- Hardcover: 363 pages
- Publisher: Elite Books (1 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1600700225
- ISBN-13: 978-1600700224
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Dawson Church applies the insights of the new field of Epigenetics (epi=above, i.e. control above the level of the gene) to healing. Citing hundreds of scientific studies, he shows how beliefs and emotions can trigger the expression of DNA strands. He focuses on a class of genes called Immediate Early Genes or IEGs. These genes turn on within a few seconds of a stimulus. They can be triggered by thoughts or emotions. Many IEGs are regulatory genes turn on other genes that affect specific aspects of our immune system, such as the production of white blood cells that destroy attacking bacteria and viruses. Epigenetics thus influences our health every day. He coins the new term 'Epigenetic Medicine' to describe healing techniques with epigenetic effects. He also summarises the science behind the infant fields of Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine, both of which offer promising epigenetic medical therapies, and describes a few of the thousands of powerful personal breakthroughs that are being achieved by therapists, doctors and lay people practising these techniques. "The Genie in Your Genes" shows that there is a sound theoretical framework, based on credible experiments, for understanding these astonishing results, and predicts that the insights of Epigenetic Medicine will dramatically advance the fields of both medicine and psychology in the coming decade. Best of all, the book demonstrates that, by taking control of our consciousness and using it to influence our genetic expression, we can sometimes bypass years of therapy, as well as harmful drugs and invasive surgeries, to, in effect, do continuous genetic engineering on our own bodies. This can produce both immediate relief from long-standing anxieties and neuroses, as well as 'miraculous' healing of persistent physical conditions, especially autoimmune diseases. Among a new crop of books that chart the way to a positive health future, "The Genie in Your Genes" stands out as a solidly grounded and exciting pointer to the future possibilities of a medicine that links soul to body and mind.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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The Genie in Your Genes: Epigenetic medicine and the new biology of intention, by Dawson Church, Elite Books, Fulton, CA; Cygnus Books, Llandeilo, Wales, 2007, 364 ff.
How our thoughts and attitudes affect the body
By Howard Jones
As the subtitle indicates, this book is about the biological science of epigenetics. Traditionally, this meant a study of what factors affect the assemblage of genes (the genotype) and its expression in the characteristics of the individual (the phenotype), the prefix `epi-` indicating `above' or `beyond' genetics. The word `epigenesis' has been in use since the beginning of the 19th century. Today, there is increasing evidence that while the structure of the genes is determined by conception, their function can be influenced by the environment throughout life. There are many books now, such as those by Candace Pert, Herbert Benson, Larry Dossey, Bruce Lipton, Ernest Rossi, Wayne Dyer, and many others, as well as biochemical research papers that present empirical evidence that the body is greatly affected by state of mind and emotions. Much of this work is quoted by Church with full details of reference sources.
The author is a writer and publishers' editor who has written widely on how emotions and mental attitudes affect health: he holds a PhD from the Holos University in America. In this book he aims to show that `the ultimate power over our health and wellbeing [is not] in the untouchable realm of molecular structure [but] rather in our own consciousness'. In other words, the environment that affects the function of body cells is both external and internal. Church cites examples of identical twins (with identical genetic makeup) having different health and longevity because of differences in lifestyles.
The author stresses the importance of grounding this positive mental attitude in childhood: `childhood stress results in adult disease'. But the influence of our emotions continues on into adulthood: those with negative, pessimistic attitudes are statistically much more prone to degenerative diseases like heart disease and cancer, and to other ailments like infections and arthritis. As part of our mind-set, belief in a vengeful God is much more destructive to health than belief in a beneficent God or life-affirming cosmic spirituality: `with every feeling and thought, in every instant, you are performing epigenetic engineering on your own cells. . . we are rewriting the expression of our genes in every second, by our choices of what we do, say and think.' Shamans and healers from many different faiths have been shown to have brain waves that resonate with those of the Earth during healing or meditative practices. This is how people have been healed for millennia, long before the emergence of orthodox allopathic medicine and pharmaceuticals. Attuning the mind and body to the natural environment is essential for health.
This is an uplifting book for New Age followers, with a text that is easy to assimilate despite the amount of biochemical detail within. There are many illustrations, though I didn't find all of them useful. There are also several Appendixes that are predominantly oriented towards an American readership. There is a comprehensive list of reference Notes and a good Index.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both published by O Books of Winchester, UK.
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel
Healing Beyond the Body: Medicine and the Infinite Reach of the Mind
How our thoughts and attitudes affect the body
By Howard Jones
As the subtitle indicates, this book is about the biological science of epigenetics. Traditionally, this meant a study of what factors affect the assemblage of genes (the genotype) and its expression in the characteristics of the individual (the phenotype), the prefix `epi-` indicating `above' or `beyond' genetics. The word `epigenesis' has been in use since the beginning of the 19th century. Today, there is increasing evidence that while the structure of the genes is determined by conception, their function can be influenced by the environment throughout life. There are many books now, such as those by Candace Pert, Herbert Benson, Larry Dossey, Bruce Lipton, Ernest Rossi, Wayne Dyer, and many others, as well as biochemical research papers that present empirical evidence that the body is greatly affected by state of mind and emotions. Much of this work is quoted by Church with full details of reference sources.
The author is a writer and publishers' editor who has written widely on how emotions and mental attitudes affect health: he holds a PhD from the Holos University in America. In this book he aims to show that `the ultimate power over our health and wellbeing [is not] in the untouchable realm of molecular structure [but] rather in our own consciousness'. In other words, the environment that affects the function of body cells is both external and internal. Church cites examples of identical twins (with identical genetic makeup) having different health and longevity because of differences in lifestyles.
The author stresses the importance of grounding this positive mental attitude in childhood: `childhood stress results in adult disease'. But the influence of our emotions continues on into adulthood: those with negative, pessimistic attitudes are statistically much more prone to degenerative diseases like heart disease and cancer, and to other ailments like infections and arthritis. As part of our mind-set, belief in a vengeful God is much more destructive to health than belief in a beneficent God or life-affirming cosmic spirituality: `with every feeling and thought, in every instant, you are performing epigenetic engineering on your own cells. . . we are rewriting the expression of our genes in every second, by our choices of what we do, say and think.' Shamans and healers from many different faiths have been shown to have brain waves that resonate with those of the Earth during healing or meditative practices. This is how people have been healed for millennia, long before the emergence of orthodox allopathic medicine and pharmaceuticals. Attuning the mind and body to the natural environment is essential for health.
This is an uplifting book for New Age followers, with a text that is easy to assimilate despite the amount of biochemical detail within. There are many illustrations, though I didn't find all of them useful. There are also several Appendixes that are predominantly oriented towards an American readership. There is a comprehensive list of reference Notes and a good Index.
Dr Howard A. Jones is the author of The Thoughtful Guide to God (2006) and The Tao of Holism (2008), both published by O Books of Winchester, UK.
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles
Molecules of Emotion: Why You Feel the Way You Feel
Healing Beyond the Body: Medicine and the Infinite Reach of the Mind
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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This is an exciting book about epigenetics - the control of genes outside the cell -, and can be read in conjunction with Candace Pert's "Molecules of emotion" or Bruce Lipton's "Biology of Belief".
Finally, modern scientific research is confirming what many of us have known for some time, that genes do not control our destiny, but that our consciousness - meditation, prayer, "social goodwill" - and lifestyle are what in the last resort determine our state of health.
This is wonderful news for all of us. We ourselves are back in control.
The book contains a useful chapter on energy psychology, i.e. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and the like. This chapter has convinced me to give EFT another chance. I was also introduced to TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique), which is a very simple technique akin to EFT.
The author urges us to take charge of our lives, also by consulting complementary or alternative therapists if the need arises, and only resorting to traditional medicine and surgery if all else fails, except of course in emergency situations.
Though a few of the preliminary chapters are somewhat difficult owing to their scientific content, I would highly recommend this book to every thinking human being. I for one will be looking out for other books by this author.
Finally, modern scientific research is confirming what many of us have known for some time, that genes do not control our destiny, but that our consciousness - meditation, prayer, "social goodwill" - and lifestyle are what in the last resort determine our state of health.
This is wonderful news for all of us. We ourselves are back in control.
The book contains a useful chapter on energy psychology, i.e. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and the like. This chapter has convinced me to give EFT another chance. I was also introduced to TAT (Tapas Acupressure Technique), which is a very simple technique akin to EFT.
The author urges us to take charge of our lives, also by consulting complementary or alternative therapists if the need arises, and only resorting to traditional medicine and surgery if all else fails, except of course in emergency situations.
Though a few of the preliminary chapters are somewhat difficult owing to their scientific content, I would highly recommend this book to every thinking human being. I for one will be looking out for other books by this author.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Since first reading GENIE in YOUR GENES, I have had a mini-stroke. Now the power of this book is even more telling for me. I am more watchful to reduce stress so that harmful cortisol is not produced, to the danger of my health. There is plenty of scientific information here but I will pick out some of the pieces which appealed to me. 'Over 1,400 chemical reactions and over thirty hormones and neurotransmitters shift in response to stressful stimuli. So by de-stressing ourselves using attitude, belief, nurturing, self-talk, and spirituality, we are taking a role in determining which instruments in our genetic symphony predominate. This knowledge opens up a panorama for self-healing as vast as the number of moments left in our life.'
'Meditation has been shown to lower blood pressure, improve resting heart rate, reduce the inidence of stroke, heart disease, and cancer, diminish chronic pain, ameliorate anxiety and depression, and have a beneficial effect on many other diseases. If meditation were a drug, it would be considered medical malpracatice for a physician to fail to prescribe it.'
'Imagine a medicine of the future where the laboratory in which your genes are being modified is your own mind - moment-by-moment, with every thought and every action you undertake'.
Dawson Church gives us a picture of how our future health care could look when he shows the work of the Integrative Medical Clinic of Santa Rosa in California. To help co-ordinate the skills of the practitioners and offer a suitable treatment as a starting point for a patient they have invented the 'Navigator'. Lessons are learned of the wonderful interaction between 'hands on' work and psychotherapy and the fact that science is now catching up with all this. Every reader will be entranced by a different aspect of this book. Plenty for the scientist, plenty for the non-specialist. Noelle Ryan.
'Meditation has been shown to lower blood pressure, improve resting heart rate, reduce the inidence of stroke, heart disease, and cancer, diminish chronic pain, ameliorate anxiety and depression, and have a beneficial effect on many other diseases. If meditation were a drug, it would be considered medical malpracatice for a physician to fail to prescribe it.'
'Imagine a medicine of the future where the laboratory in which your genes are being modified is your own mind - moment-by-moment, with every thought and every action you undertake'.
Dawson Church gives us a picture of how our future health care could look when he shows the work of the Integrative Medical Clinic of Santa Rosa in California. To help co-ordinate the skills of the practitioners and offer a suitable treatment as a starting point for a patient they have invented the 'Navigator'. Lessons are learned of the wonderful interaction between 'hands on' work and psychotherapy and the fact that science is now catching up with all this. Every reader will be entranced by a different aspect of this book. Plenty for the scientist, plenty for the non-specialist. Noelle Ryan.
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