Episode 0468 · Feb 27, 1998 · 2h 35m
February 27, 1998: Science & Spirituality - Gregg Braden
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Open transcript325 A.D.25 biblical and 20 supporting texts removed: Braden's central historical claim: in 325 A.D., during the time of Constantine, key elements of sacred texts were taken out of open literature. He specifies at least 25 texts that today would be called biblical and at least 20 supporting technical documents were removed, and the remaining texts were rearranged. 700 years later they were poorly translated into Western languages.
Martin Marietta Peacekeeper engineerwriting MX missile software: Braden reveals he worked on the Peacekeeper (MX) missile from 1985 to 1990 at Martin Marietta after being assigned there post-clearance, having expected a space program assignment. He describes working through sleepless nights writing software for a nuclear weapon while reading Carl Sagan's The Cold and the Dark, and reconciling that with his own peace and compassion beliefs.
1995 Aaron Diamond AIDS study1% with HIV-resistant DNA: Braden cites a 1995 global blood study by the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center in New York City - published in Science, Nature, Science News - finding at least 1% of the global population tested had DNA mutated to be highly resistant to HIV, measured up to 3,000 times the resistance of the average human. Researcher Nathaniel Landau and follow-up work at University of Alabama Birmingham termed it 'spontaneous genetic mutation' of recent evolutionary origin, occurring within the lifetime of the individual.
Tiller 1996 Stanford studybody as biological oscillators: Braden cites a 1996 Stanford University study by William Tiller modeling the human body as a series of biological oscillators that can be synchronized through mental and emotional self-control, with direct correlations to heart rate variability (HRV). Braden frames emotion as a measurable physical waveform - the 'switch' for whether dormant genetic codes are enabled.
The discussion turns to evidence of spontaneous genetic mutation documented since 1995. Braden cites a global blood study from the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center showing that at least one percent of the population tested had developed DNA mutations conferring resistance to HIV up to 3,000 times greater than normal. He references UCLA research on children born HIV-positive who spontaneously cleared the virus, and Stanford University studies linking emotional states to immune system function.
Braden proposes that human DNA contains dormant codes being activated in response to environmental challenges including declining magnetic fields and ozone depletion. He points to research showing previously unused gene sets switching on within individuals during their own lifetimes, a phenomenon scientists are calling spontaneous genetic mutation of recent evolutionary origin.
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