WELCOME January 3, 2000 Issue

To Our Readers

William E. Moody

Like Father, Like son. Like mother, like daughter. Old adages, to be sure. But when viewed in the light of modern genetic research, the words take on a whole new level of meaning. Genetic theory would make it appear virtually impossible to escape the harmful tendencies of traits passed on from our ancestors, both behaviorally and physiologically. We are what our DNA makes us—or so the theory would have us believe.

Yet, many thinkers—spiritually-minded men and women—have come to a different conclusion: we are what God, divine Spirit, makes us to be. And our true individuality is entirely good, pure, whole. Who we are actually reflects God.

You'll find these ideas explored in depth in this week's Cover Story "Are you your genes?" by Colleen Douglass. The author recounts a significant healing in her own life that helped her gain the conviction that our only inheritance is from God and that our real identity is entirely spiritual. She writes: "Understanding our spiritual nature dispels the view that we are in bondage to our genes, allows us to discover our eternal selfhood, and reveals our present spiritual perfection."

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