Mirror neurones – be the change
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When you talk about Gandhi saying:
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"Be the change that you would
like to see in the world"
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the idea that how you act
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and how you behave will affect
the world; well it turns out
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that there is a neurological
basis behind that as well.
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Within all of our brains,
there's something called mirror neurons
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and those mirror
neurons do just that.
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They kind of
mirror what we see.
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And so if somebody smiles at us
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then there's some part of our brain
that smiles as well.
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If we see somebody being
compassionate and forgiving to someone
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then we feel compassionate
and forgiving within ourselves.
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And if we see somebody
punishing and hating somebody
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we feel punishing and hating
inside of ourselves.
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So there is a lot of truth
to the notion of being the change
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that you think should be in the world
because as you do it
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you bring other people along.
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It may be initially just your
friends and your family
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but then as they do the same
thing and so on and so on.
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You can engage so many more people
in those kinds of positive attitudes
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and if you get the you know enough
of a force of individuals behind that
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perhaps you will affect those kinds
of peace changes that are required,
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the changes that are required for
peace on a much more global scale.