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We as spiritual beings or souls come to earth in order to experience the human condition. This includes the good and the bad scenarios of this world. Our world is a duality planet and no amount of love or grace will eliminate evil or nastiness. We will return again and again until we have pierced the illusions of this density. The purpose of human life is to awaken to universal truth. This also means that we must awaken to the lies and deceit mankind is subjected to. To pierce the third density illusion is a must in order to remove ourselves from the wheel of human existences. Love is important but knowledge is the key!




The Biology of Belief
Dr. Bruce H. Lipton, Ph.D. � 2001

Recent advances in cellular science are heralding an important evolutionary 
turning point. For almost fifty years we have held the illusion that our 
health and fate were preprogrammed in our genes, a concept referred to as 
genetic determinacy. Though mass consciousness is currently imbued with the 
belief that the character of one�s life is genetically predetermined, a 
radically new understanding is unfolding at the leading edge of science.

Cellular biologists now recognize that the environment (external universe 
and internal-physiology), and more importantly, our perception of the 
environment, directly controls the activity of our genes. The lecture will 
broadly review the molecular mechanisms by which environmental awareness 
interfaces genetic regulation and guides organismal evolution.

The quantum physics behind these mechanisms provide insight into the 
communication channels that link the mind-body duality. An awareness of how 
vibrational signatures and resonance impact molecular communication 
constitutes a master key that unlocks a mechanism by which our thoughts, 
attitudes and beliefs create the conditions of our body and the external 
world. This knowledge can be employed to actively redefine our physical and 
emotional well-being.


Lecture Outline:

Knowledge of the philosophical foundation underlying conventional 
(allopathic) medicine is relevant for it illuminates why and how the dogma 
of genetic determinacy was derived.

Francis Bacon defined the mission of Modern Science shortly after the onset 
of the Scientific Revolution (1543). Accordingly, the purpose of science was 
"to dominate and control Nature." To accomplish that goal, scientists had to 
first acquire knowledge of what "controls" an organism�s structure and 
function (behavior). Concepts founded in the principles of Newtonian physics 
defined the experimental approach to this quest. These principles stipulate 
that the Universe is a "physical mechanism" comprised of parts (matter), 
there is no attention given to the invisible "energy." In this world view, 
all that matters is "matter." Consequently, modern science is preoccupied 
with materialism.

The way to understand how a finely tuned mechanism works is to disassemble 
it and analyze all of the component "parts." This approach is called 
reductionism. Through an analysis of the parts and how they interact, 
defective part(s) in a malfunctioning organism can be identified and either 
repaired or replaced with "manufactured" parts (drugs, engineered genes, 
prosthetic devices, etc.). Knowledge of the body�s mechanism would enable 
scientists to determine how an organism works and how to "control" the 
organism by altering its "parts."

Biologists were preoccupied with taking organisms apart and studying their 
cells for the first half of this century. Subsequently, cells were 
disassembled and their molecular "parts" catalogued and characterized. Cells 
are comprised of four types of large (macro-) molecules: 
Proteins/Polysaccharides (sugars)/Nucleic Acids (gene stuff)/Lipids (fats)

The name protein means "primary element" (proteios, Gr.) for proteins are 
the primary components of all plant and animal cells. A human is made of 
~100,000 different proteins. Proteins are linear "chains," whose molecular 
"links" are comprised of amino acid molecules. Each of the 20 different 
amino acids has a unique shape, so that when linked together in a chain, the 
resulting proteins fold into elaborate 3-dimensional "wire sculptures." The 
protein�s sculpture�s pattern is determined by the sequence of its amino 
acid links. 

The balancing of electromagnetic charges along the protein's chain serves to 
control the "final" shape of the sculpture. The unique shape of a protein 
sculpture is referred to as its "conformation." In the manner of a lock and 
key, protein sculptures compliment the shape of environmental molecules 
(which includes other proteins). When proteins interlock with the 
complimentary environmental molecules, they assemble into complex structures 
(similar to the way cogged "gears" intermesh to make a watch).

When proteins chemically couple with other molecules it changes the 
distribution of electromagnetic charges in the protein. Changes in "charge" 
cause the protein to change its shape. Therefore, upon coupling with 
chemicals, a protein will shift its shape from one conformation to another 
conformation. A protein generates "motion" as it changes shape. A protein�s 
movement can be harnessed to do "work." Groups of interacting proteins which 
work together in carrying out a specific function are referred to as 
"pathways." The activities of specific protein pathways provide for 
digestion, excretion, respiration, reproduction and all of the other 
physiologic "functions" employed by living organisms.

Proteins provide for the organism�s structure and function, but random 
protein actions can not provide for "life." Scientists needed to identify 
the mechanism that "integrates" protein functions to allow for the complex 
behaviors. Their search was linked to the fact that proteins are labile 
(opposite of stabile). Like parts in a car, proteins "wear-out" when they 
are used. If an individual protein in a pathway wears-out and is not 
replaced then the action of the pathway will stop. To resume function, the 
protein must be replaced. Consequently, behavioral functions were thought to 
be controlled by "regulating" the presence or absence of proteins comprising 
the pathways. The source of replacement protein parts is related to "memory" 
factors that provide for heredity the passing on of "character"

The search for the hereditary factors that controlled protein synthesis led 
to DNA. In 1953, Watson and Crick unraveled the mystery of the "genetic 
code," which revealed how the DNA served as a molecular "blueprint" that 
defined amino acid sequences comprising a protein. The DNA blueprint for 
each protein is referred to as a gene. Since proteins define the character 
of an organism and the proteins structures are encoded in the DNA, 
biologists established the dogma known as the Primacy of DNA. In this 
context, Primacy means "first level of control." It was concluded that DNA 
"controls" the structure and behavior of living organisms. Since DNA 
"determines" the character of an organism, then it is appropriate to 
acknowledge the concept of Genetic Determinism, the idea that the structure 
and behavior of an organism are defined by its genes.

Sciences materialist-reductionist-determinist philosophy led to the Human 
Genome Project, the multibillion dollar program to map all of the genes. 
Once this is accomplished, it is assumed that we can use that knowledge to 
repair or replace "defective" genes and in the process, realize Sciences 
mission of "controlling" the expression of an organism.

Since 1953, biologists have assumed that DNA "controls" life. In 
multicellular animals, the organ that "controls" life is known as the brain. 
Since genes are presumed to control cellular life, and genes are contained 
in the cell�s nucleus, the nucleus would be expected to be the equivalent of 
the cells "brain."


Dispelling the Myth of Genes:

If the brain is removed from any organism, the immediate and necessary 
consequence of that action is nucleus, referred to as enucleation, would be 
tantamount to removing the cells brain. Though enucleation should result in 
the immediate death of the cell, enucleated cells may continue to survive 
and exhibit a "regulated" control of their biological processes. In fact, 
cells can live for two or more months without a nucleus. Clearly, the 
assumption that genes "control" cell behavior is wrong!

As is described by Nijhout (X), genes are "not self-emergent," that is genes 
can not turn themselves on or off. If genes can�t control their own 
expression, how can they control the behavior of the cell? Without further 
emphasizes that genes are regulated by "environmental signals." 
Consequently, it is the environment that controls gene expression. Rather 
than endorsing the Primacy of DNA, we must acknowledge the Primacy of the 
Environment!

Cells "read" their environment, assess the information and then select 
appropriate behavioral programs to maintain their survival. The fact that 
data is integrated, processed and used to make a calculated behavioral 
response emphasizes the existence of a "brain" equivalent in the cell.
Where is cell�s brain? The answer is to be found in bacteria, the most 
primitive organisms on Earth. The many processes and functions of this 
unicellular life form are highly integrated, consequently, it must have a 
brain equivalent. Cytologically, these organisms do not contain any 
organelles (diminutive of "organs) such as nuclei, mitochondria, Golgi 
bodies, etc. The only organized structure in these primitive life forms is 
its "cell membrane," also known as its plasmalemma. The cell membrane, once 
thought to be like a permeable Saran Wrap that holds the cytoplasm together, 
actually provides for the bacterium�s digestive, respiratory, excretory and 
integumentary (skin) systems. It also serves as the cell�s "brain."

The cell membrane is primarily composed of "phospholipids" and proteins. 
Phospholipids, which resemble lollipops with two sticks, are arranged in a 
crystalline bilayer. The membrane resembles a bread and butter sandwich, 
wherein the lipid "sticks" form the central butter layer. The phospholipid 
bilayer forms a skin-like barrier which separates the external environment 
from the internal cytoplasm.

Built into the membrane are special proteins called Integral Membrane 
Proteins (IMPs). IMPs look like olives in the membrane�s bread and butter 
sandwich. There are two classes of IMPs: receptors and effectors. Receptors 
are the cell�s "sense" organs, the equivalents of eyes, ears, nose, etc. 
When a receptor recognizes and binds to a signal, it responds by changing 
its conformation. Conventional biology stipulates that receptors only 
respond to "matter" (molecules), a belief consistent with the Newtonian view 
of the Universe as a "matter machine."

Leading edge contemporary cell research has transcended conventional 
Newtonian physics and is now soundly based upon a universe created out of 
energy as defined by quantum physics. This new physics emphasizes energetics 
over materialism, substitutes holism for reductionism, and recognizes 
uncertainty in place of determinism. Consequently, we now recognize that 
receptors respond to energy signals as well as molecular signals.

Conventional medicine has consistently ignored research published in its own 
main-stream scientific journals, research that clearly reveals the 
regulatory influence that electromagnetic fields have on cell physiology. 
Pulsed electromagnetic fields have been shown to regulate virtually every 
cell function, including DNA synthesis, RNA synthesis, protein synthesis, 
cell division, cell differentiation, morphogenesis and neuroendocrine 
regulation. These findings are relevant for they acknowledge that biological 
behavior can be controlled by "invisible" energy forces, which include thought.

When activated by its complimentary signal, the protein receptor changes its 
conformation so that it is able to complex with a specific effector protein. 
Effector proteins carry out cell behaviors. Effector proteins may be 
enzymes, cytoskeletal elements (cellular equivalents of muscle and bone ) or 
transporters (proteins that carry electrons, protons, ions, and other 
specific molecules across the "bread and butter" barrier). Generally 
effector proteins are inactive in their resting conformation. 

However, when the receptor binds to the effector protein, it causes the 
effector to changes its own conformation from an inactive to an active form. 
This is how an environmental signal activates a cell�s behavior. The 
activity of effector IMPs generally regulate the behaviors of cytoplasmic 
protein pathways, like those associated with digestion, excretion, and cell 
movement. If specific functional proteins are not already present in the 
cell, activated effector IMPs send a signal to the nucleus and elicit 
required gene programs.

Receptor IMPs "see" or are "aware" of their environment and effector IMPs 
create physical responses that translate environmental signals into an 
appropriate biological behavior. The IMP complex controls behavior, and 
through its affect upon regulatory proteins, these IMPs also control gene 
expression.. The IMP complexes provide the cell with "awareness of the 
environment through physical sensation," which by dictionary definition 
represents perception. Each receptor-effector protein complex collectively 
constitutes a "unit of perception."

A biochemical definition of the cell membrane reads as follows: the membrane 
is a liquid crystal (phospholipid organization), semiconductor (the only 
things that can cross the membrane barrier are those brought across by 
transport IMPs) with gates (receptor IMPs) and channels (effector IMPs).This 
definition is exactly the same as that used to define a computer chip.
Recent studies have verified that the cell membrane is in fact an organic 
homologue of a silicon chip.

Taken in this context, the cell is a self-powered microprocessor. Simply 
stated, the cell is an organic computer. The operation of the cell can be 
easily understood by noting its homology to the computer: the "CPU" 
(information processing mechanism) is the cell membrane, the keyboard (data 
entry) are the membrane receptors, the disk (memory) is the nucleus, the 
screen (data output) is the physical state of the cell. Receptor/effector 
IMP complexes, the units of "perception," are equivalent to computational bits.

When new, heretofore unrecognized, "signals" enter the environment, the cell 
creates new perception units to respond to them. New perception units 
require "new" genes for the IMP proteins. The cell�s ability to make new IMP 
receptors and respond to the new signal with an appropriate 
survival-oriented response (behavior) is the foundation of evolution. Cells 
"learn" by making new receptors and integrating them with specific effector 
proteins. Cellular memory is represented by the "new" genes that code for 
these proteins. This process enables organisms to survive in ever changing 
environments.

This learning/evolution mechanism is employed by the immune system. To the 
immune cell (T-lymphocyte), invasive style='text-transform: 
uppercase'>antigens (e.g., viruses, bacteria, toxins, etc.) represent "new" 
environmental signals. T-lymphocytes create protein antibodies which 
complement and bind to the antigens. Antibodies are "receptors" for they 
specifically recognize their antigen "signal." Protein antibody structure is 
encoded in genes (DNA). In making new antibodies, cells "create" new genes.

A cell�s awareness of the environment is reflected in its receptor 
population. In single-celled organisms (bacteria, protozoa and algae), the 
cell�s receptors respond to all survival-related environmental signals. 
These signals include elements of the physical environment (light, gravity, 
temperature, salts, minerals, etc.), food (nutrients, other organisms), and 
life-threatening agents (toxins, parasites, predators, etc.).

In multicellular organisms, the cells evolved additional receptors required 
for "community" identity and integration. Integration receptors respond to 
information signals (hormones, growth factors) used to coordinate functions 
in cell communities. A special group of receptors confer "identity" so that 
members of the cellular community can collectively respond to a "central" 
command. Identity receptors are referred to as "self receptors," or 
"histocompatibility receptors." Self-receptors are used by the immune system 
to distinguish "self" from invasive organisms. Organs or tissues can not be 
exchanged unless they bear the same self-receptors as the recipient.

When a perception unit recognizes an environmental signal, it will activate 
a cell function. Though there are hundreds of behavioral functions expressed 
by a cell, all behaviors can be classified as either growth or protection 
responses. Cells move toward growth signals and away from life-threatening 
stimuli (protection response). Since a cell can not move forward and 
backward at the same time, a cell can not be in growth and protection at the 
same time. At the cellular level, growth and protection are mutually 
exclusive behaviors. This is true for human cells as well. If our tissues 
and organs perceive a need for protection, they will compromise their growth 
behavior. Chronic protection leads to a disruption of the tissue and its 
function.

What happens if a cell experiences a stressful environment but does not have 
a gene program (behavior) to deal with the stress? It is now recognized that 
cells can "rewrite" existing gene programs in an effort to overcome the 
stressful condition. These DNA changes are mutations. Until recently, all 
mutations were thought to be "random," meaning that the outcome of the 
mutation could not be directed. It is now recognized that environmental 
stimuli can induce "adaptive" mutations which enable a cell to specifically 
alter its genes. Furthermore, such mutations may be mediated by an 
organism�s perception of its environment. For example, if an organism 
"perceives a stress that is actually not there, the misperception can 
actually change the genes to accommodate the "belief."

In conclusion: The structure of our bodies are defined by our proteins.
Proteins represent physical complements of the environment. Consequently, 
our bodies are physical compliments of our environment. IMP perception units 
in the cell�s membrane convert the environment into awareness.

Reception of environmental signals change protein conformations. The 
"movement" generated by protein shape changes is harnessed by the cell to do 
"work." Life (animation) results from protein movements which are translated 
as "behavior." Cells respond to perception by activating either growth or 
protection behavior programs. If the necessary behavior-providing proteins 
are not present in the cytoplasm, the IMP perception units can activate 
expression of appropriate genes in the cell�s nucleus.

"Perceptions" lie between the environment and cell expression. If our 
perceptions are accurate, the resulting behavior will be life enhancing. If 
we operate from "misperceptions," our behavior will be inappropriate and 
will jeopardize our vitality by compromising our health.

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