Have you ever watched a movie hero for hours and then, without thinking, started walking, talking, or smiling just like him?
Maybe you saw a character forgive someone who hurt him deeply, and suddenly your own heart felt softer.
That is not just “inspiration.” Something real is happening inside your brain. Scientists call them mirror neurons.

What Are Mirror Neurons?

Mirror neurons are special brain cells discovered in the 1990s by Italian scientists.
When you watch someone do something — or even vividly imagine them doing it — these neurons fire in your brain as if you yourself were doing it.
It’s like your brain has a built-in simulator.

• You see someone smile → your smile neurons light up.
• You watch someone cry → your sadness neurons activate.
• You see someone act bravely → your courage neurons start practising bravery.

This is why children copy their parents so quickly.
This is why we yawn when someone else yawns.
This is why couples who live together for years begin to look and act alike.
Your brain is literally “mirroring” the people you spend the most time with — in body, feelings, and character.

The Movie Example We All Know

Imagine a teenager who watches a lot of action movies.
After weeks of seeing the hero stay calm under pressure, speak confidently, and protect the weak, the boy starts standing taller, speaking slower, and helping friends without being asked.
He didn’t make a big decision to change. His mirror neurons kept “rehearsing” the hero’s behaviour every time he watched.
The brain said: “I’ve seen this person act this way hundreds of times → this must be the right way to act.”
Slowly, the boy becomes more like the hero.

The same happens when we spend a long time with any person we admire — a teacher, a friend, or a saint.

Vox Divini Meditation: A Powerful Mirror-Neuron Training

In Vox Divini Meditation we do something deliberate and beautiful:
Every single day we place Jesus right in front of our mind’s eyes.

• We read His words slowly.
• We write directly to Him: “Lord, I see how gentle You are…”
• We vividly picture His face, His voice, His actions.
• We admire His heart with love.
• And every day we tell Jesus: “Lord, I too want to be like You.”

While we write and pray this, our mirror neurons are working at full strength.
We are not just thinking about Jesus — we are watching Him, listening to Him, feeling with Him for 30–60 minutes every day.
The brain treats this loving, vivid contemplation exactly like spending real time with a person.

What is the Result of this?
Our mirror neurons begin rehearsing Jesus’ kindness, Jesus’ patience, Jesus’ generosity, Jesus’ courage — again and again.

Why Writing Makes Mirror Neurons Work Even Better

Writing gives a much stronger boost to mirror neurons than just thinking or silent meditation.
Here’s why, in very simple words:

1. Writing makes the scene more vivid and real
   When you only think about Jesus forgiving Peter, the picture in your mind is soft and can fade quickly.
   When you write “Lord, I see Your eyes full of mercy as You say to Peter, ‘Do you love Me?’”, your brain has to create colours, feelings, sounds, and details.
   The more vivid the scene, the stronger mirror neurons fire — almost as if you are watching a high-definition movie of Jesus instead of a blurry dream.
2. Writing involves your whole body
   Mirror neurons love movement.
   Your hand moving the pen, your eyes reading what you just wrote, your fingers pressing the keys — all these tiny actions tell the brain: “This is important! Pay full attention!”
   Science shows that when the body is active during learning, the mirror-neuron system becomes extra activated. That is why actors who physically rehearse a role change faster than those who only imagine it.
3. Writing slows you down — and that is good
   Thoughts can jump very fast. One second you admire Jesus, the next second you are thinking about lunch.
   Writing forces you to stay with Jesus longer — five, ten, fifteen minutes on the same act of kindness.
   Mirror neurons need repetition + time to build new pathways. Writing gives them exactly that.
4. Writing is like “rehearsing the action” yourself
   When you write, “Lord, I want to speak to my friend tomorrow exactly the way You spoke to the woman at the well — with respect and love,” you are mentally practising the future behaviour.
   Mirror-neuron studies show that motor writing + emotional imagination is one of the most powerful ways to train the brain to copy a model.
5. Real proof from people doing Vox Divini Meditation
   Those who write vox divini meditation daily report gradual but concreate changes: they are enabled to  forgive, give, speak gently, or stay calm in situations where they used to explode.
   The written pages become daily “mirror-neuron workouts” with Jesus as the Trainer.

Thinking about Jesus is good.
Writing about Jesus while admiring Him and saying “Lord, I too want to be like You” is many times more powerful for your mirror neurons.
That is why writing is not optional in Vox Divini Meditation — it is the secret turbo-boost that turns contemplation into real, automatic Christ-like behaviour.

A True Story That Shows It Really Works

A young girl was faithfully practising Vox Divini Meditation every morning. She has a small bottle of blessed oil with a fragrance. It was a gift that she treasured.
One day she meditated deeply on Jesus on the cross.
Even in terrible pain, Jesus looked at His Mother — the person most precious to Him — and gave her away:
“Woman, behold your son… Son, behold your mother” (Jn 19:26-27).
He gave away the most precious thing He still had.

During her meditation she wrote to Jesus:
“Lord, You gave away what was most dear to You. I admire You so much. Lord, I too want to be like You.”

A few weeks later, a close friend who admired her fragrant oil, was celebrating her Birthday. The birthday girl casually asked her if she can have the oil as a birthday gift.
Suddenly, without a second thought, she picked it up and said, “Take it. It’s yours.”
Her friend was shocked. Later I asked, “Why did you give away something if it was  precious for you?”
She smiled and answered: “I’m so happy to give it to her because I do really love her” and she added
“Jesus gave away  everything even those that were very precious to Him. When she asked me for the oil I thought, ‘This is my chance to be like Jesus.’ I didn’t even have to think.”

That is mirror neurons in action.
Her brain had “watched” Jesus give generously on many occasions  in her  meditation.
When the real moment came, her heart responded automatically: “This is how Jesus acts — so this is how I act.”

Why Vox Divini Meditation Is Psychologically So Powerful

• It is intentional — we choose the perfect Model: Jesus Himself.
• It is daily — mirror neurons love repetition.
• It is emotional — we write with love and admiration; strong feelings make mirror neurons fire even more.
• It is vivid — we imagine scenes, colours, voices, feelings. The brain treats imagination almost like real experience.
• It is active — every day we tell Jesus, “Lord, I too want to be like You.” This desire programmes the brain deeply.

Every minute spent in Vox Divini Meditation is like sitting at the feet of Jesus in person.
Your mirror neurons cannot tell the difference between “watching Jesus during meditation” and “watching Jesus in real life.”
Day after day, they quietly rewire your brain to think, feel, speak, and act like Him.

The Beautiful Promise

St Paul wrote: “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ” (1 Cor 11:1).
Today science shows exactly how that imitation happens inside the brain.

When you faithfully practise Vox Divini Meditation — writing, admiring, imagining, and every day telling Jesus “Lord, I too want to be like You” — you are giving your mirror neurons the greatest Teacher who ever lived.

Keep writing.
Keep watching Jesus.
Keep admiring Him.
Keep telling Him, “Lord, I too want to be like You.”

One day, when a hard moment comes — when someone hurts you, when you are tired, when you have something precious — you will suddenly act exactly like Jesus… and with a joyful heart you will know:
My brain has finally learned from the best Teacher of all.