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Genetic vs. spiritual factors:
The fear of passing on conditions, such as schizophrenia,through pregnancy

Question: "My question is hopefully simple for you. I was adopted and have no medical history from my birth mother, save the fact that I know she was schizophrenic. I found a man whom I would like to have kids with and am worried about what possible genetic problems they could have, or if it is a good idea to have kids even since I may have health problems crop up of my own that I am unaware of as well. Is having kids an okay idea?"

Psychic Advice : The most important thing when it comes to pregnancy and having children is love. Anything can happen in life at any time, and love and faith are the keys to dealing with any and all of life's experiences. Genetics only plays a relatively small role in the development of a human being. There are karmic and spiritual factors that determine far more about the unfolding of a lifetime than genetics do.

All diseases already reside in the human body, and merely require the right set of circumstances in order to become activated. These are not only environmental circumstances, but also emotional, mental and physical states that determine a person's susceptibility to developing any particular disorder. The immune system is not just physical - it begins with the aura, which is affected by thoughts and emotions. The entire immune system is strengthened by positive, healthy thoughts and emotions, and weakened by negative ones. Negativity, whether it comes from within an individual or surrounds that person, adversely affects our wellbeing on all levels, and is actually a form of attack against the immune system.

Schizophrenia is not really a mental, emotional or physical disorder - it is a spiritual one. It is an internalized battle between positive and negative forces. Genes can create a predisposition toward certain disorders, kind of like having a small crack in the auric field, that only becomes an issue if something causes it to rupture, creating a hole that allows certain forces to come into effect. Severe trauma, injury or even surgery can rip holes in the aura that weaken its ability to protect a person from outside forces (such holes can be repaired with will and intent). With regard to schizophrenia running in the family, a person is far more susceptible to developing schizophrenia if they have grown up around it, and therefore it becomes part of their own psyche, and their own fear base. Your mother spared you from that reality by giving you up for adoption.

Parents pass on to their children all kinds of things, from traits and habits, to faulty genes and diseases, but they also pass on their gifts, talents and abilities, along with their hopes, dreams and fears. Parents teach their children their own beliefs about the world and about reality, and this can create far greater disorders than genetics can, especially if their beliefs involve fear, hatred and judgment. The thoughts, emotions and beliefs that we pass on to children are far more potent than genes or germs, because it is our thoughts and beliefs that create our reality. Even the great plague did not kill everyone who came in contact with it. If a child grows up with a strong belief that he/she is immune tol disease, then this is how the mind will program the body, because the mind is the control center for all of our human experience.

When you conceive a child, that being is infused with the thoughts and emotions that you have at the moment of conception. If you hold in your heart a desire to love deeply and unconditionally, allowing yourself to love, honor and support that soul to carry out its mission and life purpose in coming to Earth, and trust in the perfection of all that is, then you create a space of light and positive energy that welcomes and protects that soul.

Remember, you can ask for what you want ahead of time: envision the kind of child you want to have and the kind of relationship and experience that you want to have with that child, then hold absolute faith in that vision and experience. Do not let fear drive your reality. When you ask for what you want to experience, do so only in the positive (ex. "I choose to bring in a child who is perfectly healthy on all levels", not " I want a child who does not have any defects"). The Universe does not understand negatives, and delivers everything that we ask for, taking everything as a literal request, so choose your words and emotions carefully.

Emotions are essential to manifestation, as they energize thoughts to bring them into reality, so emotions are a key element to health and wellbeing for you and your child. As humans, we will and must have negative emotions from time to time, because this is part of the human experience, so do not fear your fear, or be angry at your anger. Simply allow those negative emotions to be okay, and let them pass, without judgment, fear, or holding onto them, and do not give them any more power, energy or thought. Commit your will and intent to consciously choosing love on a constant and consistent basis. The vibration and frequency of love and joy create a space of peace, harmony and wellbeing on all levels. Hold this vibration before, during and after pregnancy as much as possible, focusing on the love you have to give and share, and this will create a healthy environment for you and your baby.

Every person who has a child faces unknowns, but do not let this stop you. Every child comes into life with its own spiritual and karmic agenda, and looks for the ideal parents and family environment that will nurture the necessary physical, emotional, mental and spiritual conditions that will support that child to carry out his/her life purpose and learn what it is intending to learn from a given lifetime. Some of these karmic and spiritual lessons can involve some type of infirmity, handicap or disorder, and in that case, that soul has chosen its parents to protect it, guide it and support it through that challenging experience. Even these types of experiences are truly gifts for all concerned from the perspective of the heart and soul, because it provides an opportunity to stretch the heart and allows the soul to grow and evolve.

Another issue that can cause disorders to "run in the family" is not about genetics, but about the chain of events that is carried along a family's ancestral history. Certain experiences get passed down from generation to generation until someone chooses to consciously break the chain of disease and dysfunction. Alcoholism, abuse, racism, depression, etc., all follow along these lines, until someone is conscious enough and strong enough to say that enough is enough, and breaks the chain.

The problem is that we become what we judge in order to develop compassion, so it is not enough to simply fight or deny these issues and predispositions within ourselves, we must actually forgive others in order to heal these tendencies in ourselves. Try forgiving your mother for having been schizophrenic (even if it does not make sense to you to do that), have compassion for her experience, and be grateful to her for releasing you from that reality, then set her free with love. See yourself being the strongest link in the family chain, breaking the old chain of weakness, and forging a new chain of love, strength and faith that begins with you, your offspring and carries on through your descendants. You are creating a new chain of actions and reactions based on love, and love is the strongest force in all of the Universe.

Do not allow fear to rule you, but let love be your guide. Have children for the sole reason that you have love to give and to share, and draw that child to you on the frequency of love and light. Love holds the highest vibration, and where love and joy exist, there can be no disease. So rise above your fear, and allow yourself to truly make love in order to create a child born of love and protected in the light of love.


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