Musings, the 4th: April

Mary H/ April 1, 2016/ Paul Brenner, MD, PhD

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The Epigenetic Phenomenon is the scientific proof that environmental factors such as diet, radiation and the emotional experiences of prior generations can effect the expression of genes and the biochemistry of the brain.

Psychology is the future of Preventative Medicine.

The result of the earliest human experiences of epigenetics led to fears of difference and over millennia gave birth to tribes, religions, nations, prejudice, racism, hate and wars.

Coping skills to dull the pain of the unmet needs save us in childhood yet create the same pain in adulthood.

To eliminate the prejudice and racism of the epigenetic past and present demands awareness of how our past once saved us, shaped our present and now has become destructive.

Fear birthed stress with the need to form relationships, groups, religions, nations, prejudice, racism and wars. ALL the above were coping skills for a young species. It ALL must stop for our Collective Survival and collective adulthood.

To eliminate the prejudice and racism of the epigenetic past and present demands awareness of how our past once saved us, shaped our present and now has become destructive.

The present is an illusion created by the non-existent past and projected into the non- existent future.

Partnership is meeting one’s own needs.

To heal is a state of expansion.

The question is more significant than the answer.

If Life itself is the ultimate gift, do we understand life by dissecting it or by living it?

Love is letting go of judgment and comparison.

If our observations are altered by the generational past, what does the present look like?