The Biology of Belief (2005) (edit title/settings)

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• Mason
• Darwin
• Moseley
• Watson
• Londe
• Weismann
• Helfgott

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• “Evolution becomes a matter of the survival of the fittest GROUPS rather than the survival of the fittest INDIVIDUALS”

• “...genes are physical memories of an organisms learned experiences...”

• “The evolution of the limbic system provided a unique mechanism that converted the chemical communication signals into sensations that could be experienced by all the cells in the community. Our conscious mind experiences these signals as EMOTIONS”

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• Your beliefs become your thoughts Your thoughts become your words Your words become your actions Your actions become your habits Your habits become your values Your values become your destiny

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• Signal transduction science recognizes that the fate and behavior of an organism is directly linked to its perception of the environment. In simple terms, the character of our life is based upon how we perceive it.

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• Epigenetics is the science of how environmental signals select, modify, and regulate gene activity. This new awareness reveals that our genes are constantly being remodeled in response to life experiences. Which again emphasizes that our perceptions of life shape our biology.

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• Biological behavior can be controlled by invisible forces, including thought, as well as it can be controlled by physical molecules like penicillin, a fact that provides the scientific underpinning for pharmaceutical-free energy medicine.

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• The Universe is one indivisible, dynamic whole in which energy and matter are so deeply entangled it is impossible to consider them as independent elements.

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• We are made in the image of God, and we need to put Spirit back into the equation when we want to improve our physical and our mental health.

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• Positive thoughts have a profound effect on behavior and genes but only when they are in harmony with subconscious programming. And negative thoughts have an equally powerful effect. When we recognize how these positive and negative beliefs control our biology, we can use this knowledge to create lives filled with health and happiness.

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• 'When a gene product is needed, a signal from its environment, not an emergent property of the gene itself, activates expression of that gene.' In other words, when it comes to genetic control, 'It's the environment, stupid.'

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• Using prescription drugs to silence a body's symptoms enables us to ignore personal involvement we may have with the onset of those symptoms. The overuse of prescription drugs provides a vacation from personal responsibility.

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• Endowed with the ability to be self-reflective, the self-conscious mind is extremely powerful. It can observe any programmed behavior we are engaged in, evaluate the behavior, and consciously decide to change the program. We can actively choose how to respond to most environmental signals and whether we even want to respond at all. The conscious mind's capacity to override the subconscious mind's preprogrammed behaviors is the foundation of free will.

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1. Bruce H. Lipton (Author)

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• Dewey: 599.935

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• Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Biological Sciences › Biology
• Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Evolution › Genetics
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