Past Lives

[I, Brian]

Originally Posted by oldgordy

I am not saying that there is no spiritual side just that the physical may be larger and more complicated than it is given credit for.

Welcome to the forums, and quite agree - DNA is an incredible piece of programming, and we have barely begun to touch the surface of our understanding of it.

Perhaps as an aside, I tend to think as the DNA amino acids as like notes, with active genes as being like pieces of music.

By that analogy, science we can appreciate that amino acids can be like notes, and genes as like music - but does not understand either the music, or the rules by which the music is composed.

2c.

[immortalitylost]

Originally Posted by citizenzen

I'm with you OG. What our current understanding fails to explain is seen as magic. What was once mysterious and unknown, when comprehended becomes natural. This little dance has been going on as long as humans have existed, yet it still seems to take people by surprise.

I think that man's quest for knowledge of the unknown is the whole point to all of this. What would suprise me is if we ever figured out everything. That'd be interesting, and maybe that's what we're headed for. Reincarnation and the accumulation of knowledge go hand in hand in my mind though.

I'm just one mixed up critter.... Can't see anything like everybody else does.

[citizenzen]

Originally Posted by immortalitylost

I think that man's quest for knowledge of the unknown is the whole point to all of this. What would suprise me is if we ever figured out everything.

I don't think we'll ever figure it all out. Every discovery seems to uncover more questions. Some information will be beyond our ability to measure or comprehend. There will still be plenty to mystify us.

[Tao_Equus]

Originally Posted by oldgordy

Past lives are not just feasible but physically natural to all. Consider anyone you know and who they resemble mother, father, sibling. Families go through generations with distinctive features e.g. eye colour/hair colouring/ stature. a cocktail of genes ensures this and although the cocktail may get diluted there are characteristics that keep going over generations.
The brain is made up of genetic material and the workings of it are at present not fully understood and in some cases mis understood, however some "natural instincts " and programmed auto reactions may in fact come from previous existances which are imprinted in our brain cells. Available under certain conditions and possibly even a little mixed up but nevertheless being identified as a "past life"
I am not saying that there is no spiritual side just that the physical may be larger and more complicated than it is given credit for.

Hi Gordy and welcome to the forum,

I agree with you, and Brian, that it is extremely likely that DNA is passing far more information than generally perceived. I was especially fascinated last summer to read of work that studied the 8% of our DNA that is so called viral DNA, DNA that is of viral origin. I think it safe to assume that in the coming decades we are going to have our minds blown by the scale of micro management that goes on in areas we thought nothing to do with our DNA.

You may be interested in this older thread:
Mysteries of DNA

[immortalitylost]

Originally Posted by citizenzen

I don't think we'll ever figure it all out. Every discovery seems to uncover more questions. Some information will be beyond our ability to measure or comprehend. There will still be plenty to mystify us.

Well, good.

Life would be a bland lasagna indeed, if not for the spices of mystery!



See ya!

PS: Now you can't say that no one's ever made you contemplate how life is like a pan of lasagna!

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by immortalitylost

lasagna!

Hardly a day goes by without me discovering a difference in spelling between the US and the UK. How do we mngadeg ot kalt to echa ohtra?

s.

[immortalitylost]

Honestly, I have no idea if that's the right spelling or not, but there was no little red underline under it so I trusted the computer. Oh, but do I know the differences. My da is obsessed with grammar, and England, and so ya see my dilemma!

Are there people in the UK obsessed with US language differences, and stuff? I don't get it, but it's my da, so whatever.

I have no idea how anyone manages to understand me let alone everyone else! Don't ask me! lol

[earl]

Originally Posted by oldgordy

Past lives are not just feasible but physically natural to all. Consider anyone you know and who they resemble mother, father, sibling. Families go through generations with distinctive features e.g. eye colour/hair colouring/ stature. a cocktail of genes ensures this and although the cocktail may get diluted there are characteristics that keep going over generations.
The brain is made up of genetic material and the workings of it are at present not fully understood and in some cases mis understood, however some "natural instincts " and programmed auto reactions may in fact come from previous existances which are imprinted in our brain cells. Available under certain conditions and possibly even a little mixed up but nevertheless being identified as a "past life"
I am not saying that there is no spiritual side just that the physical may be larger and more complicated than it is given credit for.

Interesting thought. I see your avatar is Buddhist. Perhaps then you're aware that in some schools of Buddhism, they see folks as a mind-body unity that dissolves in "parts" or "sheaths" at death-physical, then mental constituents with our various physical and mental propensities, (karma), "stored" in a form of consciouness-the alaya-vijnana-and when rebirth occurs it all sort of runs in reverse. So, from their perspective you could propose that the state of our consciousness conditions our DNA. Now whether the state of our consciousness subtly affects the unfolding of DNA within a lifespan..hmm, interesting possibilty. earl

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by immortalitylost

I have no idea how anyone manages to understand me let alone everyone else! Don't ask me! lol

Draw a picture, then I might understand!

s.