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Please use the following citation format: Bruce Lipton, The Biology of Belief, Fall 2009. (San Francisco State ni!ersit": SFS Spea#er $rchi!es. http:%%www.sfsu.e&u%'holistic%(elcome.html (accesse& )) **, ++++,. -ote: Please use the actual &ate "ou accesse& this material in "our citation.
5Initial introduction has not been recorded6 7that ci!ili8ation as we ha!e #nown it is coming to a !er" a9rupt en&7 !er", !er" soon. $n& the significance is, "ou loo# out an& "ou see all the crisis, we can tal# a9out it : glo9al warming. (e can tal# a9out the foo& in&ustr" that "ou;!e <ust hear& a9out. (e can tal# a9out the political uphea!al, the healthcare crisis, an& we can go on an& on an& on. $n& then "ou tr" to sa", well 0 mean, it;s li#e all of it is coming at one point. $n& the reason wh" is 9ecause the" are s"mptoms of something that is so profoun&l" important an& such a ma<or uphea!al that;s coming so =uic#l" that actuall" the 9oo# is written out, that are put out, that;s calle& Spontaneous 3!olution Because within a !er" short time, within 2 "ears, ma"9e e!en within a few months. 3!er"thing the wa" the worl& has 9een running is going to turn upsi&e &own. 0t;s going to 9e 9lown awa". 0t;s going to 9e !er" e>citing? $n& the reason wh" it;s important for "ou is this: 1here are the generations calle& the @, +, A: the alpha9et generation B which 0 assume we;re all a part of. $n& the rele!ance a9out the alpha9et generation is that there was a &iscontinuit" 9etween the pre!ious generations. 3!er"thing up to the pre!ious generation was C+eah, m" chil&ren are going to &o 9etter than 0;m going to &o an& we;re ma#ing a worl& for m" chil&renD 1hen of course when parents own fi!e B)(;s an& a mansion for two people an& a #i&, an& it;s har& B how is that #i& going to grow up an& &o 9etter than thatE $n& so it;s !er" interesting 9ecause the" reach the point where "our prospects seem li#e: C.ow the" hell can 0 #eep up with itE 0 can;t e!en pa" the rent, 0;m ha!ing trou9le getting the foo& co!ere& an& e!er"9o&";s tal#ing a9out how the #i&s are alwa"s going to &o 9etter than the parentsD
1his is a fact?
$ single entit", an organi8ation or whate!er gi!es an answer an& the group of "ou all sa" C+eah? 1hat soun&s reall" cool? (e 9elie!e that, that;s a reall" goo& oneD
(hen "ou accept the answers an& here;s the catch" part
(hen "ou accept the answers from some entit" or organi8ation an& the" pro!i&e answers an& "ou accept that.
+ou ma#e them the truth:pro!i&er for "ou culture an& for "our ci!ili8ation
(hoe!er gi!es "ou these answers, the" are also the source of "our truth.
So if "ou want to fin& out an"thing "ou sa" C(ho ga!e me the answersE 0 want to go 9ac# an& get the other things 0 want to #now from themD
1he" pro!i&e us with the 9asic para&igm meaning the 9asic fun&amental i&eas of a ci!ili8ation
(here &o "ou get the cultural, fun&amentall" 9elief of how to operate a ci!ili8ation fromE
Let;s ta#e a loo# at it o!er time an& see how it;s change& an& where we are on the map
So 0 go 9ac# o!er 40,000 "ears ago an& 0 fin& that we;re at the center of the map.
1his is the animism one, li#e the -ati!e $mericans let;s sa". /#a"E
1he" 9elie!e in a spiritual an& material worl& e=uall" !ali& at the same time entangle& an& not separa9le.
+ou 9etter pra" to the &eer;s spirit, 9ecause the &eer;s spirit is as !alua9le as getting the &eer itself
1he rain&rops ha& spirit, the roc#s ha& spirit, the animals, the people ha!e spirits?
$n& "et, "ou coul& ne!er separate the spirit from the matter so it wasn;t li#e spirit was primar"
0t was 9alance&
+ou sa" what were the answers to the =uestions that the animists, in li!ing in a worl& of harmon" 9etween spirit an& matter, how &i& the" answer the =uestionE
-o it isn;t.
+ou;re ma&e out of organic chemistr" which ma#es "ou separate from the earth an& the &irt an& the soil an& all the other stuff that is calle& inorganic chemistr" o#a"E
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+our 9o&ies are ma&e out of a mi>ture of molecules from the earth an& energ" &eri!e& from the sun
+ou ph"sicall" came from mother earth, that;s where the chemistr" came from, 9ut until the" were enlightene& 9" the sun the" weren;t ali!e an"wa"s
)eaning, #eeping harmon" an& 9alance in the en!ironment, which is a goo& i&ea
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$n& that change le& to pol"theism, an& notice that we are mo!ing towar&s a more spiritual worl&.
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1oo# the spirit out of rain&rops, too# the spirit out of e!er"thing else, an& what &i& the" &o with itE
$n& the go&s were separate from the material worl& So we separate matter an& spirit, an& we gi!e emphasis to the spirit collecti!es as go&s
$n& that 9ecomes important 9ecause people lost their spiritual connection at this point
Because the spirits were now separate& from them an& so we are all see#ing spirit 9ut it was outsi&e
+ou sa" how &i& we get here an& the pol"theists answer the =uestion
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-ow wait a minute, the other one sai&, "ou #now, Father S#" an& )other 3arth, what a9out this oneE
(ell, it;s interesting 9ecause we come from chaos is the =uantum mechanics un&erstan&ing the 9ig 9ang
$n& all the matter came from the chaos of energ" an& 9lew up an& B//)? .ere;s all the matter
0f it was chaos, 0 can;t gi!e "ou a reason wh" we;re here, it <ust sort of came out of the chaos?
+eah, 9ut how &o "ou ma#e the 9est out of itE
(ell, the pol"theists ha& a goo& thing 9ecause the go&s coul& transform their shapes
-ow all of a su&&en the" woul& li!e in a worl& where the" woul& tell "ou that the person sitting ne>t to "ou coul& 9e a go& an& "ou &i&n;t #now if it was or not
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But then, it change& again. $n& this time when it changes, we actuall" go &eeper into the spiritual realm
(ell, pol"theism separate& "ou from spirit, well spirit, here;s a 9unch of go&s an& here;s "ou o!er here
0t sai& that all the go&s that were o!er here are actuall" <ust one go& an& guess whatE
So 9asicall", not onl" ha!e "ou 9een separate& from "our spirit, spirit is also now not e!en part of the worl& that we li!e in accor&ing to the 9elief s"stem?
$n& the rele!ance a9out that is that it changes the wa" we respon& to life San Francisco State ni!ersit" | ./L0S102 .3$L1. 4J
*i!ine inter!ention B that go& put "ou here, an& that;s wh" "ou emphasi8e go& a9o!e "ou
Because go& was the creator an& "ou are here to li!e out pla"s of moralit"
$n& so accor&ing to the church, that the earth an& ph"sical realm were <ust something to ta#e "ou off the trac#
$n& that;s wh" the people li#e in /pus *ei, the catholic organi8ation, the" woul& 9eat themsel!es a lot
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Because if the" re<oine& life, the" were too connecte& to the earth an& the" reall" want to 9e connecte& to the in!isi9le thing o!er there
-ow this shapes the worl& that "ou li!e in, e!er" culture an& 9elief.
$n& so, wh" is this rele!antE $n& the answer comes li#e this 0;ll tell "ou wh": $, 1he answers came from whoE San Francisco State ni!ersit" | ./L0S102 .3$L1. 4F
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