The time that we are truly conscious, attentive, aware, and present is when we change how the brain works, to create a new level of mind (neurons=>intelligence).
#MEDITATION.
Nerve cells that no longer fire together, no longer wire together. This is the
universal law of "use it or lose it" in action.
1.observation over thoughts (to break old paradigm).
2.mentally practicing who you want
to become (to create new one).
In that same second, 10 million of your cells died, and in the next instant, almost 10 million new cells took their place.
Recent calculations estimate that the communication between cells actually travels faster than the speed of light.
And, you are probably giving some thought to your body...
Although, Dr. King (Martin Luther) phrased it in his famous speech as a "dream:' what he was really promoting (and living) was a better world where everyone was equal. How was he able to do that? He decided to place a new idea in his mind about freedom for himself and a nation, and that IDEA was more IMPORTANT to him THAN the CONDITIONS in his external world.