had happened. I immediately started to re-read this book and made applying the techniques and principles presented between its covers my #1 priority. What could be more important than deciding your own destiny and creating the life you long for? Nothing! The life of your dreams is not a selfish, egotistical pursuit - your loved ones, your friends, your extended family and others who you do not even know yet will reap many unseen benefits as well. You cannot help those you love by wallowing in mediocrity and a settle-for existence. You help them by being an inspiration and a model of possibility. This book will show you the way. Buy this book, read it and apply the principles found in it every day for 30 days - NO MATTER WHAT. Make doing so your #1 priority. Your life will change for the better and when day 31 arrives, you will automatically continue on this path od fulfillment, happiness and inner peace.

Purchased this book 4 months ago and though I've read it, I'm still having fun working with all the bonus materials provided at the end of every chapter. There are links to scientific studies, audio interviews, video lectures, meditations, etc. In short, Dawson Church backs up every claim he makes in his book, and the claims ARE powerful ones about the not just the capability of our minds/beliefs to create reality [that's old news by now😌but he delves into consciousness and how everything is energy and vibratory frequency. The studies evidencing cancer cures by Bill Bengston came early on in the book, and though I've heard stories of miraculous healings, this was the first I'd heard about it happening in a lab under controlled conditions and even effected by skeptics. This book gives both credence and evidence to my favorite Wayne Dyer quote that we're "spiritual beings living a human experience." That's right... most of us have that backwards. Just the introduction to Church's Eco-Meditation is worth the price of admission. Even as a lifelong meditator I find it easy, effective and enjoyable [and I've done it daily now for nearly three (3) months. This book also breaks quantum physics down into language a layman can grasp. In conclusion, I view this as a nifty handbook on who and what we really are, how shifting belief systems can make it easier to be who we want to be and live the life we desire. There's also bits on fostering better relationships and successful careers. Feeling depressed and out of sorts due to current domestic and global happenings? Read this book for graphic examples that show-and-tell just what dynamic and creative powerhouses we really are. Our consciousness can solidify into matter...uplift....heal ourselves or others and foster extra sensory sensitivities... Read it and allow the blossoming of Mind.

Dawson Church will surely sell a gazillion books. I wonder, however, if this book will actually get the attention it deserves. It’s really two books, not back to back, but intertwined throughout. The first is the New Age manifesto that will surely appeal to his large following. “From that place in consciousness, you live a life of wisdom, intelligence, and love. You no longer ask for love, need love, or crave love, because you are love.” For those who aren’t currently aware of Church (I was not) or haven’t signed onto the language of the genre, unfortunately, this might cause them to put the book down (I almost did). The genre suffers from a perceived lack of authenticity in some quarters simply because the language tends to the flowery. That would be a shame. Church is a scientist and offers an abundance of scientific evidence to support his contentions, the primary one being that “mind creates matter” and the second being that our consciousness is somehow universal, not individual. “The entire universe may be self-aware.” I readily accept both, even more so after reading this book. Church claims that science is the new mysticism, suggesting that science has validated many beliefs that have been around for thousands of years. And that, too, is true. In doing that, however, Church has made an even more important contribution. He has clearly articulated the limitations of science. “What we find when we examine the way science is conducted is that for better or for worse, it is heavily influenced by belief. The ideal of the scientist as an objective assessor of facts is at odds with reality.” We live in the age of science. Of that there is little doubt. We have raised the scientific worldview to religious status. In the process, however, we have lost sight of context, which, as Church points out, is always critical. We have lost, as the Chinese philosophers might say, our sense of balance. When we isolate science from context we aren’t revealing knowledge, we are dumbing it down to meet the constraints of science as we have come to understand it. Church rightfully points out that once mainstream science spills over into the conceptual universe in which he participates, it will be the scientists themselves who resist the most ardently. They, having built their reputations and careers on a model of reality that is not quite accurate, will feel the most threatened. Having said that, my only reservation about the book is that Church did not really help us to understand what those arguments are. There are undoubtedly skeptics about the science he offers. If there weren’t then this would be the biggest cover-up in the history of humanity. Many of the stories he shares are so overwhelming that it would be unthinkable that all of science hasn’t embraced them. So I, for one, would like to understand what the skeptics have to say. Not because I think they can undermine what Church says here, but because I believe that would reinforce what I believe is the truth in Church’s assertions. Perhaps, however, that is for another book. In the meantime, this is a marvelous book. And my advice, particularly if you are not inclined toward New Age thinking (those people will read it anyway), is to most definitely read it. It is well written and very well informed. I only wish he had chosen a different cover. This one, I believe, just doesn’t do justice to just how paradigm-shattering his observations are.

Having worked in the healing arts for over 20 years, I've always had mixed feelings about the "mind over matter" type of thinking that's so prevalent out there, b/c I often felt like it was a subtle way of blaming sick people for "manifesting" their illnesses. But this book takes a different, more expansive and compassionate approach, and clarifies how we can use meditation to shift our brain waves, our energy and what we attract in the future. It's practically a companion book to the book by Joe Dispenza called "Becoming Supernatural" (which I also highly recommend), because Dispenza and Church were collaborating at the time, running meditation workshops in which they'd hook participants up to qEEG machines to monitor their brain waves during intensive meditation sessions. I also found this book fascinating because I work with tuning forks (sound healing) and use the Brain Tuners regularly, which can stimulate the different brain wave states: Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta & Gamma. This book gives WAY more explanation of those brain wave states than I'd expected, so I found it really helpful to further my understanding of how to give a really healing brain tuner session. If you're wanting to clear old patterns of being that reinforce past limitations, illness, lack, etc., I highly recommend this book. It's got plenty of metaphysical info to appeal to the most woo-woo among us, but because both Dispenza and Church come from a medical/scientific/research background, it's got enough hard-science in there to appeal to the more skeptical among us. Nice balance, in my opinion.

This is a great book! I have been participating for quite some time in group meditation. I find mediation is often enhanced in a group setting. I had just manifested a new home for my husband and I to move into. It is a magnificent 4 bedroom house verses a one bedroom apartment. We finally have room to breath and grow! In that first inkling of getting the upgrade I began fantasizing about furniture for the new place. I thought I would like a nice fluffy white couch or chair to lounge on please. I looked a pictures and fantasized as I had absolutely no money to do a thing about it. 2 days later I got an email from my new landlord asking me if I would like to own a white leather couch for free... just go pick it up. Perfect! I thought... thank you universe! I knew I needed to ask divine to help me manifest some more furniture, there was no way to afford all the the extra furnishings. As I went to another group meditation, we were asked to focus on our intent and mine was gratitude for the new house and some more furnishings. I specifically said in my meditation, “ Look, I don't even know if I know how to really really dip into the field of abundance. I don't know if I really know how to ask, so I will tell you what, what ever it is I asked for? Triple that!” And I did an over and out mic drop to the divine and came out of the meditation. The following day a woman walked into my office for some healing work. I casually mentioned I had been looking for a second couch as the house was big enough for 2. She said, I have a couch I want to get rid of. “Oh!” I said, “ I'll take it!” She said, “Don't you want to see if first? “ “Sure of course I do.” I replied. She then said “ Well, it's a 2 piece.” “Okay”, I nodded. She opened her phone and showed me a picture not of a sectional, but of 2 identical couches. Both white, with gold thread and in excellent condition. Way to go self I thought! Ha!!! I have tested my ability to get in the manifestation zone.. I now have 3 couches. Well, it didn't stop there. The same woman needed to jettison some things. Some lovely and elegant things. I wound up with a home and kitchen full of absolutely high class furnishings. Too many to list here in fact. I actually had to jettison some things as well as a result. Now I have first hand experience with what abundance in manifestation means. It was truly an eye opening experience. The only thing left I wanted was a new bed frame, which magically appeared within a month, also for free. I responded with right timing to a friend's facebook post! Solid oak with mirrors, drawers and shelves. It even has an electric outlet and a reading light that dims. Its absolutely beautiful! Not only was I provided for with abundance but the divine thought of all the bells and whistles for me once again. I am grateful for my more luxurious life every day! Thank you Dawson for asking us to share our stories of synchronicities!

I have never written a review before, however I had to write one for this book because I believe this book has the potential to help each and every person improve the quality of their life because what he shares can be applied by people in all types of circumstances. Sometimes it can be hard to know what works and why it works. I have used lots of conventional, alternative and even cutting edge therapies and tools to help myself and others and much of it has been through trial and error. That is one of the reasons why I appreciate this book because it explains in plain english why things work the way they do. This book is filled with science that is useful and easy to understand. In addition, there are relevant stories that help drive the message home. This can be a tough combination to pull off, however Dawson has done it brilliantly. I believe he has made our brains more accessible to each of us and he has given us tools that we can use to change our mind, which in turn will change our life. This is not one of those books to read and then put away. In my humble opinion, I believe the changes will happen when the techniques, that he shares at the end of each chapter, are actually applied. He also provides access to a lot of free resources online for those who want to learn more and go even deeper. This is an excellent book for the average person as well as for professionals. If you get a chance to read it, I highly recommend it!!

I was disappointed in this book. The good was that it presented a lot of interesting data and is well referenced. The author also has a lot of additional information available through his website. The downside is the website is poorly laid out and using it was a bit of a chore. The material that is presented was a little dry and hard to follow at times. The author tries to make the content relevant by citing stories of individuals and their personal experiences. However many of these stories seemed uninspiring to me. In fact for many of these stories I was not sure what the point was. There seems to be a lot of sermonizing, especially at the end, about how we can all live in peace and harmony if only the whole world meditates on love and harmony. He might be right, who knows? But honestly I could not help but think the author was stuck in the 60's.

I love Dawson Church's style. How he puts together all the pieces, the studies, the examples and the sharing of his own personal journey, is so engaging. With every book he takes me at a new level of comprehension about neuroscience that helps me to level up my meditation practice and how I teach meditation to others. Even my job as a coach has relevant upgrades by reading Dawson's works. So, as I write down in every review of his books: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU 💚🙏

Desde Madrid, España. Un libro inmejorable, con toda la actualizacion cientifica que puedes necesitar para comprender lo ultimo en aportacion cientifica, aplicable a EFT y otros ciencias similares. Llego a Madrid el dia 26 de Junio, tal y como amazon prometio. Muy recomendable. Estupendo los links en cada capitulo para propfundizar o ver otros investigacions. No deberia faltar en la biblioteca de nadie.

Muito bom mesmo....

This is one of the most important books I've read. I highly recommend it for anybody wanting to learn the principles for a nice life! And as my mother language is Spanish, reading about a topic I love also helped me to improve my comprehension on English.

A good way to show us how the brain work in different ways to manifest reality from imaginary and fantasy. Dr. Alfredo Garcia