03-01-2013, 10:04 AM
(03-01-2013, 09:31 AM)plenum Wrote: one thing I have wondered, and it's tangential to the OP, is with the nature of DNA.
I was under the impression that it was 'fixed' and that it was an inheritance from our parents.
but many popular channelings seem to be transfixed with the idea of 'dna upgrades', and 'multiple stranded dna', etc etc.
is this just a deflection to the physical body, instead of placing the attention on consciousness, where all the 'real changes' happen?
or is the DNA really changing? and we have no idea of what is going on inside this these yellow ray cells of ours?
Plenum, you might want to look into the concept of epigenetics. Basically, while your genetic code remains essentially the same, certain environmental factors can cause certain parts of the genome to switch on or off. So the DNA isn't changing necessarily, but the way that it is expressed does change. There is also "Junk DNA" which makes up the vast majority of genetic material, which researchers are now finding might follow similar patterns as language and may even be effected by language. "Junk DNA" may be where our personalities are stored.