by Jishi Santos

Created on: May 23, 2009

Is it possible that with a heart or lung transplant and the cells that go from one person's body into another that the characteristics of the donor could be passed onto the recipient? This is the notion of cellular memory. It is a theory of almost science fiction possibility. What would happen with a total clone? The art of transplanting started all those years ago in Capetown by Christian Barnard has come long way and it has many happy recipients around the world today, but is it possible that they have inherited through the operation a cellular memory of the donor in the new body of the recipient? It is I think, in some small way, even if it is just the recognition that someone donated their organs so someone might live . Now this is not a straight biological transfer, but certainly through the mind and soul and heart this could all be possible, as there are cells involved. In fact the whole of life and the cosmos is cellular in its make up.

Cellular growth is ever expanding as any of you who have seen the images from the Mandelbrot theory will know, and if we also know that cells can mutate in diseases then we know they are constantly on the move. So why not keep growing in a new body and in doing so affect the memory of that person? It is infinitely possible as all things are possible through the Creator, though He may blink a few times at transplants, but has approved them by now as there are many living recipients. If this does happen there is of course no possibility of a split personality becoming obvious, as the percentage of the transplant, say one twentieth of the whole body, is not large enough for a take over of this magnitude. But if man keeps meddling in a negative way fiddling round with clones and all sorts of test tube life creations, as is possible in the future, then cellular memory transfer is possible . Now imagine that you have just received a transfer from your brother of a kidney and a heart and lungs and a liver. So advanced have these operations become that nearly a whole body can be transplanted. You live and he dies, but you suddenly find you have large portions of his memory mixing with yours, perhaps things you would be better off not knowing about. This is real sci fi stuff and the sort of thing that could be used either negatively or positively. Those who wanted to confuse you could do so. There could be wholesale operations to kill off people and change their personalities altogether. A hearkening back to the sickening days of the Hitler experiments and the delusions of creating a master race.

Anything is possible in the wrong hands, but in the right ones could be used for good . Why someone who was unemployed and got organs from a brilliant brain surgeon could turn out to be just that all over again for the dead person. Well we could go on with endless possibilities, but suffice to say, we hope all recipients of organs get some of the good cells from their donors, for it was very noble gesture to donate in the first place. If it did work out the world would be, good better best, never let it rest, till your good is better, and your better best place. A hope for the future; cellular memory can only make a person better if they were lucky enough to have their life saved by a good Samaritan donor who passed on the good cells to live again.

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