by Janet Rae
After fifteen years of self-introspection, transformation seminars, and spiritual healings, “Nancy” still had episodes of irritation followed by outbursts of anger and yelling. It was the most damaging when she acted this out towards her nine-year-old son, who was the pride and joy of her life. Then she participated in a unique workshop called Mind Imaging, and learned about her “neural net” of anger and how to apply certain tools to change that behavior pattern. A week later, she and her son were running late, sitting in traffic on the way to a birthday party on the other side of town when her son accidentally ripped the birthday present he was taking. Her first reaction was, “That’s ok honey, we can tape it when we get there.” Her next reaction was to wonder, “Who just said that?” The cycle of irritation and explosive anger didn’t just shift, it had disappeared.

Mark Evan Furman, a cognitive neuro-scientist and author of The Neurophysics of Human Behavior, has distilled over two-dozen branches of science to develop and test a process called Mind Imaging. A scientific process which brings the complex and elusive matrix of our own mind from the realm of the invisible to the realm of the visible, Mind Imaging allows each participant to craft an “image” that accurately represents the structure of their unique mind. The final image is called a NeuroPrint and includes the three raw building blocks of a mind; our thoughts and beliefs, our emotions, feelings and moods and our behaviors.

According to Furman, for those who have learned to apply this technology, the reported results have been specific and measurable. Anecdotally these include one person doubling monthly income in four weeks, another losing 20 pounds in 60 days, and another apparently overcoming depression. A teenager labeled Learning Disabled who was previously unable to spell, was able to learn how to spell backwards and forwards in 10 minutes.

In the Mind Imaging technology, the NeuroPrint acts as a feedback mechanism so people can get a visual on the matrix of their mind. The value of this feedback mechanism is compared to looking in the mirror. Every day, a common mirror provides the necessary feedback that allows us to bridge the gap between how we look when we wake up in the morning and the picture or goal of how we want to look when we leave the house. Using this simple feedback tool we gain great control over our appearance. In fact, with a little practice we can make very precise changes such as selecting and plucking a single eyebrow hair. Without the simple feedback function a mirror provides we would have very limited control over our personal appearance.

The Mind Imaging technology is based on the same premise. If the mind can objectively “see itself,” then adjustments can be made in present emotion/thought patterns to create a desired change that can enable people to more rapidly achieve their dreams and goals. The Mind Imaging process allows participants to craft a representation of their unique mind. The resulting NeuroPrint provides feedback that works just like a mirror for your mind. It allows you to see your mind at that given point in time. Once you can accurately see a representation of your mind, you can use the Mind Imaging techniques to make rapid, measurable and stable changes to the thoughts, feelings and behaviors that constitute your mind.

“Mind Imaging allows us to apply scientific measurements to our beliefs, emotions, and behaviors,” says Mark Furman states. “It allows us to precisely measure the velocity, duration, probability and trajectory of these aspects of the mind.” Furman points out that these measurements are objective and not based on a simple subjective intensity scale, such as a Subjective Unit of Disturbance (SUD). In other words it goes far beyond a subjective calculation like, “On a scale of one to ten, how angry were you.?”

“We can now precisely influence any part of the system we call mind, with tools that have been proven to work with tens of thousands of individuals from all over the world,” he says. “These tools are laser precise.”

John Freedom, an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) specialist and counselor for over 16 years, has taken the Mind Imaging workshop twice. He says the model, though useful, is still “guesstimation” in regards to the accuracy of getting a mind image. He believes that since the mind is never static that the precision of the image created is questionable. However he adds, “The process adds greater awareness to the emotional states felt. I felt a greater sense of confidence about the possibility of achieving my goals after taking the workshop.”