Getting back to the placebo effect, how much of a role does it play?
CWO: Intention to transform yourself can cause you to focus on any number of things as a symbol to that change. When that happens, the placebo effect is present to some degree. I’ve just read an interesting piece on the net by a college professor, he actually gave us a link to our web site, about the effects of placebo on change. His assertions about subliminal messaging were completely wrong and took into account research that even to a casual observer looked flawed from the start. What interested me is that while he felt obliged to ‘debunk’ many of the alleged tools of the placebo effect, he was full of praise for the results of what happens when the mind believes it’s getting medicine. This is all well and good that our minds can and do step in and make up for some lack of chemical reaction. But I am responsible to point out that what we do goes beyond placebo. Will you focus on your ‘desire’ for change more if every day you’re getting into a habit of putting in a program and playin
