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What an eye opening investigation about DNA and generational transmission of data! ! The possibility had never occurred to me of transferring beliefs, traumas, etc. beyond our physical genetic traits. And most fascinating was the.." it all goes back to "grandma" idea.. like Russian dolls stacked inside each other, each of us is predicated on and influenced by our mother line back through the generations! What interests me about that comes from an odd angle of my fascination with bees who can determine whether to make a queen, a worker or a drone based on the need of the hive. Their collective overview and survival is served in that way. When you presented, Cynthia, the connection between personal lineage trauma being analogous to collective trauma, a bell went off...aware of the extent to which we are NOT as HUMAN BEINGS AS A SPECIES, looking at the "what is best for the hive" as an overview for the human race... only our individual/generational traumas/beliefs/biases passed down through generations. HOW DO WE BREAK THAT PATTERN OF UNCONSCIOUS COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR? That is what I want to explore. Thank you, Cynthia, for opening this investigation for us all to consider what we need to do individually and collectively to break the chain of these unconscious patterns that destroy the peace that makes our lives worth living! In Gratitude... ariel spilsbury

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