the most amazing facts about the human brain the human brain is surprisingly the fattest organ in the body comprised of approximately 60% fat and weighing in at about3 neurons the brain contains approximately 100 billion neurons that can send information at speeds of up to 270 mph quicker than the Hennessy mmgt the world's fastest street car pain the human brain itself doesn't have pain receptors and therefore cannot feel any pain making it possible for doctors to perform brain surgery on patients who are awake thoughts the average person is believed to have around 70,000 thoughts a day meanwhile excessive thinking has been linked to stress depression and paranoia meditation neuroscientists have reported that brain structures change after only 8 weeks of meditation and the results are shocking the patients who meditated prove to have less anxiety sharper memory more energy a longer attention span a higher tolerance to pain a healthier relationship with their body and an overall higher quality of life neuroplasticity many people may not realize that the brain brain actually changes physically much like the way a muscle grows according to the Daily demands of Our Lives the more often you do something the brain will change its Pathways in order to maximize its efficiency like widening a highway to allow more traffic to flow this is how practice makes perfect psychic abilities in an experiment where individuals were shown either a cal or an emotional image randomly selected by a computer the brain and the body showed reactions to the image 6 seconds before the image appeared on the screen proving that our subconscious knows what is going to happen before it happens the power of the imagination it has been scientifically documented that the nervous system does not know the difference between reality and Imagination and will react as though it were really happening for example you may imagine yourself hanging off the edge of a building and your pals will begin to sweat the best athletes in the world know this secret and practice visualization techniques to improve their skills in the game while relaxing at home the third eye does everybody really have a third eye in their brain in modern days the third eye has been linked to the pineal gland shaped like a pine cone and centered in the middle of the brain surprisingly the pineal gland actually has retinal tissue made up of photo receptors just like an eyeball DMT the pineal gland is also thought to produce a chemical known as DMT nickname The Spirit Molecule or the seat of the Soul DMT is believed to be released during dreaming during spiritual and mystical experiences and during birth and death known as the most powerful hallucinogenic drug that can dramatically affect human consciousness [Music]