Yes it's amazing how powerful a thought can be! I'm going to try to tell a true story that I read in my meditation book but I'll probably mess it up...hopefully the point comes across...

So there's a woman in the hospital with heart problems and she's being seen by a very talented doctor that she trusts completely. He tells her everything looks good and says goodbye. As he's leaving the room after seeing her he says to some interns that had been in the room observing. ..this woman is TC and then leaves the room.

A short while later one of the interns notices the woman is in distress and is crying. When he asks her what's wrong she says she knows that TC means terminal case and that she's dying. He explains to her what it really means (can't remember but it was nothing serious) but she doesn't believe him and gets further distraught.

He tries to contact the doctor that said it, and that she trusts, to come back and explain to her. He can't be reached. No amount of talking can convince the woman and she cannot calm down and ends up dying of a heart attack.

All of the test results were fine. If the woman had not been so worked up she would have been fine. I know I've probably mutilated this story but you get the point....the mind is very powerful!

It can also take away pain and you can train it to calm you, lower your blood pressure and all sorts of good things too!