28 Apr '11 15:10>
Originally posted by rvsakhadeoQuote: "A thought did occur to me while typing this out that this bundle of past memories/impressions could very well be taken,as per modern scientific thinking, as the information contained in the genetic code."
For your knowledge, Karoly, the Hindu thought in these matters says that we are formed of three bodies.One body is called the Sthula Deha or the gross body. As everyone knows the gross body is made up of muscles,bones,fat,blood etc. The second body is the Sukshma Deha or the subtle body. The subtle body comprises of the bundle of "Karma"s that we carry f ...[text shortened]... btle body by spiritual practices, we i.e. our Causal body,the Soul will not attain liberation.
This idea would require that our DNA be modifiable during our life in accordance with our memories/impressions, which means, modifiable by our experiences. This sounds like Lamarckianism, which has been abandoned. Furthermore, any DNA alterations that might encode our memories/impressions, would influence our offspring in this life, who are presumably other selves, not our putative reincarnations.