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Comment by daoist_shaman

The brain is so powerful that just by believing something will work, it actually can work. This is the placebo response. We don’t know the mechanism [0] yet, but I think it is probably the same thing as manifestation [1].

I believe that visualization is powerful because once we have visualized something, we can start taking steps (either consciously or unconsciously) to actualize it. This could include reaching some goal, such as alleviating a disease state.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#Mechanisms

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifestation_(popular_psychol...

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