别样的生命体验——赛斯谈生命早期的疾病和死亡（下）

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 别样的生命体验——赛斯谈生命早期的疾病和死亡（上）

事实上，所有在人类发展过程中经常出现的看似不稳定的遗传变异，对整个遗传系统的弹性都是至关重要的。

举例来说，试图通过人工繁殖来消除那些看似不幸的、变异的遗传性状是没有好处的。生理系统会变得过于僵化，失去自然多样性的力量，而最终把人类的生存带进死胡同。

不过，这种可能性几乎没有发生的危险，因为即使用最先进的技术也几乎不可能执行这样一个任务——而事实上，这样做的尝试很可能立即引发整个遗传系统的反应，结果是，作为补偿，新的变异会以更高的频率出现。

有些个人出于自身的原因，的确会在某一世提前选择接受这样一个变异的基因遗传——那往往是为了从一个最独特的面向去体验生命，而有时是为了鼓励不如此就不会发生的其它能力的增长。

在正常情况下，人类的意识会体验全面广泛的律动、形形色色的觉知状态，而其惊人的弹性在一定程度上依赖于它的不僵化、它自发的倾向，以及它好奇、惊奇、发现和情感的能力。

人们常常注意不到，许多所谓的智障人士拥有自己独特的学习能力——也就是说，他们往往以异于大多数人的方式，学习他们真正在学的东西。许多智障人士拥有别人没有发现的能力，那是最难解释的。他们在学习过程中利用化学物质的方式可能与其他人不同。有些人甚至可能对物理和心理空间有更深入的理解。他们在情感上的资质也相当高，而且很有可能在数学和音乐方面有天赋，尽管这些天赋可能从未取得成果，因为那是人们始料未及的。

对人类的发展来说，许多有缺陷的个体就和天才一样至关重要，他们以自己的方式作出了贡献，因为二者都保持了人类意识的弹性，并提升了其应对能力。

再说一次，每个人都创造了自己的实相，但每个家庭成员也分享着他人的实相。所以，不寻常的基因差异也往往有助于培养家庭成员的理解、同情和同理心的品质——而这些品质对人类的发展也是不可或缺的。因为造成这类情况的原因可以如此多样，那么，甚至在面对畸形时，生命也应该受到鼓励。如果所涉及的意识有自己活下去的理由，那么它就会充分利用即使是最悲惨的状况。反之，如果这个意识是违反自己的意愿，通过医疗程序来保持生机，它将以这样或那样的方式终止自己的肉体生命。

婴儿似乎没有信念系统，因此无法以任何方式掌控自己的实相。然而，正如前面提到的，身体细胞本身拥有类似的趋于健康和发展的那些生物倾向。纵使在肉体生存看起来毫无意义的例子里，有机体仍有可能改变其进程到一个非同寻常的程度。

那些被贴上智力缺陷的标签甚至被称为白痴的孩子，他们的成长和发展往往远远超出医学界的假设——特别是如果有慈爱双亲的帮助，不断给他们提供刺激和兴趣的话。

这并不是说，所有这样的孩子都应该在家中得到照顾，也不是说如果双亲受环境所迫将子女送到福利院，就该觉得内疚。不过，在每个个案中，父母的直觉往往会指明最正确的方向。如果他们理解到这种情况背后的确有个理由，那么，单单是这个领悟就有助于减轻父母的负担，并帮助他们决定在自己的特殊情况下要采取哪种做法。

——摘译自《健康之道》第十二章：与进一步的转世关系有关的死亡或疾病之早年例子

In actuality all of the seemingly erratic genetic variances that often crop up in human development are vital to the elasticity of the entire genetic system.

It would not be beneficial, for example, to try to "breed out" those seemingly unfortunate, divergent genetic traits. The physical system would become too rigid, lose the power of its natural diversity, and eventually bring a dead-end to human survival.

There is hardly any danger of that possibility, however, since it would be nearly impossible to perform such a task even with the most developed of technologies — and indeed, the very attempt to do so might well immediately trigger a response on the part of the whole genetic system, so that new divergences appeared with even greater frequency, as compensation.

There are individuals who do choose ahead of time — in one lifetime or another — to accept such a divergent genetic heritage for their own reasons — often to experience life from one of its most unique aspects, and sometimes in order to encourage the growth of other abilities that might not otherwise occur.  

Human consciousness normally experiences wide sweeps of rhythms, varying states of awareness, and its amazing flexibility is partially dependent upon its lack of rigidity, its own spontaneous inclinations, and its capacity for curiosity, wonder, discovery, and emotion.  

It is not too frequently noticed, but many so-called mentally deficient people possess their own unique learning abilities — that is, often they learn what they do learn in a different manner than most other people. Many possess abilities that are not discovered by others, that are most difficult to explain. They may utilize chemicals in a different way than other people do in the learning process itself. Some may even have superior understanding of physical and psychological space. Their qualifications emotionally are also quite advanced, and it is quite possible that they are gifted in terms of mathematics and music, though these gifts may never come to fruition, since they are unsuspected.

Many deficient individuals in their way are as vital to the development of humanity as geniuses are, for both preserve the elastic nature of human consciousness, and promote its coping qualifications.

Each person makes his or her own reality, again, but each family member also shares the reality of the others. Often, therefore, instances of unusual genetic differences may also serve to bring out qualities of understanding, sympathy, and empathy on the part of family members — and those qualities also are vital to human development. Because the reasons for any such conditions can be so diverse, then life should be encouraged even in the face of deformities. If the consciousness involved has its own reasons for living, then it will make the most of even the most dire conditions. If instead the consciousness has been kept alive despite its own intents through medical procedures, it will terminate its own physical life in one way or another.

It would seem that infants have no belief systems, and therefore could not be in charge of their own realities in any way. As mentioned earlier, however, the cells of the body themselves possess an equivalent in those biological leanings toward health and development. Even in cases where physical survival might seem pointless, it is also possible for the organism to alter its course to an extraordinary degree.

Children who are labeled mentally deficient or even called idiots, can often grow and develop far beyond medical science's suppositions — particularly if they are aided by loving parents who constantly provide stimulation and interest.

This is not to say that all such children should be cared for at home, or that parents should feel guilty if they are forced through circumstances to place their offspring in an institution. The intuition of the parents, however, will often direct the most proper course in each individual case. If it is understood that there is indeed a reason behind such circumstances, then that realization alone can help ease the parents' burden, and help them decide which course to take in their own particular case.

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