4-4-16 Post: I feel like a victim of my genetic make up.

Question/Comment: I see a bleak future for me when I look at my parents because of all the health problems that run in the family. I even see anger and substance abuse running in the family and I think I and my kids are doomed.

Response: “I realized that a cell’s life is fundamentally controlled by the physical and energetic environment with only a small contribution by its genes. Genes are simply molecular blueprints used in the construction of cells, tissues, and organs. The environment serves as a “contractor” who reads and engages those genetic blueprints and is ultimately responsible for the character of a cell’s life.” This is a quote from Bruce Lipton. Lipton, Bruce H. (2015-10-13). The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles . Hay House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

I have often written that what we believe determines what we create in our lives. This applies to what we call to us from life and people as well as applying to our own bodies and the emotions we feel and express outwardly. Dr. Lipton provides us with a scientific basis for this idea. Our genetic make up provides us with possibilities at the cellular level and at the systems level which is of course composed of our cells.

When we follow a blueprint in building a house we can choose to follow it exactly or to make changes. We can ignore part of the blueprint or we can make additions that the original blueprint did not call for at all. It appears that the genetic blueprint we are born with is exactly like this. We can provide it with stimulus to activate one part of it but not another or we can activate both parts. We can also change this original blueprint by the things we expose ourselves to (such as chemical or nuclear toxins).

Our thoughts produce chemical reactions in our brains and in other parts of our bodies that then circulate through out the body causing reactions in each cell. No doubt you have heard of or read about the “stress hormone” coritsol that our bodies produce when we have reactions, thoughts and emotions that cause us stress. We also produce happy chemicals such as endorphins when we are relaxed and pleased. These chemicals then instruct the cell and tell it how to behave.

This is a simple and brief description of how we are literally in control of how our genes express; that is how they behave, what they do. We have control over what our lives will be. We do have control over our health. It can seem overwhelming to think we are responsible for every aspect of our lives and that can cause us more stress or even self recrimination for not being good enough or perfect. As Louise Hay has stated so many times, the first step is to love ourselves. Just focus on learning to love yourself and improving your skill in this area.

Depending on you and where you are in your life, learning self love and appreciation might be a process that begins with trying to find something, anything about yourself that you don’t see as detestable. The process can flow from where you are at the moment. Never give up on yourself. Let your goal be learning to love yourself more skillfully and more often. Even your definition of what it means to love yourself will be ever changing and deepening.

Allow yourself to blossom and receive love, appreciation and acceptance from yourself and others. Know that you deserve the best simply because you exist. Allow your good to flow to you and never criticize yourself for some presumed failure of thought, feeling, health or anything else.  Suspend doubt and float in a flow of good.

An idea that was often stated by Ann Barnett, as you fill yourself with love, appreciation and acceptance, that is what will over flow from you to everyone else and you will have an unlimited supply to share. That energy you exude into the world, will also attract more of the same to you. You will be able to influence the world and all of existence with your positive vibratory output. You can be the creator of your own good health and happiness as well as part of the uplifting of all humanity just by increasing your positive, loving vibration.