(Chinese/English)啟動你癌細胞的，不是父母，而是你的想法信仰 @ 辛跑客

(Chinese Version)

今天要推薦的這篇信仰的生物學，內容真的很有趣，演講者是Bruce Lipton 布魯斯利普頓，目前是美國史丹佛大學Stanford Univiersity Medical Center的教授及研究員，並在多處大學公開演講過，而這部短短一個小時的演講，我已經看了好多次，因為他包含了至少三個小時的重要內容，主要告訴我們自己對這個世界的觀感、看法、信仰，緊緊關係者我們生理上的發展，並由生物學的角度清楚的解釋這一切，而為了讓更多人了解這麼重要的資訊，我也正在努力翻譯著整個演講，如果有興趣聽聽原文的，我十分建議你去Youtube看看。

演講一開始，Bruce便解釋了傳統的迷思「父母給的基因，是我們細胞的主宰中心，所以我們的體質，我們以後長多高，早在一出生就定了」，但為什麼有些人父母矮矮的，小孩卻能夠長很高呢？如果父母有癌症那我是不是就像是顆不定時炸彈呢？

如果「基因是細胞的主宰中心」是正確的，那麼基因對細胞不就像是人的大腦對人體一樣。少了大腦人會死，但實驗結果顯示沒有基因的細胞卻仍然能呼吸、消化、行動，由此可知基因並不是決定我們身體反應的主要角色，那麼到底甚麼是呢？

接下來的30分鐘他很清楚的解釋了這一切，基本上可以用這張圖來總結

外界的刺激(例如實體的光、煙或甚至是一張圖片)如何經過我們的感官轉變成為體內的一個信號，而這個體內的信號再如何與細胞的蛋白質產生反應而有所謂的"行為"，這就是決定我們身體的東西：我們對外界的觀感。

那麼癌細胞是怎麼出現的呢？根據Bruce的解釋，當我們身體裡的蛋白質沒有一個可以跟這個感官轉變的信號有反應的時候，他便會去找DNA，解開一個可以與這個信號產生作用的DNA來製造出相對蛋白質，所以當你有解癌細胞DNA的信號時，癌細胞就很可能會產生。但為什麼"痛苦"，"煩躁"，"焦慮"的訊號就一定會造成體內不好的反應呢？

他解釋，一般細胞只能選擇"生長"或"防禦"，當外在有壓迫有負面的刺激時，身體裡大部分的細胞只能選擇防禦，所以平常正常運作的消化系統、免疫系統、記憶力等等便會停擺減弱，這也是為什麼工作壓力大或考試時身體容易感冒，或是考試時記不起來答案。

所以，這些所有的資訊，到底告訴了我們些甚麼呢？接下來的三句話，我認為是整個演講的核心：

"The most growth-promoting signal in the world today is love"

(現在世界上最能夠幫助成長的訊號就是愛)

"Life has everything in it but you will only see what you choose to see"

(生命中甚麼都有，但你只會看到你選擇看到的)

"Belief acts as a filter between the environment and the biology"

(你的思想、信仰會過濾這個世界的訊息而在你體內變成好或是不好的)

所以，當你每天開起新聞台，不斷聽著哪裡又發生命案、討債糾紛、連環車禍、氣爆、自殺、虐貓、22k、草莓族、名嘴、立法院打架這些等等，當你開始受影響發現自己越來越負面時，思考一下這些想法、情緒，都在你身體裡默默的、不斷的產生作用，不斷的選擇不好的蛋白質、DNA。等到哪一天，因為看這些無聊的負面新聞而解開了身體裡的那個癌細胞DNA，值得嗎？

最後，同樣的一幅畫，同樣的一個世界，你會選擇用甚麼樣的態度來看待它，來建構自己的身體、自己的健康呢？

P.S.或許他的演講中不是所有東西都有科學證實的，我沒去確認，不過我選擇相信，因為我想不到有任何該讓自己負面的理由。

(English Version)

What I want to recommend you today is this video - Biology of Beliefs by Dr. Bruce Lipton. Bruce was involved in research at Stanford University Medical Centre and has been teaching at various universities. In his one-hour speech, he explained, using the fundamentals of Biology, how our beliefs and perceptions affect our body. The information he provided in this one hour was so much and intriguing that I highly recommend you to watch the whole video.

He started the talk by explaining why the traditional way of thinking about genes in Biology wasn't correct. We used to believe that the genes our parents gave us were the command centre and therefore, our heights, health and our whole life were pretty much determined the moment we were born. But the fact is some kids will grow so much taller than their parents and having a cancer gene in the family does not mean you are prone to a cancer.

So, why is that the case? If our genes were truly the command centre of our cells, then taking out the genes should result in the death of the cells. If you don't understand why, compare this to the human brain and the human body. The brain (gene) is the command centre of the body (cell) and what happens when you take the brain out? But through his experiments, he found out that when he took the genes out, the cells were still functioning. The respiratory system, the digesting system and the metabolism were all still working. So clearly, the genes were NOT the command centre of the cell. What is then?

In the following 30 minutes, he answered that question in great detail but I'm only going to show you the summary here.

"Our perception transforms the environmental signal from the outside into a secondary signal and this secondary signal reacts with the corresponding protein to form the behaviour" Hence our perception to the outside world determines our Biology.

Then, where does the cancer come from? According to his speech, if we don't have the corresponding protein in our body to react with the secondary signal, the signal will instead unlock the DNA which has the blueprint for that protein. So if you have the signal for the cancer DNA, it will possibly unlock it. Now if that's the case, why will stress, anxiety, fear always have bad influence in our body?

To answer that, Bruce used an example of a cell in a petri dish. He explained that a cell can only be in growth or in protection so when a cell faces a threat, it will turn on its protection mechanism and stop growing. That is why, when you are under great stress, you are likely to get sick. Or when you are in an exam, you are likely to lose some of your memory. This is all because your body turns off the normal functions to switch on protection under stress condition.

Now what do all of these imply? In my opinion, the following 3 sentences pretty much summarises the entire lecture:

"The most growth-promoting signal in the world today is love"

"Life has everything in it but you will only see what you choose to see"

"Belief acts as a filter between the environment and the biology"

So think about this, every negative signal from the environment (for example, the bad news from TV) has an effect on your body. Just imagine one day, that one negative signal came through your perception and unlock the cancer DNA...

Give me one reason to fill myself with stress, fear or hatred.

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