Spirit led Endorphins

Endorphins and the Holy Spirit

Dr. Denis Waitley a former Blue Angel pilot who worked as a performance psychologist with the Apollo Astronauts and Olympic athletes, states that endorphins are two-hundred times more powerful than morphine.[1]

He explains that released endorphin levels increase to a certain degree with increased optimism and confidence. The endorphins enable athletes to increase their pain threshold.

Optimism and confidence produce increased endorphins, enabling a higher pain threshold and increase the likelihood of higher levels of performance and achievements.

As an athlete, I can attest to the positive effects of optimism and confidence on the increased release of endorphins along with the resulting enhancement of performance, regardless of whether endorphins are in fact two-hundred times more powerful than morphine.

The same principle of endorphins applies to enhancing the ability to endure emotional pain of hardships and rejection in business.

 Two aspects of endorphins apply to this study:

First, obedient communication with the Spirit produces optimism and confidence, which increases released endorphins.

 Second, Charles Gibbs suggested that when we walk in the Spirit, He prompts the release of endorphins yielding increased pain threshold along with “love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness (1 Thess 5:16–18; Gal 5:16–22).”

While scientific instruments could measure endorphin release, humanity lacks the ability to measure the Holy Spirit. Consequently, a scientific correlation remains presently unattainable.

(Dr. Lanier Burns, who holds a Ph.D. in both Theology and Neuroscience, served as first reader of this paper.) 

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[1] Denis Waitley, Psychology of Winning, Charlotte, NC: Internet Services Corporation, 1988.

 Excerpt from The Holy Spirit's Guidance in Max International, P. 39-40, Meyer, Rick E., Dec 2013

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