This staggering and eye-opening statistic means only 2 to 25 percent of mental and physical illnesses come from the environment and genes. Every day scientists are discovering the precise pathways by which changes in human consciousness produce changes in our brain and bodies. Our consciousness—this phenomenal gift from God to be able to think—activates our genes and changes our brain. Science shows that our thoughts, with their embedded feelings, turn sets of genes on and
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