“Results of the study show childhood adversity and lifetime psychopathology were each associated
with shorter telomeres and higher mtDNA content.” Credit: © Phils Photography / Fotolia

“Connection between childhood adversity, psychiatric disorders seen at cellular level”
“An association between biological changes on the cellular level and both childhood adversity and psychiatric disorders has been identified by researchers. These changes in the form of telomere shortening and alterations of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), are important in the aging process.”

“This new research provides evidence that psychosocial factors–specifically childhood adversity and psychiatric disorders– may also influence these cellular changes and could lead to accelerated aging,” by Women & Infants Hospital research in ScienceDaily.
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Click here for an abstract of the study

– UPDATE: May 11, 2015
“Poor peoples DNA is declining in quality, say scientists: Study reveals how stressful upbringings damage genes
– Study looked at length of telomeres – DNA sequences that shrink with age
– Low-income residents of Detroit have shorter telomeres than the average
– Telomere length predicts life expectancy and can be shortened by stress,”
quoting Ellie Zolfagharifard, UK’s Dailymail.com.
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– Ramtha on telomeres and our cellular DNA
“You are going to die. Your telomeres in your body are one of the greatest indicators because telomeres are worn down by emotion. As I have taught you, the first three seals are absolutely addicted to emotion. And the more you have it, the older you are going to get. I don’t care what you do.”
– Ramtha
July 21, 2000
Yelm, WA.
All Group Workshop

– Ramtha’s 2011 suggestion to research the brain’s effect on DNA
“When you return to your hovels and to your World Wide Web, investigate how are the brain and DNA connected, the latest research on DNA, and how do these two affect the environment or the environment affect them. It is wonderful research.”
– Ramtha
Spiritual Integrity Assay
Yelm, WA
July 2, 2011

– Ramtha’s disciplines underscore how we affect our genes and DNA
Ramtha: The more you change, your DNA is going to change”
“Are you going to run out of life in this lifetime? No. The more you change, your DNA is going to change. It will occur to you one day that there is a way that you want to get to a certain age and that you want to just put that on hold while you enjoy the exploration of mind in the most unlimited fashion. Perhaps it will be working yourself up to the grand mental acceptance of dancing in parallel realities and time-shifts. The advanced students in this school are just starting to walk up, or approach, those steps. You may want to do that. And I say, in short, that the best is yet to come. Do not weep for what is gone. Celebrate what is coming.”
— Ramtha
October 2003
Yelm, WA.
Excerpt from: Beginning Follow-Up
Click here to purchase the book with this teaching: “Fireside Series, Vol. 2, No. 5 – Who Are We really?”

– Ramtha’s Teaching: “Genetic Evolution”
Click here for the 2001 excerpt from “A Master’s Reflection on the History of Humanity, Part I”

– Ramtha on the hidden potential of ‘Junk DNA’
Click here for five Ramtha quotes dating to 1998.