The Biology of Belief

When the Teacher Becomes the Student

Ever since The Biology of Belief was published in 2005, many, many readers have approached me to tell me how this book helped them to recover from cancer without medical intervention, radiation and chemotherapy. My response has been to congratulate them on taking back power over their lives. I then follow up with, “Now that you have healed yourself, you should be a teacher to help others overcome their cancers. You have personally healed your cancer and can guide other patients from your direct experience.” Three years ago, I went to an ENT physician (ear-nose-throat doc) complaining about a facial pain that affected my ear. In the process he examined my throat. He became very quiet and took on a very concerned look. He paused for a minute and in a most serious voice said, “You have cancer”; there is a tumor growing in your tongue and throat. My response was a calm and simple, “Oh.” He then paused and waited for me to make the fear-based emotional response, which all his patients expressed when diagnosed with cancer.

I wrote the damn book on biology of belief, so my mind and heart did not get jolted with his threatening prognosis. He referred me to an oncologist for a consultation. Diagnosed with a malignant cancer, I was offered two choices of treatment: surgically cut out my tongue or go through an extensive process of radiation followed by chemotherapy. He then added that radiation “side-effects” would cause my teeth to drop out, I would experience labored breathing and swallowing, and I would lose my taste buds. I immediately declined the offer of a medical resolution and told the doctor that I would try to resolve this tumor on my own. I’ll never forget his response; he shrugged and looked away revealing his disdain for my foolish “New Age” response. The growing cancer soon immobilized my tongue, and I lost the ability to clearly enunciate, a major disability for a person who makes their career as a lecturer. It was then that I tried to assess WHY the cancer was focused on my tongue. Of what dysfunctional belief or behavior was my body trying to inform me? The answer became clear; for twenty years my research revealed that Darwinian evolution theory was not only wrong, but its emphasis on the “survival of the fittest in the struggle for life” was undermining civilization. My research on epigenetics and the role of quantum physics revealed a scientific theory of evolution that was based on thrival, not survival. A new theory that would unite civilization and replace competition with an understanding that cooperation was the true driving force of evolution.