DNA is the pneumonic for deoxyribonucleic acid. which was discovered in 1944. It is the basic chemical component of the genes in animals and plants, as well as nearly all primitive life forms such as bacteria, viruses, retroviruses, etc. It is the material in the nucleus of every cell and the component of the genes.
The genes transmit our heritage from the past and direct our development and physical function from the moment of the first cell division until we die. The DNA in any given individual is unique because the fertilized egg derives half of it's DNA from each parent who in turn derived their DNA from four grand parents, etc. Despite the potential for infinite variability, 97% of human DNA seems to be identical to that of other animals. However, not only does that 3% set us apart as a species it provides us with our own individual characteristics and the specific DNA that distinguishes us from our fellow human beings. Scientists are busy studying DNA in many different ways. One of their major concerns is that of mapping out the genes in human DNA. At the present rate doing just that will take nearly 10 years.
This does not even consider what each of these individual genes does nor what determines how or when it is to perform its task. There is good evidence that this latter process occurs in some way beyond all known physical means of communication.
The pattern of DNA configuration suggests encryption of something similar to the encoding of languages. This could take the form of universal symbols, signs, or runes that convey universal facts and truths. These encoded messages might well be identical but when decoded they may not appear identical due to the variable individual descriptive techniques and coloration of the decoder. DNA has the potential of being the reservoir of the archetypal symbols of the collective unconscious.
An analogy might be made to present day computers. The DNA would then be the memory chip and the program, the cell would be the computer, and the body would be the hard copy. It must be noted that DNA is much more sophisticated than any chip that human kind has developed. Its capacity is vast--something, perhaps, comparable to a hard drive of 6 gigabytes. In addition DNA has the ability of self activation, direction and replication. In other words, a computer that can invent and modify itself.
By all means, from the theoretical-physical standpoint, if we assume that DNA arose from a common source, then we would all share the same DNA, hence we would all be merely clones. But, of course, mutations have and do cause changes which have resulted in evolution. Too, from just the physical aspects alone there are marked variations in nature, as for example, the snowflake which is based on the hexagonal, crystalline structure that water assumes upon freezing. There is so much variation in the flakes that there are infinite differences between them.
In other words there is great diversity between us even though our DNA has so much similarity with all other human beings. On the other hand identical twins allegedly have identical DNA yet these individuals are diverse enough that we have very little difficulty distinguishing between them physically, emotionally, and mentally. Every cell in our body contains the same DNA as every other cell. So why is not one cell like every other cell? We know that DNA is responsible for directing and coordinating the activity of the individual genes in determining what kind of cell is to be produced and how it is to function, as well as, directing when a specific activity is to cease. We have discovered how some specific genes work and also how to use them medically to better manage some physical diseases, but by and large, we have no idea of the ultimate intricacies that are involved.
Computers have been made comprised of a 'chip' made of DNA. These computers are very crude and inefficient when compared to our mechanical ones, but they differ in that they are capable of solving problems by 'lateral' thinking as opposed to linear '"on/off' patterns which are the limiting factors of our present day computers.
To paraphrase Jung, the collective unconscious is that psychic component that contains all that is unknown that is shared by all human beings. DNA is shared by all human beings and all other life forms and is comprised of vast amounts of the unknown. Not only does it encode all that has preceded us, it provides the mechanism by which that knowledge may or may not be altered and the path to pass it into the future, just as it has been doing for eons.
At present, as tool-making animals, we are in the process of decoding some of those secrets or bits of information. The encrypted symbolic language referred to above could well be the reservoir for the archetypes. The psychics, seers. and space-time travelers may well be persons who are able to access encrypted DNA in a more direct manner than can the majority of us--just as I fancy what my robins were doing.
Simultaneous reading of DNA could account for synchronicity. I see DNA as being so suited to Jung's concept of the collective unconscious that were he alive today, he would embrace. it as being just what he had been talking about long before the exact structure was discovered.
Of what we know regarding consciousness, it is dependent upon conscious carrying and producing life forms for it's maintenance. From our standpoint human beings are and have been this major vector. The validity of this fact would lend relevance to evolution in that evolution's purpose may be that of making consciousness possible by the development of human kind. Although we like to think that human beings are the epiphany of evolution, we may be the only beings we know of in a chain of other conscious developing beings that are yet to evolve. It is also possible that as we unfold this DNA phenomena, that we may be participating in the evolution of more efficient conscious producing beings.
When we allow our selves to think in such broad terms this adds another dimension to the reverence for all life forms. Since DNA/collective unconsciousness provides a practical way for us to comprehend how God and human beings participate in mutual evolution. The idea supports Jung's contention that the ultimate purpose of human kind is that of revealing God's unconsciousness to Himself. A corollary to this then is the sacredness of life. Not necessarily the preservation of every individual life but the continuation of the cycle of life and death which supports the expansion of consciousness. Anyone or anything that increases knowledge then could be considered an act of worship. The preservation of this planet or a means of expanding consciousness beyond this planet's confining limitations then becomes mandatory in the expansion of the conception of God.
Lastly, what comes to mind is that ultimate evil could then be conceived as the total destruction of all life forms, consequently, the extinction of all consciousness. Whatever record there might be of knowledge would have no meaning, what so ever, if there is no consciousness of it. (Source)
