The world has changed because of his ability to think and act greater than conventional beliefs. It was the power of his vision that convinced millions of the justness of his cause. How was he able to do that? Simply put, he saw, felt, heard, lived and breathed a different reality in his mind than most other people at that time. King phrased it in his famous speech as a “dream,” what he was really promoting and living was a better world where everyone was equal.
Consider those individuals in history who have risen above their present circumstances, stood up to the onslaught of reality as it presented itself to them, and made significant changes.įor example, the Civil Rights Movement would not have had its far-reaching effects if someone like Martin Luther King, Jr., had not, despite all the evidence around him (Jim Crow laws, separate but equal accommodations, snarling attack dogs, and powerful fire hoses), believed in the possibility of another reality. We have far more power to alter our own brains, our behaviors, our personalities, and ultimately our reality than previously thought possible. The truth is that we are marvels of flexibility, adaptability, and a neuroplasticity that allows us to reformulate and re-pattern our neural connections to produce the kind of behaviors that we want.
We have been told that our brains are essentially hardwired with unchangeable circuitrythat we possess or, better put, are possessed by a kind of neurorigidity that is reflected in the type of inflexible and habitual behavior we often see exhibited. It is to think greater than our environment. To change, then, is to think and act greater than our present circumstances. In a normal day, as we respond to familiar people, as we encounter common things in known places at predictable times, and as we experience recurring conditions in our personal world, we will more than likely think and behave in automatic memorized ways.
For the most part, our brain is equal to our environment. Even the vast array of actions and behaviors that we’ve repeatedly performed throughout our lifetime is also tattooed in the intricate folds of our gray matter. The different relationships with people we have met, the variety of things we own and are familiar with, the cumulative places we have visited and have lived in, and the myriad of experiences we have embraced throughout our years are all configured in the soft plastic tissues of the brain. Current neuro-scientific theory tells us that the brain is organized to reflect everything we know in our environment.
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