The Biology of Belief - Bruce H. Lipton [10]
In this book I will draw the proverbial line in the sand. On one side of the line is a world defined by neo-Darwinism, which casts life as an unending war among battling, biochemical robots. On the other side of the line is the “New Biology,” which casts life as a cooperative journey among powerful individuals who can program themselves to create joy-filled lives. When we cross that line and truly understand the New Biology, we will no longer fractiously debate the role of nurture and nature because we will realize that the fully conscious mind trumps both nature and nurture. And I believe we will also experience as profound a paradigmatic change to humanity as when a round-world reality was introduced to a flat-world civilization.
Humanities’ majors, who may be worried that this book offers an incomprehensible science lecture, have no fear. When I was an academic, I chafed at the three-piece, itchy suit, the constricting tie, the wing-tip shoes, and the interminable meetings, but I loved to teach. And in my post-academia life, I’ve gotten plenty of teaching practice; I have presented the principles of the New Biology to thousands of people all around the world. Through those lectures, I have honed my presentation of the science into easy-to-understand English illustrated by colorful charts, many of which are replicated in this book.
In Chapter 1, I discuss “smart” cells and why and how they can teach us so much about our own minds and bodies. In Chapter 2, I lay out the scientific evidence to show you that genes do not control biology. I also introduce you to the exciting discoveries of epigenetics, a new field of biology that is unraveling the mysteries of how the environment (nature) influences the behavior of cells without changing the genetic code. It is a field that is uncovering new complexities in the nature of disease, including cancer and schizophrenia.
Chapter 3 is about the cell’s membrane, the “skin” of the cell. You no doubt have heard more about the DNA-containing nucleus of the cell than you have about its membrane. But frontier science is revealing in ever greater detail what I concluded over twenty years ago, that the membrane is the true brain of the cellular operation. In Chapter 4, I talk about the mind-bending discoveries of quantum physics. Those discoveries have profound implications for understanding and treating disease. However, the conventional medical establishment has not yet incorporated quantum physics into its research or medical school training, with tragic results.
In Chapter 5, I explain why I named this book The Biology of Belief. 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. Chapter 6 reveals why cells and people need to grow and how fear shuts down that growth.
Chapter 7 focuses upon conscious parenting. As parents we need to understand the role we play in programming our children’s beliefs and the impact those beliefs have on our children’s lives. This chapter is important whether you are a parent or not for, as a “former” child, the insight into our programming and its impact upon our lives is quite revealing. In the Epilogue, I review how my understanding of the New Biology led me to realize the importance of integrating the realms of Spirit and Science, which was a radical shift from my background as an agnostic scientist.
Are you ready to use your conscious mind to create a life overflowing with health, happiness, and love without the aid of genetic engineers and without addicting yourself to drugs? Are you ready to consider an alternate reality to that provided by the medical model of the human body as a biochemical machine? There is nothing to buy, and there are no policies to take out. It is just a matter of temporarily suspending the archaic beliefs you have acquired from the