The common idea that DNA determines so much of who we are—not only our eye or hair color, for example, but also our addictions, disorders, or susceptibility to cancer—is a misconception, said stem-cell biologist Bruce Lipton, PhD. “You find yourself to be more or less a victim of your heredity,” Lipton said in the documentary “Biology of Belief.” “The problem with that belief system is that it extends to another level … You become irresponsible. [You say,] ‘I can’t do anything about it, so why try?’” This concept “says you are less powerful than your genes,” Lipton explained. He said a person’s perception, not genetic programming, is what spurs all action in the body: “It’s actually our beliefs that select our genes, that select our behavior.” To explain how this works, he starts at the level of the 50 to 65 trillion cells that comprise the human body. He shows how a cell functions independent of DNA and how its perceptions of environmental stimuli affect DNA. He then applies the same principles to the human body as a whole, showing the power our perceptions, our beliefs, have over DNA. Bruce Lupton
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 16:47:10 +0000
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