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This chapter describes how these current findings may help to understand the relationship between the mental world and the physical world. There is evidence that causal connections exist between the mind and the body that point to their unitary nature. The causal influence of the mind enables it to manipulate the external world and influence its own body. Current findings indicate that the mental state may significantly influence the brain and body on various functional levels. These findings suggest a new paradigm for an understanding of the mental world and the possibility of influencing the physical body using psychotherapy. On the other hand, this interaction between mind and brain enables the laws of nature to be discovered and the external world to be understood through the rules that integrate the basic nature of the mind and the physical world.

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