"Don't you know freckles and birthmarks are battlescars from a previous life??? "

These kinds of humorous remarks I find healing because, just the other day, I was out for a walk, minding my own business,when I was thinking of my friends' children. My thought process went on about how they look so anglo and their mother is porteguese, and then my mind went to the "teaching" of "genetics" and how the stronger the gaze or focus of the partner, THOSE are the genes that would be dominant.
And I felt my inner being just battling,
which is it? Which is the "real" explanation?
My beleif systems collided terribly to the point where I had to call someone who is NOT affiliated with the school and for them to explain to me that what I learned in high school biology was probably the most correct explanation.

I would rather take this the humorous way than the "am I going nuts" way!!

I wasn't in RSE when those teachings were given, but I'm fairly certain my husband and I both had our eye's closed at that moment in time . hehe -on that note, there ought be kids out there who resemble wrinkled pillowcases, ceiling mounted paddle fans, or the astroturf floor of the not-so-great hall!

LWO - I like your way of explaining away our imperfections-battlescars from a previous life-! ("yeah, those stretch marks are from when I rearranged the "big guy's rock!) That could help explain a LOT of things-hehe. And now I wonder-could RSE be an "imperfection infection?"... or rather, an "infection of perfection?" (I knew I should have taken antibiotics with me to the ranch! I was "infected!"

You all, here, are the magnificent "antiobiotic," the "cure" for RSE. Thank you.

Tree-I hope you're feeling better. These ideas have infected us all and for the short time I was there, I still have moments of RSE deja-boo!

I wanted to add, a very wise woman said to my husband and me, "your children got the very best from each of you."

It's the childrens' journey (with our help). So the teachings, I can only surmise since I didn't hear them, well, are whacked because the children, then, are NOT "creating their reality."

I do remember JZasR stating, "it's in the DNA." Obviously, she hasn't heard of "chimeras." (link below) - some totally "messy" DNA situations.

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8905

""Chimera: In medicine, a person composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. Human chimeras were first discovered with the advent of blood typing when it was found that some people had more than one blood type. Most of them proved to be "blood chimeras" -- non-identical twins who shared a blood supply in the uterus. Those who were not twins are thought to have blood cells from a twin that died early in gestation. Twin embryos often share a blood supply in the placenta, allowing blood stem cells to pass from one and settle in the bone marrow of the other. About 8% of non-identical twin pairs are chimeras.

Many more people are microchimeras and carry smaller numbers of foreign blood cells that may have passed from mother across the placenta, or persist from a blood transfusion. In vitro fertilization (IVF) is also contributing to the number of human chimeras. To improve success rates, two or more embryos are placed in the uterus so women who have IVF have more twin pregnancies than usual. More twins mean more chimeras. ""