RawPear November 5 2013 (Thanks, JT)
Something that is not widely known about the mind-body connection today is that, since the early 1940s, a genuine microbiological framework for understanding the power of suggestion, intention and belief has been developing.
In this article we will look at some of this work as it relates to previously unexplainable “spontaneous” alterations to the genomes of living people—and the physiological and psychospiritual transformations that often accompany them.
What We Fail to Understand Must Be “Junk”
The vast majority of our DNA “text” is not used in the coding of proteins and enzymes—it is non-coding—and scientists generally do not have any idea what its purpose is. Thus, they initially dubbed it “junk” DNA. How much of our DNA is junk? About 95–98 percent: rather a lot of waste for nature to keep.
Since this part of DNA is not responsible for constructing our basic physical form, its purpose has remained mysterious to conventional mindsets until very recently. We now know that a large portion of “junk” DNA is made up of mobile genetic elements (transposons and retrotransposons) or “jumping DNA,” which can rewrite and activate—or deactivate—certain genetic codes. Jumping DNA reportedly makes up as much as half of the total DNA nucleotides.
Another major portion of the non-protein-coding regions of the genome is composed of variable-number, randomly repeating sequences known as “satellite DNA.” Microbiologist William Brown believes that through specific conformational arrangements, satellite DNA interfaces with the so-called “morphic field.” Various conformations have specific resonances with the morphic field and can tune into different information programs. Since satellite DNA is very specific to each person, each of us tunes into a distinct and unique morphogenetic pattern.
It seems likely that both jumping DNA and satellite DNA interface with the morphic field, thus responding to alterations in one’s state of consciousness. Satellite DNA’s ability to expand the number of repeating sequences means an increase in the information-carrying capacity of DNA.