How Your Thoughts Become Your Reality
The Reticular Activating System, NET & the Neuroscience of Manifestation
The Reticular Activating System, NET & the Neuroscience of Manifestation
By Dr. Theodore Berlingeri, DC, RYT – Brain & Body St. Pete
At Brain & Body St. Pete, one of the most powerful truths I witness daily is this: your nervous system is always listening to your thoughts—and organizing your reality accordingly.
There’s a growing understanding in both science and holistic health that what we focus on becomes our experience. But this isn’t just woo—it’s neuroscience. And a key player in this process is the Reticular Activating System (RAS), a network of neurons in your brainstem that acts like a filter between your conscious and subconscious mind.
Let’s break it down.
🔎 What is the Reticular Activating System?
The Reticular Activating System is a small cluster of neurons located in the brainstem that decides which information gets your attention. At any given moment, your brain is bombarded by millions of sensory inputs—sounds, visuals, internal sensations, memories. The RAS sorts through this chaos and lets in only what it deems important based on your current beliefs, emotions, stress levels, and internal "programming."
That’s why when you buy a red car, suddenly you see red cars everywhere. Or when you’re stuck in a negative loop, it seems like life keeps handing you more reasons to stay there.
Your RAS tunes your awareness to what aligns with your inner world. In this way, your thoughts literally shape your perception of reality. And in the world of neurology and brain-based therapies, this filtering system is key to understanding why many people stay stuck—and how to help them break free.
🧠 How NET (Neuro Emotional Technique) Rewires What You Notice
Here’s where Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) becomes so transformative.
As a certified NET practitioner, I use this technique to identify and clear emotionally charged beliefs—what we call Neuro Emotional Complexes (NECs)—that are running in the background of your subconscious. These patterns are often at the root of chronic stress, anxiety, nervous system dysregulation, and emotional pain.
These NECs often stem from unresolved emotional experiences, limiting beliefs, or stored trauma that your logical mind may not even be aware of. Yet they silently influence your behavior, your nervous system, and—through the RAS—your entire lens on life.
For example:
A subconscious belief like “I’m not good enough” might cause your RAS to ignore evidence of success and filter in experiences of rejection.
A past trauma around money might tune your brain to scarcity, even in times of abundance.
When we release these patterns through NET, the nervous system relaxes, the emotional brain and logical brain reintegrate, and the RAS starts tuning into a new signal. One aligned with who you are becoming, not just who you’ve been.
This is nervous system reprogramming, and it’s incredibly effective for those seeking natural stress relief, emotional balance, or alternative mental health solutions without relying solely on talk therapy or medication.
✨ The Neuroscience of Manifestation
“Manifestation” is often misunderstood as simply visualizing what you want and hoping it comes to you. But the deeper truth is that manifestation is the brain’s RAS system being directed intentionally.
When we consciously focus our thoughts, feelings, and beliefs on a desired outcome—while clearing the subconscious blocks with tools like NET—we begin to perceive more opportunities, synchronicities, and patterns that align with that vision. The RAS is no longer filtering those things out, and so they become part of your lived reality.
In short:
You can’t attract what you can’t perceive.
And you can’t perceive what your nervous system is still afraid of.
This is why NET is such a powerful tool for those seeking to break cycles of anxiety, trauma, self-sabotage, or chronic overwhelm.
🔓 Rewiring Your Filters at Brain & Body St. Pete
At Brain & Body St. Pete, I help people rewire their filters—neurologically and emotionally. Whether you’re dealing with chronic stress, emotional trauma, burnout, physical symptoms with emotional roots, or just feeling stuck, we use NET to dissolve emotional anchors and align your nervous system with new possibilities.
This is brain-based healing—a fusion of functional neurology, frequency medicine, and emotional reprocessing that works from the inside out.
You don’t have to "force" a better reality. You just have to train your nervous system to recognize it.
And when you do that, you start to feel like life is finally working with you—not against you.
Want to Explore This Work?
Let’s talk. I work with people locally in St. Pete and virtually to help reset these inner filters and unlock a new level of alignment between the body, mind, and emotional system.
Visit www.drtheochiropractic.com or book a Neuro Emotional Technique session today.
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