Neuroscience and Behaviour: How Your Brain Chemistry Shapes Your Life

 

Neuroscience—the science of the brain and its complex pathways—is no longer just about understanding brain injuries or diseases. It is fast emerging as the key to decoding human happiness, motivation, decision-making, and emotional health. Every thought you think, every emotion you feel, and every choice you make triggers the release of neurochemicals that directly influence your physical health and mental well-being.

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What is Neuroscience?

At its core, neuroscience is the study of the brain and nervous system. It examines how neural activity translates into behavior, emotions, and bodily functions. It also explores how the release of neurotransmitters—the brain’s chemical messengers—affects our daily lives.

Every time you experience joy, stress, excitement, or anxiety, your brain responds by releasing specific chemicals. These include:

• Dopamine – motivation and reward
• Serotonin – mood and happiness
• Oxytocin – love and bonding
• Endorphins – pleasure and pain relief
• Cortisol – stress response

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The Brain-Heart Conflict

Modern neuroscience reveals a critical conflict between the analytical mind and the intuitive heart. While the brain calculates, analyzes, and reacts with speed, the heart feels, loves, and operates on emotional intelligence. However, the brain’s hyperactivity—especially under stress—can overpower the calm rhythms of the heart.

Just like a lightbulb bursts with excess electricity, the body too can crash under emotional overload, often leading to cardiac arrests or sudden strokes. These events are not just physiological; they’re deeply tied to emotional and neural stress.

To manage this overload, heart health specialists recommend methods to reduce cardiac exertion, such as using antioxidants like vitamin E to regulate overactive heartbeats. However, the real preventive medicine lies in emotional self-regulation—keeping stress hormones like cortisol in check.

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Healing the Heart, Then the Brain

Once heart function is stabilized, the next battleground is the brain under emotional pressure. A brain flooded with cortisol may become reactive, impulsive, and drained. The antidote lies in consciously fostering a mental environment that releases more of the “happy hormones”—dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, and endorphins.

This is where emotional awareness and mental discipline become vital.

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Internal Dominant Focus (IDF): Your Emotional Compass

The concept of Internal Dominant Focus (IDF) helps individuals assess whether they are primarily focused on positivity or stress. It is easy to detect:

• If your inner self feels calm, authentic, and uplifted, your IDF is likely positive.
• If you feel tense, irritable, or drained despite outward attempts at cheerfulness, your IDF is likely negative.

In such cases, detachment is the first step—emotionally stepping back from the situation before transitioning into true positivity. This is a step-by-step process that rewires neural circuits over time, supported by the science of neuroplasticity.

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Positivity vs. Mindfulness: What Impacts Happiness More?

In a recent statistical study conducted by the author (Swati Rao Shiv), striking results emerged about what truly enhances human happiness:

• A 1-unit increase in positivity led to a 51% rise in happiness.
• A 1-unit increase in mindfulness resulted in a 19% increase in happiness.
• Comparatively, even a 1-unit increase in income showed only a 17% increase in happiness, regardless of whether the income was low, medium, or high.

These results emphasize that mental orientation—particularly toward positive thoughts and emotional awareness—has a far stronger impact on happiness than financial gains.

📚 Read the full article:
IJFMR 2025 – Positivity, Mindfulness, and Happiness

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Future Directions: Connecting Thoughts to Chemicals

What lies ahead for neuroscience is not just recovery after disease—but preventive emotional medicine. There’s an urgent need to help people become aware of how their thoughts influence neurochemical patterns, and how small changes in thinking can significantly improve well-being and even increase lifespan by up to 50%.

By learning to rewire our brains through intentional focus on positive emotions, mindfulness, and self-regulation, we can reclaim control over our health and happiness—starting now, from within.

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Why Weak Planets Are Soul Teachers: Evolving Through Emotional Mastery and Focus

 

Astrology often evokes awe or anxiety, especially when planetary weaknesses appear in a birth chart. Yet from a soul’s perspective, these very weak planets are the hidden tools of evolution. They are not punishments, but planned catalysts designed to stretch and strengthen inner capacities.

Each planet corresponds to a unique energy frequency. When a planet is "weak" in an astrological chart, it reflects a specific emotional or spiritual gap chosen for refinement. Just as a muscle grows stronger through resistance, weak planetary positions introduce emotional resistance that can catalyze deeper soul growth. A weak Sun may dim the light of external success, compelling the spirit to seek self-worth from within. A frail Moon may unsettle emotional balance, nudging consciousness toward developing mental clarity and emotional resilience.

Weaknesses in a horoscope are like difficult levels in a video game—crafted not to trap, but to train. These tests refine the soul's skill to transmute negative feelings into higher positive frequencies. They are metaphors for deserts that must be crossed in order to reach green pastures. Stagnation occurs only when one gives up in the middle of the journey, mistaking a test for a life sentence.

From the broader view of a life-plan, every low energy phase, difficulty, or delay offers a profound opportunity for self-realization. The soul does not evolve through ease, but through engagement. It chose these "weak spots" not to suffer, but to master them—so that energy once scattered by helplessness may be gathered into willpower, faith, and purpose.

In truth, weak planets do not block destiny—they shape it. They prepare the soul to earn happiness, not merely inherit it.

This blog is an excerpt from the book - THE LIFE PLAN OF CREATION VS. THE ASTROLOGY REPORT, A SOUL'S PERSPECTIVE -CHAPTER 4,

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Other Civilizations require Telepathic Communication to Trust Human Beings

 In a universe so vast, the question is not “Do other civilizations exist?” but rather, “Why haven’t they contacted human beings openly?” The answer may lie not in science fiction, but in collective human frequency that attacks in self defence before healing the telepathic neutral language signals of energy communication.

🛑 A Planet in Turmoil Appears Non- Receptive 

From a cosmic lens, Earth is not yet a hospitable or welcoming place. Current global news is saturated with images of war, terrorism, greed, division, and an inability to maintain peace — not just between nations, but within families, communities, and even at a personal level.

To a higher-dimensional civilization, Earth may appear as a planet in spiritual chaos, radiating instability. Human beings might look not like harmonious beings of light, but like skeletons of fear and scarcity — vibrational beings still trapped in survival instincts rather than thriving through love.

👽 Why Aliens Appear as Skeletons or mirror images of human inner forms

Many intuitive seers and spiritual channels report that alien beings appear as skeletal, cold, or robotic. This is not necessarily their true form. Often, they appear to humans  in the same form as they see humans  Just as human beings are like skeletons inside, they mirror that back to the human being possible to look matching in frequency . Beings from other worlds may also appear as Angels, Gods or multidimensional beings of glowing light .

To attract beings of light and wisdom, human beings  must first become beings of light and wisdom not beings of self defence, out to attack any paranormal activity before hearing it .

🔁 Frequency Matching: Why Contact is Conditional

The law of the universe is simple: Like attracts like. Frequency matches frequency .

Higher-dimensional civilizations operate on frequencies of love, abundance, cooperation, and expansion. If Earth collectively emits fear, division, or destruction, human beings  become invisible as surrounded by dark aura unreachable by light ,or repellant to evolved beings.

They will not land on Earth as weak or unsure but may contact once the vibrational light of human beings or the dominant frequency radiating out is trust, peace, kindness, and consciousness. Until then, most contact happens in dreams, altered states of consciousness, or through psychic channels — and even that is filtered by the vibration of the receiver.

🧠 Subtle Influence: When do other world beings Intervene

Some outer world  species may not seek peaceful collaboration. If a species feeds off carbon dioxide, chaos, or fear energy, they might subtly manipulate human minds, influence leaders, or create division to harvest planetary instability.

This isn’t fantasy — it’s an energetic reality. Much like parasites, such beings exploit imbalanced systems. But the antidote isn’t fear.

It’s awakening.

🌍 Becoming a Galactic Civilization

If Human race wants interstellar alliances, advanced healing technologies, or cosmic education, humana must evolve into a species that radiates positivity as the light of their aura not darkness.

A one world is required where compassion and unity rules over blaming and kiling others competitively as in primitive times.

When Earth becomes a planet of unity and higher vibration, intergalactic civilizations will consider Earth vibrationally aligned to connect telepathically before connecting physically.

Raise your frequency. Heal your divisions. Choose love — not fear.

The universe is listening.

Rewriting the Soul’s Script: How Past Life Therapy Transforms Emotional Patterns

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Past Life Therapy is a very effective  tool for emotional healing and spiritual transformation to inner positivity. It works by helping individuals access unresolved emotional imprints stored deep in the subconscious—often carried forward from past lifetimes or deeply buried experiences in this life. These imprints influence our present thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, shaping how we respond to life.

Many of our negative thought patterns—fear, guilt, shame, anxiety—are not always rooted in the present moment. They often stem from unresolved emotional residues of the past. Past Life Therapy gently guides the mind to trace the origins of these emotions, allowing a person to understand, release, and reframe them.

One of the core principles behind this healing method is based on how the subconscious mind operates. The subconscious follows a simple but powerful rule: "If the present feeling can be changed, the future can be different. If it cannot be changed, the emotional state will continue to deteriorate."

This is why transforming present emotional states is critical. Through regression and healing methods, Past Life Therapy desensitizes negative emotional triggers and allows for the rescripting of a positive narrative—one where the person feels safe, empowered, and free. This new story is then anchored into the subconscious, becoming the new emotional blueprint that drives future experience.

As the frequency of thought shifts from fear to hope, from helplessness to empowerment, the individual begins to attract and create life experiences aligned with this new vibration. Emotional healing through past life regression is not about escaping reality—it is about transforming the energetic and emotional roots of suffering to reclaim peace, joy, and purpose.

By changing the energy of the present, we not only heal the past—we also transform the future.

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Overcoming Depression - Four Case histories

This study is about using applied psychology to change internal dominant focus to the positive to heal severe depression and create motivation for work.

The four cases cited here were suffering from severe depression when they came for therapy. Individualized Clinical Hypnotherapy was applied along with psychoanalysis, age regression, dialectical behavior therapy and cognitive behavior therapy . About 4 to 20 hours of therapy was required depending on each case. The scores on Beck's Depression Inventory were of severe depression in all the four cases. Three were cases of unipolar depression and one was a case of bipolar depression. Scores of depression came down to normal in all the four cases. While the unipolar depression healed completely, bipolar symptoms reduced considerably but did not go away completely. All the four cases reported inner child healing issues . There were cases of severe trauma in childhood . The clients went through tears and outbursts during therapy . After the healing and therapy was done , they could achieve their ambitions through some minor changes in their thinking patterns. Due to inner child healing , the internal dominant focus changed to positive.

The Introduction

Applied Psychology has become a diversified subject with several branches. In this research 

study, different branches of applied psychology were used to address the same problem from 

several perspectives, The intention of using more than one method in an integrated manner is 

that the target problem can be addressed from varied directions and broken down in components 

which can be individually addressed and healed by using different types of therapies together, in 

the same session. This approach is called an Eclectic Approach of applied Psychology. 

“Eclectic therapy seeks to directly meet the client and their needs by drawing from multiple 

therapy approaches in order to select the best treatment for each individual client. It can be 

viewed as a combination of different therapy approaches that is tailored to each client depending 

on their problems, goals, and expectations. An eclectic therapist seeks to understand each client 

in all their complexity in order to be successful in helping clients reach their own goals.1 This 

involves learning about the multiple facets of each client including their thoughts, feelings, 

behaviors, relationships, and more. The therapist then identifies core ingredients that 

various psychotherapy theories share in order to help clients solve the problems that caused them 

to seek therapy.” (Peterson, T.2023)

“Applied psychology is the study and ability to solve problems within human behavior such as 

health issues, workplace issues, or education. There are various specialty areas within applied 

psychology including clinical psychology, counseling services, medicinal psychology, and 

forensic psychology.” (Galton.F,2023)

In this paper, we will cover the reasons for using various branches of applied psychology 

together in an integrated manner to solve one problem viz. severe depression.

This research is based on therapeutic intervention of four subjects who were suffering from 

severe depression when they came for therapy. There were about 8-15 therapies combined in 

each 2-5 hours session. 

This study aimed at the treatment of severe depression through changing the internal dominant 

focus of the person to positive. A severely depressed person is negative pre-dominantly and 

hence, the internal dominant focus needs to be uplifted to pre-dominantly positive to rise above 

depression . 

The Beck’s Depression Inventory(BDI), which is a standardized tool for verifying depression 

was used for assessment. It has twenty -one parameters of assessing depression and scores range 

from severe depression to normal. 

The aim of the therapeutic intervention was to help the subject/person overcome depression .

The objectives of the treatment were that –

1) The person starts focusing on positive aspects of life deliberately.

2) Restarts taking interest in daily living activities like studying , bathing, eating ,working etc.

3) Starts focusing on smaller achievable goals that make him/her feel positive.

The hypothesis was that:

Applied therapies will help in changing internal dominant focus(IDF) to positive.

The sub hypotheses were :

1. Applied Therapies help the person detach from feelings of negativity.

2. Applied therapies make the person realize that focus can be shifted to positive.

3. Applied therapies train the person to shift to an internal dominant focus on positivity.

Each person had to get out of an internal dominant focus on severe feelings of depression (as 

assessed by BDI) and shift the internal dominant focus to achievable goals that made him[her

feel positive step by step, so that motivation to work would develop automatically.

The gap in research has been that traditionally applied psychological therapies have not been 

combined with energy healing therapies like Hypnosis, NLP and Reiki . This paper gives 

evidence of the fact that results are much quicker and can be maintained by the client through 

development of automatic self-awareness after therapy is over, if energy healing methods are 

used for removing negativity and applied psychology methods are implemented step by step, 

subsequently. for generating positivity in the subconscious mind. 

As I have been working since seventeen years and am well trained in several types of therapies, I 

work with the presumption that the subconscious mind can be accessed and trained to think positive with teaching mindfulness, meditation and positive visualizations along with therapy. 

Methods like applied forgiveness ( energy cord cutting therapy), accessing the subconscious mind for understanding deeper feelings(hypnotherapy) and deleting memories(NLP) help to erase stuck negative patterns of thinking. Alongside, methods like CBT, Gestalt Therapy and 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy are used to find the root cause of problems from the subconscious mind, understand the figure to ground situation and perspectives of people involved , 

respectively. After removing the focus on negative patterns of thinking with various methods, the therapy aims to install positive patterns of thinking, given the person’s circumstances,perceptions and desires. 

The same eclectic , multi modal integrated approach , customized for individual needs, can also be used for other mental/emotional disorders such as anxiety, relationship problems, conflicts, fears, phobia, concentration problems, addictions etc. 

The purpose of presenting this paper is to make people aware of the perspective that spirituality can be used as a strong tool of healing along with psychological interventions.

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https://www.ijfmr.com/papers/2024/6/32089.pdf

“Is Past Life Regression Just My Imagination ?”

 

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Why You Can Still Heal Through Past Life Regression

The Most Common Doubt I Hear…

In regression sessions, many clients say:

“I think I’m just imagining it.”

And that’s where healing actually begins. Because imagination is not a barrier — it’s a bridge.

A bridge between your conscious mind and your soul’s memory.

Imagination is not the enemy of truth.

It’s the language your subconscious uses to show you what words can’t explain.

Even in dreams, nothing is logically real, but the emotion is — and that’s how healing happens.

Client Doubt: “It’s just my imagination… I feel like I’m making it up.”

A Calm, Empowering Response:

“Yes, it may feel like imagination — because that’s the doorway.

The subconscious speaks through imagery, symbols, and emotions.

Past life regression doesn’t come as logic; it comes as impressions, sensations, feelings, and inner visuals — like dreams.

The conscious mind expects a clear story. But healing begins when we let go of needing ‘proof’ and allow the subconscious to reveal what it needs to show.

Whether it’s imagined or remembered, if the emotion feels real — healing happens.”

Bridge to Theta Healing:

“In Theta Healing, we work with belief systems — and sometimes the mind resists revealing deeper truths because of fear or doubt.

That’s why we combine techniques:

Theta helps clear the belief that ‘I can’t trust what I see’ or ‘I am just making it up’, and that unlocks deeper memories naturally.”

Imagination: Your Soul’s Visual Language

Your subconscious doesn’t speak in dates or facts.

It speaks in:

• Visuals like dreams
• Feelings in your body
• Colors, symbols, or random scenes
• Emotions that seem “out of place” but feel deeply true

So yes — you may feel like you’re imagining.

But you’re not.

You’re remembering through imagery.

Healing Doesn’t Need Proof — It Needs Openness

Past life regression isn’t about verifying history.

It’s about releasing trapped energy and clearing emotional patterns from your soul memory.

When a memory — real or symbolic — triggers an emotional shift, your energy field begins to heal.

You may feel:

• Lighter in the body
• Calmer in the mind
• Clearer about your soul’s journey
• Free from fears that made no sense before

That’s the power of soul healing.

When You Feel Blocked… Do This Instead

If you feel blank in a session, don’t panic. Ask yourself:

• What emotion do I feel right now?
• If it were a color or place, what would it look like?
• If my body discomfort had a message, what would it say?
• What kind of scene would match this emotion?

These simple questions open the door for your subconscious to guide you — gently and naturally.

Why Staying Awake (Not in Trance) Is Essential

Unlike hypnosis or deep trance therapies, Past Life Regression requires alertness.

You must remain:

• Relaxed yet awake
• Emotionally connected
• Mentally responsive

Why? Because you are engaging the active subconscious — not bypassing it.

If you go too deep into trance, the conscious mind disconnects — and you may fall asleep or forget key insights.

Being awake and aware allows you to:

• Describe the memory in real-time
• Feel the emotions fully
• Rewire your thinking while experiencing the regression
• Anchor the healing into your conscious understanding

This is not a passive process.

It’s a dynamic dialogue between your mind, soul, and guide — with your awareness as the bridge.

How Theta Healing Helps You Trust the Process

Theta Healing is often used alongside regression to dissolve beliefs like:

• “I can’t trust what I see.”
• “I’m not spiritual enough.”
• “Healing should take years.”

Once those beliefs are cleared, deeper access to soul memories becomes possible — without mental resistance.

Theta Healing also helps you enter a deeply focused yet aware state, exactly what regression requires.

You’re Not Making It Up. You’re Tuning In.

This is your soul’s language.

It’s subtle, emotional, symbolic — and powerfully healing.

So the next time your mind says, “I think I’m just imagining,”

tell it:

“Thank you. That means I’m finally tuning into something deeper.”

With Soul Awareness,

Dr. Shiva Swati

Past Life Therapist | Theta Healer | Soul Empowerment Guide