How do you deal with newly-minted information?
Especially newly-minted information that runs contrary to your existing beliefs?
Do you dismiss it? Laugh it off? Or dig in a little—see what it’s about?
You know the expression right?
“It is what it is.”
Though I used it myself, and forgetting, for now, the ring of acquiescent finality associated with the expression, it’s not really new news to hear that the self-creationists—the quantum mechanics gurus—don’t particularly buy into that statement.
But the other day, I came upon a series of youtube episodes that kinda blew me away.
And I thought they’d blow you away too.
The videos, by Dr. Bruce Lipton, depict a scene—of cells and genes—that, frankly, fascinates me.
Regular readers know of my interest in perception, especially as it relates to careers, success, money and retirement—and yet, here’s Dr. Lipton (who has a Ph.D. in cellular biology) telling us that perception invokes more than that—way more. So much more.
All of which means that maybe, just maybe, it’s a fallacy to believe that It is what it is.
Or put another way, maybe we should admit that there is no “is”, there’s only the “is” that we perceive and create.
I intend to come back to the these youtube posts about perception and biology—point out the astonishing stuff.
But for now, take a peek at the one posted here, and take note of these intervals—see what Dr. Lipton has to offer…
- 1:44 “A belief switches on a gene…”
- 2:50 “Genes control aspects of our live….. Victim of heredity…”
- 3:29 “I can’t do anything about it, so why should I even try…”
- 3:38 “This belief about genes is totally disempowering to every one of us…”
- 7:51 Assumptions (that were never proven) on how genes control biology. Assumptions only recently disproved.
Ideas? Suggestions? Questions? Please leave a comment.
