Beyond Darwin: Bruce Lipton and Dawson Church in Conversation

Bruce Lipton is the author of the million-copy bestseller The Biology of Belief, as well as Beyond Darwin and other books. A former professor at Stanford University Medical School, he was one of the pioneering researchers in the field of epigenetics. His experiments showed that the environment around the cell, not just DNA itself, shapes gene expression.

Here he and Dawson discuss:

Moving beyond the belief that genes control our lives

Bruce’s groundbreaking stem-cell research and how identical cells developed differently in different environments

How the environment influences genetic expression and the chemistry of the body

The connection between our beliefs, perceptions, brain chemistry, and cellular health

The difference between growth mode and protection mode and how chronic stress affects the body

How modern life creates prolonged stress and why humans were not designed for chronic protection

Stepping outside existing systems and creating new possibilities for humanity

Consciousness, spirituality, and the concept of an energy field influencing our experience

The importance of mindfulness, meditation, grounding, nature, and reconnecting with something greater than ourselves

The conscious mind as the creative mind and the subconscious mind as the programming and habit mind