
Becoming Supernatural
How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
Categories
Nonfiction, Self Help, Psychology, Philosophy, Health, Science, Spirituality, Audiobook, Personal Development, Neuroscience
Content Type
Book
Binding
Kindle Edition
Year
2017
Publisher
Hay House LLC
Language
English
ASIN
B0746RN3G7
ISBN
1401953107
ISBN13
9781401953102
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Becoming Supernatural Plot Summary
Introduction
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to transcend ordinary human limitations, achieving extraordinary health, success, and fulfillment? The fascinating truth is that these "supernatural" abilities aren't reserved for a select few—they're latent capacities we all possess. What separates those who access these abilities from those who don't isn't genetic advantage or luck, but rather specific practices and understandings about how consciousness interacts with physical reality. Throughout human history, mystics, shamans, yogis, and spiritual adepts have demonstrated capabilities that defy conventional explanation—spontaneous healing, precognition, profound states of consciousness, and the ability to influence physical reality through intention. Now, cutting-edge research in neuroscience, epigenetics, and psychoneuroimmunology is validating what ancient wisdom traditions have taught for millennia: we can literally reprogram our brains and bodies through meditation, heart coherence, and energy practices. This journey of transformation begins with understanding how we've been conditioned by our past and learning practical methods to break free from those limitations.
Chapter 1: Break Free from Your Past Conditioning
Breaking free from past conditioning requires understanding how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors have created neural networks that keep you anchored to familiar patterns. Most people live their lives on autopilot, thinking the same thoughts, feeling the same emotions, and engaging in the same behaviors day after day. This repetitive cycle creates neural pathways in the brain that become increasingly difficult to break, essentially making you addicted to your past. Anna's story perfectly illustrates this phenomenon. After her husband's suicide, Anna was devastated. She constantly relived the traumatic event, experiencing the same emotions of grief, anger, and betrayal over and over. Her body began to respond to these emotions as if the event were happening repeatedly. Within nine months, Anna developed neuritis, an inflammation of her peripheral nervous system that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Her immune system was attacking her own body. Medical treatments provided little relief. Anna's condition worsened as she developed erosive lichen planus, causing ulcerations in her mouth and esophagus. Eventually, doctors diagnosed her with esophageal cancer. When Anna attended one of Dr. Dispenza's workshops, she learned that to heal, she needed to break free from the emotions keeping her anchored to the past. She began meditating twice daily, focusing on elevated emotions like gratitude and joy rather than pain and suffering. During one profound meditation, Anna experienced a state of pure consciousness where she felt completely free from her physical and emotional pain. She saw herself in the future, healthy and vibrant, sharing her healing story with others. To implement this transformation, Anna followed specific steps. First, she practiced the Blessing of the Energy Centers meditation to reprogram her autonomic nervous system. Then she used a breathing technique to liberate emotional energy stored in her body. Next, she reconditioned her body to a new mind by embracing elevated emotions before her healing had physically manifested. Finally, she practiced walking meditation to embody her future self with her eyes open. When applying these techniques, consistency is crucial. Anna meditated every day, even when she felt doubtful or unwell. She never used her physical limitations as an excuse to skip her inner work. The process takes time – Anna practiced for a year before seeing significant improvements in her health. Within two years of dedicated practice, Anna's medical tests showed remarkable results. Her cancer had completely disappeared, her mucous membranes had healed, and she was living a vibrant, joyful life. By breaking free from the emotional patterns of her past, Anna literally created a new self – one who was healthy, happy, and whole. This transformation didn't happen by changing her external circumstances but by changing her internal state so profoundly that her body had no choice but to respond with healing.
Chapter 2: Master the Present Moment
The present moment is the gateway to supernatural abilities and experiences. While many people understand the concept of "being present" on a surface level, true mastery requires transcending not just thoughts of the past and future, but also your very identity, your physical body, and even time itself. This is where possibility transforms into reality. Our brains are largely products of our past experiences. When neurons fire together repeatedly, they wire together, forming networks that represent our learned behaviors, memories, and emotional responses. These networks become so efficient that by our mid-30s, approximately 95% of who we are consists of memorized behaviors, emotional reactions, beliefs, and perceptions. We literally become hardwired into the past. Consider how this played out for Harvard researchers' subjects in a fascinating piano experiment. They divided participants into two groups – one that physically practiced a simple five-finger piano exercise for two hours daily over five days, and another that merely imagined performing the same exercise without moving their fingers. Brain scans showed both groups developed nearly identical neural circuits. The mental rehearsal group's brains looked as if they had actually performed the physical activity. This same principle works against us when we wake up each morning and immediately fall into our habitual thinking patterns. If you start your day thinking about problems, deadlines, or worries, you're mentally rehearsing a stressful future. Your brain and body respond as if that stress is happening now, producing stress chemicals that signal genes to express in ways that can compromise your health over time. To master the present moment, you must first become aware of where your energy is flowing. Most people scatter their energy by focusing on external concerns – jobs, relationships, possessions, problems. When your attention is divided among these external elements, there's no energy left for creating something new. The key is to call your energy back to yourself through meditation. This requires changing your brain waves from beta (active thinking) to alpha and theta (relaxed awareness). In these slower brain wave states, you disconnect from the external world and enter the present moment. The most practical way to implement this is through daily meditation. Allow yourself ample time – Dr. Dispenza recommends two hours – so you don't feel rushed. Each time your mind wanders to thoughts of the past or future, gently bring your awareness back to the present moment. With practice, you'll find that sweet spot where your familiar past and predictable future no longer exist, and you have available energy to create something entirely new. Remember that the hardest part of every war is the last battle. When your body as the mind is raging, wanting you to stop and return to familiar patterns, keep persevering. Step into the unknown, and you'll discover that right beyond your fear is courage, beyond your lack is wholeness, and beyond your doubt is knowing.
Chapter 3: Access the Quantum Field of Infinite Possibilities
The quantum field represents an invisible realm of infinite possibility that exists beyond our physical reality. Unlike the material world we perceive with our senses, this field consists of pure energy and information – frequencies carrying potential experiences waiting to be manifested. To access this field, you must transcend your physical identity and enter a state of pure consciousness. Scientists discovered this quantum reality when studying subatomic particles. They found that electrons exist as waves of probability until observed, at which point they collapse into particles with definite positions. Similarly, when you observe your life from the same perspective daily, you collapse infinite fields of energy into the same patterns called your life. But if you shift your awareness, you can access new possibilities. Jace, Dr. Dispenza's son, experienced this firsthand after finishing graduate school. Disillusioned with his job, Jace decided to travel for seven months. When his funds ran low, he needed to create a new career. Following his father's guidance, Jace wrote the letter "J" on a paper to represent his intention for a new job. Under this symbol, he listed specific qualities he wanted: working from anywhere, earning good money, having independent contracts, loving his work, and being his own boss. Next, Jace identified the elevated emotions he would feel when manifesting this job: empowerment, love for life, freedom, and gratitude. Each day, he meditated on this intention while generating these emotions, effectively broadcasting a new electromagnetic signature into the quantum field. He visualized himself in this new career, making choices and having experiences aligned with this future reality. When Jace returned home broke and uncertain, he maintained his practice despite financial pressure. Shortly after, while visiting friends in Santa Barbara, he happened to walk into a surf shop where he met the world's top surfboard fin designer. This chance encounter led to a job offer that matched every criterion on his list – a one-year contract with higher pay than his previous position, the freedom to work from anywhere, and work he loved so much he couldn't believe he was paid to do it. To access the quantum field yourself, begin by preparing a clear intention. Choose an experience you want to manifest and assign it a letter symbol. Draw two circular lines around this letter to represent the electromagnetic field you need to generate. List specific aspects of what you want (avoiding time frames) and the emotions you'll feel when it manifests. During meditation, first use the breathing technique to pull energy from your lower centers to your brain. Then place your attention on the infinite black space of the quantum field, becoming no body, no one, no thing, no where, in no time. Think about the potential you want to tune into, sensing its energy within and around you. When practicing this technique, avoid analyzing how your intention will manifest. Remember that you're not trying to change matter with matter but rather changing energy into matter. You're tuning into the frequency of your future and drawing that experience to you through vibrational matching.
Chapter 4: Activate Your Energy Centers for Transformation
Your body contains powerful energy centers that influence every aspect of your health and consciousness. These centers, sometimes called chakras, are not merely metaphysical concepts but biological realities with measurable effects on your physical and mental wellbeing. Each center has its own frequency, consciousness, glands, hormones, chemistry, and neurological network – essentially its own mind. When Anna was healing from multiple severe health conditions, she discovered that blessing these energy centers was crucial to her recovery. Her first center (reproductive area) was connected to creativity, her second center (lower abdomen) to safety and security, and her third center (solar plexus) to personal power. These lower three centers represent our survival mechanisms and animal nature. The fourth center (heart) marks the transition to our divine nature, while the fifth (throat), sixth (pineal gland), and seventh (pituitary) centers connect us to higher consciousness. The eighth center, located above the head, represents our connection to the cosmos. Anna learned that when we're stuck in survival mode, energy becomes trapped in those lower three centers. For example, when she constantly relived her trauma, she activated specific neural networks in her brain that produced a level of mind creating an internal representation of herself as a victim. This signaled neuropeptides that triggered hormonal centers in her second energy center, storing emotional energy as guilt, shame, and suffering. To liberate this trapped energy, Anna practiced the Blessing of the Energy Centers meditation daily. She would place her attention on each center and the space around it, creating coherence in each area. By combining clear intention with elevated emotions like gratitude and love, she built coherent electromagnetic fields around each center, providing new information and energy for her cells, tissues, and organs to draw from. The process works because your body is surrounded by fields of electromagnetic energy carrying conscious intention. When you activate an energy center with elevated emotions, you stimulate the associated neurological plexus to produce a level of mind that activates the proper glands, tissues, and chemicals. This creates coherence in that center, allowing it to function optimally. To practice this meditation yourself, begin by sitting comfortably and placing your attention on your first energy center. Open your focus to sense the space around this center, then bless it with elevated emotions like love or gratitude. Continue this process for each center, moving upward through your body. When you reach the eighth center above your head, bless it with gratitude, as this opens the door to profound information from the quantum field. For best results, after blessing each center, lie down for at least 15 minutes. Relax, surrender, and allow your autonomic nervous system to integrate this information into your body. Remember that you cannot force this process with your conscious mind – you must get into your subconscious mind where the operating system functions. Many practitioners report significant improvements after just one session, though consistent practice yields the most profound results. Gas discharge visualization measurements taken before and after this meditation show remarkable changes in the size, alignment, and coherence of energy centers, as well as increases in the overall energy field surrounding the body.
Chapter 5: Recondition Your Body to a New Mind
Most people live trapped in a thinking-feeling loop that anchors them to the past. A thought produces a chemical reaction in your brain, making your body feel exactly how you were thinking. Once you notice this feeling, you generate more thoughts that match it, creating a continuous cycle. If you think about being angry, you feel anger. The moment you feel anger, that emotion influences you to think more angry thoughts. This loop hardwires your brain into repetitive patterns and conditions your body to the past. Daniel, a stressed-out Israeli entrepreneur in his mid-20s, experienced the devastating effects of this cycle. While yelling at a client over the phone, he felt something pop in his head and lost consciousness. When he awoke, he had a severe headache that wouldn't subside. Mysteriously, his pain intensified whenever he was near anything emitting electromagnetic frequencies – cell phones, computers, Wi-Fi networks. Doctors diagnosed him with electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), but treatments failed. Daniel had to close his business, declared bankruptcy, and retreated from life, spending most days curled up in pain. After three years of suffering, Daniel discovered Dr. Dispenza's work and began practicing the Changing Beliefs and Perceptions meditation. Gradually, his pain lessened. When he tried the Blessing of the Energy Centers meditation, something remarkable happened. As he focused on his sixth energy center, he saw different areas of his brain lighting up and communicating with each other. A beam of "loving light" shot from the top of his head, and for ten minutes afterward, he experienced no pain. The key to Daniel's transformation was a powerful breathing technique that liberated stored emotional energy from his body. This technique involves contracting the muscles of your perineum, lower abdomen, and upper abdomen while taking a slow, steady breath through your nose. As you squeeze these muscles and pull your breath up your spine to the top of your head, you accelerate cerebrospinal fluid toward your brain, creating an electromagnetic field that draws energy from your lower centers upward. When this energy reaches your brain, it produces gamma brain waves – the highest frequency brain waves associated with transcendental experiences. This energy also activates the pineal gland, which releases powerful elixirs that can anesthetize the analytical mind. The result is often described as "an orgasm in your head" – a profound energy that ancient traditions called kundalini. After liberating this energy, Daniel reconditioned his body to a new mind by embracing elevated emotions. He understood that emotions signal genes, and by creating elevated emotions in meditation, he was signaling his genes ahead of the environment. His body couldn't distinguish between an emotion created by an external experience and one created internally through meditation. To implement this technique yourself, start by practicing the individual components. First, learn to contract and hold your perineum muscles. Then add contracting your lower and upper abdomen. Next, practice following your breath from your perineum up through each energy center to the top of your head. Finally, combine these elements – contracting your muscles while pulling your breath up your spine and holding at the top. Remember that this is not a passive breath but an active, passionate process. You're using your body as an instrument of consciousness to evolve limited survival emotions into elevated emotions like love, gratitude, and joy. The intensity of your effort must be greater than your addiction to survival emotions.
Chapter 6: Open Your Heart to Higher Intelligence
Throughout human history, the heart has symbolized wisdom, intuition, and higher intelligence. Ancient Egyptians believed the heart, not the brain, was the center of life and human wisdom. Modern science now confirms what ancient cultures intuited – the heart is far more than a pump. It's a sensory organ that guides our decision-making and understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. Jennifer's story demonstrates the transformative power of heart intelligence. Five years ago, she suffered from multiple autoimmune disorders, gastrointestinal issues, chronic asthma, kidney disease, arthritis, and severe vertigo. Simple tasks like brushing her teeth exhausted her. At 108 pounds, she struggled to walk and couldn't use her right hand due to pain and arthritis. Medical specialists offered no solutions, leaving Jennifer fearing she had only a few years to live. After attending Dr. Dispenza's workshop, Jennifer began practicing heart coherence – a state where the heart beats in a consistent, rhythmic, orderly manner. Each morning at 4:50 AM, she meditated, focusing on elevated emotions like gratitude and joy. During one profound meditation, she felt abundant energy flowing through her body. She imagined herself running joyfully, hearing her breath and feeling her feet hitting the ground. By the end of the workshop, Jennifer was walking normally and could eat foods that previously caused reactions. Heart coherence creates measurable effects throughout the body. When the heart beats coherently, it produces a magnetic field 5,000 times stronger than the brain's field, extending 8-10 feet around the body. This field affects every cell and influences brain function, causing the brain to entrain with the heart's rhythm at a frequency of 0.10 Hz – a state of optimum performance associated with increased intuition and internal guidance. The heart and brain are connected through neural pathways, with 90% of the connecting nerve fibers ascending from the heart to the brain. These signals from the heart modify activity in the brain's higher cognitive and emotional centers. The heart even has its own "brain" – a network of 40,000 neurons that function independently of the brain, leading to a new field of science called neurocardiology. To practice heart coherence, begin by closing your eyes and bringing your attention to your heart. Breathe slowly and deeply in and out from your heart center. When your mind wanders, gently return your attention to your heart and breath. Next, generate elevated emotions like love, gratitude, or appreciation while continuing to breathe through your heart. Send that energy beyond your body and marry it with your intention. Start with 10 minutes daily and gradually extend your practice time. Eventually, you'll be able to maintain heart coherence with your eyes open during daily activities. Set reminders on your phone to practice briefly throughout the day. The benefits of consistent practice are profound. Heart coherence reduces stress, lowers blood pressure, improves immune function, enhances brain function, and promotes overall health. When Jennifer conditioned her body to forget what illness feels like by raising her energy and changing her frequency, she experienced remarkable healing. Today, she eats normal food, no longer needs asthma medication, can walk up to ten miles daily, and lift 45 pounds. She's even training for a half marathon.
Chapter 7: Create Your Future Through Intention
Creating your future reality requires more than positive thinking – it demands a complete reprogramming of your subconscious mind. Just as television commercials program viewers through emotional manipulation and repetition, you can intentionally program yourself for success, health, and fulfillment using similar principles but with positive, empowering content. Felicia, a medical doctor in the United Kingdom, experienced this transformation firsthand. After treating over 70,000 patients in her decade of practice, she became frustrated with the limitations of conventional medicine. She suffered from severe eczema and skin infections since infancy, with only temporary relief from medications and strict diets. When her condition worsened in 2016, she decided to attend one of Dr. Dispenza's advanced workshops. At the workshop, Felicia created a Mind Movie – a personalized video combining images of her desired future with music and affirmations. She included images of healthy skin and a picture of herself speaking on stage. During a powerful breathing meditation, Felicia experienced an "exhilarating explosion of energy" in her brain and an overwhelming feeling of joy and oneness. Brain scans showed her energy levels at 190 standard deviations above normal – an extraordinary reading. When Felicia returned home, she noticed her eczema had completely disappeared. The rashes that had been present just days earlier had resolved without medication. Even more remarkably, she soon found herself speaking on stage – exactly as she had visualized in her Mind Movie. The technique Felicia used combines two powerful tools: a kaleidoscope video and a personalized Mind Movie. The kaleidoscope induces an alpha or theta brain-wave state with eyes open, making the viewer highly suggestible to new programming. In this receptive state, the Mind Movie plants seeds of new possibilities directly into the subconscious mind. To create your own Mind Movie, first select music that inspires and motivates you – a song you'll never tire of hearing. Next, choose images representing your desired future, whether it's optimal health, career success, loving relationships, or spiritual experiences. Finally, add affirmations or statements that reinforce your vision: "My body heals more each day," "Wealth flows to me effortlessly," or "I embrace the unknown with confidence." The combination of inspiring images, music, and affirmations creates powerful associative memories of your future. Just as certain songs transport you to the past, your Mind Movie's soundtrack will eventually transport you to your future. When you connect emotionally to these future images, your body begins to believe it's already living in that reality. Since emotions signal genes, embracing the emotions of your future health or success actually changes your biology to match that future state. For maximum effectiveness, watch your Mind Movie when you're most suggestible – early in the morning or late in the evening when your brain waves naturally slow down. Practice in a darkened room to increase melatonin production, which enhances brain wave changes. Consciously slow your breathing and relax deeply to enter a state between wakefulness and sleep. The key to success is consistency. Watch your Mind Movie daily, fully engaging with the emotions of your future reality. With regular practice, these future memories become stronger than your past memories, and your biology begins to align with your vision. Your brain literally becomes wired for your new future rather than your old past.
Summary
Becoming supernatural isn't reserved for mystics or spiritual masters – it's your birthright as a human being. Throughout this journey, you've discovered that breaking free from the past, mastering the present moment, accessing the quantum field, activating your energy centers, reconditioning your body, opening your heart intelligence, and creating your future reality are all skills that can be learned and mastered through consistent practice. As Dr. Dispenza powerfully states, "The moment you start feeling like the event has already occurred, your body, as the unconscious mind, will begin to believe it is living in that future reality in the present moment." This is the essence of transformation – not waiting for external circumstances to change, but changing your internal state so profoundly that your outer world has no choice but to reflect your new being. Take one step today toward becoming supernatural by selecting just one practice from this book – perhaps the Blessing of the Energy Centers meditation or creating a Mind Movie – and commit to it daily for the next 30 days, knowing that with each session, you're literally rewiring your brain and recoding your body for a new, extraordinary future.
Best Quote
“The only way we can change our lives is to change our energy — to change the electromagnetic field we are constantly broadcasting. In other words, to change our state of being, we have to change how we think and how we feel.” ― Joe Dispenza, Becoming Supernatural: How Common People are Doing the Uncommon
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Strengths: The reviewer appreciates the author's focus, detail, and use of scientific backing in the book. They also acknowledge the presence of data and interesting studies to support the claims made. Weaknesses: The reviewer expresses concerns about the author potentially setting up unrealistic expectations for readers in terms of the ease and speed of achieving the desired outcomes. They also question the practicality of the author's approach based on their own meditation experience. Overall: The reviewer has mixed feelings about the book, appreciating the depth of research and data presented but expressing reservations about the practicality and achievability of the techniques advocated. They caution that readers may face frustration and failure if they expect quick results.
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Becoming Supernatural
By Joe Dispenza