Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. Today on the show, I welcome the biologist and renowned author, Dr. Bruce Lipton.

Early in Bruce's career as a biologist, he began studying the behavior of cells, and he

discovered that cells with the exact same DNA acted very differently based upon their

biological medium.

In other words, cellular behavior is influenced by its

culture. In 2005, Bruce released the book that would forever change the way we think about genetics.

The biology of belief upended our traditional understanding of genetic determinism and introduced

the concept of epigenetics, how genes behave in relation to their environment.

Further, he demonstrated how consciousness are feelings, thoughts, and perceptions impacted our biology.

At the end of May, Dr. Bruce came to Commune Topanga for an intimate lecture that we filmed

for an upcoming Commune course. And the day before the event, Bruce and I caught up in the library.

So in our conversation, we explore the concept of genetic determinism, epigenetics,

the pharmaceutical industry, how our biological imperative to survive has been hijacked by media

and the attention economy, and how we can take agency over our own health.

So needless to say, this was a fascinating conversation.

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for 30 days. So without further delay, I present to you the one and only Dr. Bruce Lipton.

So before I met you and I was introduced to your work, I was, I guess I would say mired or anchored in genetic determinism.

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