The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, and Miracles 10th Anniversary Edition, Kindle Edition

The central tenet of Dr. Lipton’s new theory of biology is that the character of our lives is determined by our responses to the environmental signals that propel life, not by our genetic code. This means that the brain of each cell is not the DNA, but the cell wall. When I first heard a friend of mine propose this idea, my immediate thought was that, yes, it’s the cell wall that must respond to the environment, just as it is our skin and other peripheral sensory organs that must respond to the environment, but it is the DNA that programs our sensory organs, as well as our brain that makes sense of them. Since single cells have no brain, but just the sensing mechanisms of the membrane, so in that sense it is the brain of the cell. On the other hand, even single cells are capable of learning. The DNA cannot react until triggered by something in the environment, and it is the membranes that determine what gets through to trigger gene activity. When a cell has once learned something, it is able to pass that knowledge on to its offspring, as a child that has once had measles is now immune to that disease. This does put Lamarck in a new light. Schrödinger -- in WHAT IS LIFE? -- points out that as the behavior of an organism changes in response to a change in its physical structure, that will in turn affect a change in behavior will affect the genetic code in a way that mimics Lamarckian evolution. So genes store memories, and it is now recognize that genes can even be passed on between different species. The genes of GMOs can therefore alter the character of bacteria in our intestines – upon which our physical and psychological well-being are now known to be dependent -- as well as the wild organisms that these artificially created genes will spread to. In a SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article I read some time ago, it is because genes spread so easily between species that we need not worry about them spreading into the surrounding communities, as this happens naturally all the time. There is, however, a big difference between acquired and imposed characteristics. It was the failure to acknowledge this important distinction that lead to Lamarck’s theory of adaptive evolution being ridiculed and discredited.Traditional, Darwinian biology denies that consciousness exists intrinsically. Dawkins, in his various books, spends much time convincing us of how blind evolution can lead to such wonders as eyes and wings, but pretty much ignores the complexity of the information that must form in the DNA. Mathematically, it is easy to demonstrate that forming a specific protein, and specificity is critical is astronomically improbable within the lifetime of the universe. When I was in high school I was taught, as an analogy of how such complex molecules could be created by mere chance, that if a horde of monkeys pecked away on typewriters for millions of years they would eventually produce the works of Shakespeare. Any high school kid with a computer can prove easily prove that this is a fallacy. The following two stanzas of one of Shakespeare’s sonnets consists of 82 letters, spaces, and punctuation marks: When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state.Taking repeating characters into account -- there are 14 spaces, e appears 11 times, a appears 6 times, and so on -- the number of permutations can be calculated: 82!/(14!x11!x6!x6!x6!x5!x4!x3!x3!x2!x2!x2!x2!) = 2.2 x 1089The age of the universe is 13 billion years. Converted into seconds that is 4.1 x 1017. A trillion monkeys armed with special typewriters able to type one 82-character permutation per second would be able to type 1 x 1012 x 4.1 x 1017 = 4.1 x 1029 permutations since the moment of the Big Bang. So the probability that these trillion monkeys could have typed the correct permutation -- 2.2 x 1089 / 4.1 x 1029 = 5.4 x 1059 -- is one in 5.4 x 1059. In short, information does not come easily. Can we all agree that life, the sort of life capable of writing like Shakespeare, is infinitely more complex than two lines of one of his sonnets? I have had this idea childishly ridiculed a number of times; no one has ever yet responded to it with a mature, intelligent refutation.If conscience has only epiphenomenal existence, then it is not as important as matter. Since life arose haphazardly it can have no purpose. Inevitably, our notion of the nature of life, a perpetual violent struggle in which the riches go to the most violent, forms the basis of our ethical and economic systems. Humans are easily manipulated. Beliefs implanted into us while we are still children form our future concept of ourselves and determine much of our behavior. Our “free will” can only function within these parameters. Impressive evidence of the importance of our beliefs is provided by the placebo effect. Faith in the effectiveness of medicine can cure a disease without the medicine.Unfortunately, we do not know how to control or change unconscious beliefs. Dr. Lipton enthusiastically points to new developments in “energy psychology,” which I know nothing about so cannot comment upon them. But not implanting fallacious conceptions of ourselves in the first place is clearly the better idea.

Doctor Lipton is an excellent teacher. This book was an easy read for non technical person and the added spiritual section is a much better explanation in my mind than religion.

This book is an absolute MUST -READ if you want to understand the deepest mysteries of life.PURE MAGIC!

Mi hija quedo muy feliz con la compra de este libro.

This book is explained in simple terms. The examples used to teach the reader about cellular organelles and amino acids/proteins/gene functions are great!- Epigenetics is a relatively new field as opposed ro Darwinian theory- Darwin himself attributed in his book how he understated the effects of environment on genes- Many neo-Darwinists continue to cling to old beliefs about survival of the fittest and you already know what that leads to (white supremacist tropes)- Dr. Lipton elaborates eloquently why that’s false in modern science as we see Darwin’s theory was used by racist scientists and governments as a power grab and caused many wars- The idea our beliefs activate genes or our environments trigger proteins to “uncover” dormant gene’s necessary for adaptation is backed by numerous contemporary scientific studies and research all referenced in this bookDr. Lipton, you are a God send!You’re a brave soul and courageous man for standing up for your truth despite academia and science crucified your work early on.You are doing us a huge favor by having written this masterful book on epigenetics.God Bless You!

It is hard to convince a scientist formed mind to accept that we are an immortal energy - spirit - that is projected in this material body to experience life in this world and that this spirit is part if the Creator itself. We are all one and together we form the White Light of the Creator, just like the rainbow's colors sent through a prism form the white light.Bruce Lipton explains with many scientifical examples from his and other researchers work how our cells work, how he came to this conclusion and that only through Love we can save our planet and ourselves from this crisis that we created by disconnecting ourselves from the Creator.

I think everyone should read this book! everyone in the world should read this book, there's none like it. First he educates Me With Science of the cell and then he shares my childhood belief of love and harmony. I just lost it somewhere along the way, but I think maybe psych-k therapy that he recommends can help me

I can't put into words(because there are none) to describe how this book has changed and blessed not only my life but also my family's and those closest to me. It's too long of a story to put into a review...... but it came along just when medicine and science and and my external reality told me that certain blessings would not come into my life. This book came along at just the right time for me to move beyond my fear based emotions and my pre programming of life and allow myself and my family to bring into our lives what was once seen and said as impossible and unachievable.... can't thank bruce Lipton and his book enough. Trust me when I say that miracles do happen if you trust and believe that your body already has what it needs to heal itself. Can't recommend this book enough. Big WOW!

The Biology of Belief: Bruce Lipton 10th Anniversary Edition, 2015.I should say at the outset that my acquaintance with the book came about via a student who had recommended it to others, though not to me specifically!There is a good selection of reviews for this book without my having to go into much detail myself as to the book’s content. However, I would suggest that the essence of the message here could have been delivered in far fewer words than those that fill its 277 pages.Fortunately there is an index (not all large tomes have an index these days); and following the index a page of biographical detail for the author (no date of birth) and then a useful 12 blank pages for “notes”.At the very front of the book (before all else) there are 4 pages headed “Praise for the Biology of Belief” containing a paragraph or two from mostly “highly qualified” individuals.The book’s subtitle is: “Releasing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles”.I searched the index in vain for the word “miracle” but matter itself gets a good airing, as does “universe”, although the author does not give a definition for his understanding of the word itself. Similarly he appears to have it in for the pharmaceutical industry; thus from page 100: “The trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry puts its research money into the search for magic bullets in the form of chemicals because pills mean money. If energy healing could be made into tablet form, drug manufacturers would get interested quickly.”Here we have an unfortunate juxtaposition between “pill” and “tablet” inclining one to hope Lipton understands the important distinction between the twoThere is a detailed confessional in the Prologue, pages xiii to xxvii. Apparently Lipton was not happy with the way his life was leading in his early career until “working in an offshore medical college in the Caribbean” he had moment of revelation that released him from “biology’s Central Dogma—the belief that life is controlled by genes—into the minds of medical students.”And so it would appear to this reviewer that Lipton simply swapped one dogma for another having now become fixated on “quantum theory” a study requiring some expertise in mathematics.We are told that the author’s expertise is eagerly sought after worldwide resulting in a rigorous travelling programme of lectures: it is to be hoped he avoids the use of the winged canister. (There are some 100,000 civil aircraft airborne across the planet at any given time, all contributing to atmospheric pollution on a grand scale. No, I do not fly myself: travelling through the mind is the art of staying put.)As an all-round academic I cannot say I am particularly swayed by this rendition of the Lipton philosophy of life.

A brilliant book that changes the way I view disease and even the world in some respects. Lipton demonstrates that since even the most solid matter in the universe is actually made up of vortices of energy and that our experiences of our world are governed by the information that our brains receive from our senses, our mental state has an immense influence over our phyisical state. However I did struggle with some of the scientific concepts he presents, especially in the first half of the book, as I am not a trained cell biologist and there was a lot of complex material. I found it well worth persevering as Lipton presents some thought-provoking insights. I also enjoyed the way that he interweaves the story of his own personal journey and the life changes that set him on his new path. It clearly takes a lot of courage for a conventionally-trained scientist to dare to think differently in this day and age,

Finished reading “The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles” by Bruce H Lipton.A very interesting book whose readability is enhanced not only by clear explanations on biology which go deep enough but not too deep for a non biologist, but also for the personal experience story of the author which is threaded through the book’s chapters.The book really breaks down into two unequal parts: the first and much longer part deals with the progressive explanation of evolution by means of a novel way of understanding cellular mechanisms, which the author claims predominates over survival of the fitted DNA mutations. Having arrived at a new explanation of the evolution of cells and rudimentary clustering of single cells into more complex organisms which share common functions, the author builds on these ideas to present a new basis for understanding the link between thoughts or belief and biochemical mechanisms within the human body.Although I remain sceptical of some of the ideas, I found the book thought provoking and worth following its ideas further.I will do what you shouldn’t do and that is start in the book’s epilogue first to illustrate what the book is aiming at. This is the story of Anita Moorjani. “After four years of battling an agressive cancer, Anita’s body had reached a point of no return. ... While in her coma, Anita left her body and in the process her conscious awareness started to profoundly expand. ... Anita found herself in a non physical reality where she felt profound love, health, and peace, free of her body’s painful physical demise. ... She clearly perceived how her fears and worries about diverging from her cultural programming were responsible for her severe illness. ... When she did return to her body, Anita brought with her all the lessons she had learned in her otherworldly travels. The result was that Anita woke up and shocked the medical community with the immediate recovery of her failed vital bodily functions. Within two weeks of coming out of the coma, a bone marrow biopsy revealed no trace of the cancer that had almost killed her. ... Anita writes ‘I felt a level of victory. I’d so completely overcome my fear of everything - from dying to cancer to chemotherapy - that this proved to me that it had been the fear destroying me.’ “. I’ve abbreviated the story but have presented the main elements of Anita’s story, perhaps the most extreme example to be quoted in the book as other examples are more readily acceptable. But if true, and the sceptical mind can have reason to doubt but yet ascertain the facts whereas the cynical mind should go and do something else.So back to the start of the book which I originally bought for entirely different reasons as I thought it would enlighten me as to why some people readily belief while others do not, and whether this was a function of something in the mind with which we were born. Perhaps a better title would have been “The affect of belief on the biology of the human body”.From the prologue “ ... the character of our lives is determined not by our genes but by our responses to the environmental signals that propel life. ... I was exhilarated by the new realization that I could change the character of my life by changing my beliefs. ... we are powerful creators of our lives and the world in which we live.”The author starts his journey with the contrast between the inherently competitive “dog ate dog” mechanisms of Darwin’s evolutionary theory based on progressive mutations of DNA and a survival of the fittest strategy to weed out the weaker from the stronger, and essential cooperative nature within a community of 50 trillion single-celled citizens. Almost all of the cells that make up the human body are amoeba-like, individual organisms that have evolved a cooperative strategy for their mutual survival. The author pursued this dichotomy into the structure of the cell itself to propose that it is the cell membrane (which dictates the responses to external stimuli) and not the central nucleus with its DNA which controls the development of a cell.There is considerable detail about the evolution and mechanisms of cells and cellular life so I will just pick a few examples which I found intriguing:In describing how the body generates a measles antibody: “By randomly assembling and recombining these DNA segments, immune cells create a vast array of different genes, each one providing for a uniquely shaped antibody protein. ... By a process which I will call ‘trial and error’ “The cell selects the variant gene that makes the best-fitting antibody protein.” and creates multiple copies which progressively become a better fit and therefore better able to fight the measles virus. The point of the example is to show how reaction to the external environment and by ongoing trial and error of a more immediate type than mutation of DNA is at the heart of the development of cells.The author continues his ideas on cell development to multi cell organisms and specialisations of different cells to more efficiently serve the cell community to the eventual emergence of the human brain and the other major functions within the human body. He delves into the possible explanations provided by quantum entanglement - a way of explaining how individual “particles” can cross apparently impenetrable barriers e.g like cell walls through a quantum effect called quantum tunnelling. This is based on the fundamental wave nature of quantum mechanics which permits the wierd property of allowing a “particle” to be everywhere and nowhere simultaneously.The leap from multi celled organisms which specialise functions and share these functions with other members of the cellular community, to the emergence of the human brain and its possibility of controlling the mechanisms of other cells and in particular other major functions is a little hard to accept at face value just for now! Nevertheless these are powerful ideas which if the consequences embodied in the various cases and examples are anything to go by, compel serious consideration.These is a more than just interesting decision of the development of a human infants brain which basically says that a child’s outlook on life can be affected even in the mother’s womb and certainly within his/her early formative years by the positive or negative attitudes of parents.And so I return to Anita’s miraculous cure with the remark that if true (and I am inclined through no good reason to disbelieve) then the ideas presented in this book are indeed powerful.

I think I was expecting something with exercises in it, or something to help initiate changing my beliefs. But there isn't anything like that. I read most of it, but some bits I skipped cos they just went on too long. There is a part where the author mentions positive thought alone is not enough to charge beliefs. But after reading the book I'm not really any the wiser on how to change my beliefs, only that I should and that its possible to do. It seems without using the approaches mentioned in his Web site, it would be impossible to make any lasting change. So I guess it's now about finding out how much those approaches are on the Website. As I don't really have money to spare, apart from for the occasional cheap kindle book, that probably rules me out of those purchases if purchases are necessary.I am willing to do the work, if I can just find out how.