Studies Show We Were All Born Geniuses (And Why That Changed)

A recent and profound study at Harvard University revealed that over 99% of babies operate at a genius level. They call it the genius mind. The point of the study is that all of us at one time functioned at this same level.

Mary Morrissey notes that the genius mind, “Operates on all modalities, takes in information kinesthetically, intuitively, intellectually, physically, and then synthesizes or makes use of that information. And a baby freely does that.”

Stunningly by the time someone is five years old only 20% still operate at this level. And even more extraordinary is that the research revealed that by the time someone reaches twenty years old only 2% still operate at the genius level.

The question is what happens?

The researchers found that the reason people stop operating at this level is “the learned voice of internal judgment.” Unfortunately, this voice has been reinforced from homes to playgrounds to jobs and everywhere in-between.

Children move onto schools where reward and punishment are meted out in large portions by both peers and adults, and acceptance is too often based upon towing the line. The internal voice then becomes conditioned to believe that conforming is necessary for one to receive love.

The self perpetuating internal dialogue, (what Buddhists call the monkey mind), banters about, devaluing one’s self worth and leading to feelings of guilt and unworthiness until many people lay aside their dreams and give up on their goals, believing they don’t deserve success.

Almost 100 years ago French pharmacist Emile Coue came up with a popular affirmation that produced amazing results during the Great Depression. According to Burt Goldman, hundreds of thousands of people shared that changing their thinking with Coue’s affirmation had an incredible impact on their lives and their health, reversing this negative dialogue.

Coue’s affirmation is just one way to overcome the internal voice of shame and recover the genius mind. His suggestion is simply to repeat twenty times a day, “”Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better.” (Anthony Robbins also suggests this simple phrase.)

The important thing to remember is that there is a vast difference between consciously choosing one’s thoughts and simply having one’s internal dialogue randomly sending messages.

Want to recover your genius mind?

Simply start by directing your thinking so that you choose your own thoughts. Just like the old computer analogy, garbage in, garbage out. The opposite is true too. Perhaps it is time for an upgrade.