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Biology is Belief: A Conversation with Bruce Lipton
When Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., was a research scientist and medical school professor, he made an amazing discovery about the biological mechanisms by which cells receive and process information: Rather than our genes controlling us, our genes are in fact controlled by environmental influences outside our cells, including our thoughts and beliefs. Accordingly, we are not “genetic automatons” victimized by biological inheritances from our ancestors. Instead, we truly are co-creators of our lives and our biology. Lipton describes this new science, called epigenetics, in his book, The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles (2005: Mountain of Love/Elite Books). Full of citations and references from other scientists conducting leading-edge research in this field, this book could literally change your life at its most fundamental level. (continued)
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This essay appeared in the March-April 2004 issue of Science & Spirit.
A River Runs Through It
At the tail end of the summer monsoon, a storm deluged the far-east side of Tucson. A driving rain pelted the bare, desert soil for more than an hour, accompanied by marble-sized hail that hit the ground and bounced. I walked through the house, opening windows with enough overhang to keep out the wet, delighting in the feel of the moist air and the sound of pattering rain. A rainstorm feels more of a miracle in the desert than it does near the southern tip of Lake Michigan, where I grew up. (continued)
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This article appeared in the Sept./Oct 2003 issue of Spirituality & Health.
Lessons from Mindful Corporations
One day Ray Anderson realized with a jolt that he was part of the problem.
It was August 1994, and the CEO and founder of Interface, Inc., the world’s largest commercial carpet manufacturer, understood how much environmental degradation his company caused simply by following perfectly legal, commonly accepted methods of operation. (continued)
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This article appeared in the July 2001 issue of Science of Mind. It won a 2001 PASS (Prevention for a Safer Society) Award from The National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
Another Way of Doing Justice
Pinned to the floor of your bedroom by a man’s foot and watching as his accomplices murder your husband and rape your teenage daughter is something most of us, thankfully, will never experience. Even more rare would be for that wife and mother to fight for the rehabilitation of the two offenders who will one day be released from prison and to fight for a life sentence, rather than execution, for the shooter. Yet all this happened to Cheryl Ward-Kaiser, who decided at the outset not to be revictimized by the criminal justice system and to fight for justice, not vengeance, for the people who wrecked her life. In the process, she has restored herself and helped her victims and their families begin their own restoration. (continued)
