Yaskyo-salt- genes

[Guest guest]

I think its heavy metals that provide part of the explanation for

the differing response to salt/c. Sure I think salt can change our

genetic code as can other things which is why I don't buy Yaskyo

genetic determinism.

Wallace

Mind Over Genes: The Biology of Belief

Bruce Lipton

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Earlier in my career as a research scientist and medical school

professor, I actively supported the perspective that the human body

was a `biochemical machine' `programmed' by its genes.

We scientists believed that our strengths, such as artistic or

intellectual abilities, and our weaknesses, such as cardiovascular

disease, cancer or depression, represented traits that were

preprogrammed into our genes. Hence I perceived life's attributes

and deficits, as well as our health and our frailties, as merely a

reflection of our heredity expression.

A radical new understanding

Until recently, it was thought that genes were self-actualising…

that genes could `turn themselves on and off.' Such behaviour is

required in order for genes to control biology. Though the power of

genes is still emphasized in current biology courses and textbooks,

a radically new understanding has emerged at the leading edge of

cell science. It is now recognised that the environment, and more

specifically, our perception (interpretation) of the environment,

directly controls the activity of our genes. Environment controls

gene activity through a process known as epigenetic control.

This new perspective of human biology does not view the body as just

a mechanical device, but rather incorporates the role of a mind and

spirit. This breakthrough in biology is fundamental in all healing

for it recognises that when we change our perception or beliefs we

send totally different messages to our cells and reprogram their

expression. The new biology reveals why people can have spontaneous

remissions or recover from injuries deemed to be permanent

disabilities.

The role of mind and spirit

The functional units of life are the individual cells that comprise

our bodies. Though every cell is innately intelligent and can

survive on its own when removed from the body, in the body, each

cell foregoes its individuality and becomes a member of a

multicellular community. The body really represents the cooperative

effort of a community of perhaps fifty trillion single cells. By

definition, a community is an organisation of individuals committed

to supporting a shared vision. Consequently, while every cell is a

free-living entity, the body's community accommodates the wishes and

intents of its `central voice,' a character we perceive as the mind

and spirit.

When the mind perceives that the environment is safe and supportive,

the cells are preoccupied with the growth and maintenance of the

body. In stressful situations, cells forego their normal growth

functions and adopt a defensive `protection' posture. The body's

energy resources normally used to sustain growth are diverted to

systems that provide protection during periods of stress. Simply,

growth processes are restricted or suspended in a stressed system.

While our systems can accommodate periods of acute (brief) stress,

prolonged or chronic stress is debilitating for its energy demands

interfere with the required maintenance of the body, and as a

consequence, leads to dysfunction and disease.

Are you a good driver or a bad driver?

The principle source of stress is the system's `central voice,' the

mind. The mind is like the driver of a vehicle. With good driving

skills, a vehicle can be maintained and provide good performance

throughout its life. Bad driving skills generate most of the wrecks

that litter the roadside or are stacked in junkyards. If we employ

good `driving skills' in managing our behaviours and dealing with

our emotions, then we should anticipate a long, happy and productive

life. In contrast, inappropriate behaviours and dysfunctional

emotional management, like a bad driver, stress the

cellular `vehicle,' interfering with its performance and provoking a

breakdown.

Are you a good driver or a bad driver? Before you answer that

question, realize that there are two separate minds that create the

body's controlling `central voice.' The (self)conscious mind is the

thinking `you,' it is the creative mind that expresses free-will.

Its supporting partner is the subconscious mind, a super computer

loaded with a database of programmed behaviours. Some programs are

derived from genetics; these are our instincts and they represent

nature. However, the vast majority of the subconscious programs are

acquired through our developmental learning experiences; they

represent nurture.

The subconscious mind is not a seat of reasoning or creative

consciousness; it is strictly a stimulus-response device. When an

environmental signal is perceived, the subconscious mind reflexively

activates a previously stored behavioural response… no thinking

required. The subconscious mind is a programmable autopilot that can

navigate the vehicle without the observation or awareness of the

pilot – the conscious mind. When the subconscious autopilot is

controlling behaviour, consciousness is free to dream into the

future or review the past.

The dual-mind system's effectiveness is defined by the quality of

the programs carried in the subconscious mind. Essentially, the

person who taught you to drive moulds your driving skills. For

example, if you were taught to drive with one foot on the gas and

the other on the brake, no matter how many vehicles you owned, each

will inevitably express premature brake and engine failure.

Similarly, if our subconscious mind is programmed with inappropriate

behavioural responses to life's experiences, then our sub-

optimum `driving skills' will contribute to a life of crash and burn

experiences. For example, cardiovascular disease, the leading cause

of death, is directly attributable to behavioural programs that

mismanage the body's response to stress.

Are you a good driver or a bad driver? The answer is difficult, for

in our conscious creative mind we may consider ourselves as good

drivers; however, self-sabotaging or limiting behavioural programs

in our subconscious unobservedly undermine our efforts. We are

generally consciously unaware of our fundamental perceptions or

beliefs about life. The reason is that the prenatal and neonatal

brain is predominately operating in delta and theta EEG frequencies

through the first six years of our lives. This low level of brain

activity is referred to as the hypnogogic state. While in this

hypnotic trance, a child does not have to be actively coached by its

parents for they obtain their behavioural programs simply by

observing their parents, siblings, peers and teachers. Did your

early developmental experiences provide you with good models of

behaviour to use in the unfoldment of your own life?

The importance of the first six years

During the first six years of life a child unconsciously acquires

the behavioural repertoire needed to become a functional member of

society. In addition, a child's subconscious mind also downloads

beliefs relating to self. When a parent tells a young child it is

stupid, undeserving or any other negative trait, this too is

downloaded as a `fact' into the youngster's subconscious mind. These

acquired beliefs constitute the `central voice' that controls the

fate of the body's cellular community. While the conscious mind may

hold one's self in high regard, the more powerful unconscious mind

may simultaneously engage in self-destructive behaviour.

The insidious part of the autopilot mechanism is that subconscious

behaviours are programmed to engage without the control of, or the

observation by, the conscious self. Since most of our behaviours are

under the control of the subconscious mind, we rarely observe them

or much less know that they are even engaged. While your conscious

mind perceives you are a good driver, the unconscious mind that has

its hands on the wheel most of the time, may be driving you down the

road to ruin.

We have been led to believe that by using will power, we can

override the negative programs of our subconscious mind.

Unfortunately, to do that, you really have to emphasize the

word `power,' for one must keep a constant vigil on one's own

behaviour. The moment you lapse in consciousness, the subconscious

mind will automatically engage and play its previously recorded

experience-based programs.

The subconscious mind is really a tape player. There is no observing

entity in the subconscious mind reviewing the behavioural tapes.

Consequently, there is no discernment as to whether a subconscious

behavioural program is good or bad…they are just tapes. The

subconscious is strictly a playback machine; perceived stimuli

engage preprogrammed behaviours. In fact, on seeing their own

subconscious programs play out, people frequently say something

like, `That guy just pushed my buttons!'

In contrast to the power of the conscious mind, the subconscious

mind is a million times more powerful an information processor.

Also, as neuroscientists emphasize, the conscious mind provides 5%

or less of the cognitive activity during the day. Ninety-five to

ninety-nine percent of our behaviour is directly derived from the

subconscious. Hence the use of the word `power' in the concept of

will power. It takes significant effort for the conscious mind to

keep tabs on the subconscious behaviour. Positive thinking is

primarily effective if the subconscious supports the conscious

intention.

Changing the program

The problem with trying to reprogram the subconscious is that we

fail to realize it is playing behavioural `tapes.' To understand why

conscious awareness does not readily change subconscious programs,

consider this instructive analogy: I provide you with a cassette

tape and you put it into your player and push the play button. As

the tape plays the program, you realize that you do not like it. So,

you yell at the tape player to change the program. You ask it to

play something different. After a while of not getting a response,

you yell louder and get angrier at the tape player because of the

lack of a response to your request. Then, when it seems hopeless,

you beseech God to help you change the program. The point is simple,

no matter how much you yell at the tape player it will not change

the program. To change a tape, you have to push the record button

and then re-record the program incorporating the desired changes.

There are two ways out of the problem. Firstly, we can become more

conscious, and rely less on automated subconscious programs. By

being fully conscious, we become the masters of our fates rather

than the `victims' of our programs. This path is similar to Buddhist

mindfulness. Secondly, we can use a variety of new energy psychology

modalities that enable a rapid and profound reprogramming of

limiting subconscious beliefs. These new energy modalities provide

the ability to rewrite limiting perceptions (beliefs) and self-

sabotaging behaviours using processes that are mechanistically

similar to pushing the record program on the subconscious mind's

tape player. With conscious awareness, we can actively transform the

character of our lives into ones filled with love, health and

prosperity. The use of these new modalities provides a key to

personal growth and transformation.

© Bruce Lipton PhD 2006. Source: www.brucelipton.com