Inherited mind and dreams beyond control: Religion, karma, scientology, unanswered questions of human consciousness (1)

This is a five-part series exploring a subject that has occupied my thoughts for several decades: dreams, the human mind and the many unanswered questions surrounding human consciousness. I have often wondered how much of what we think, believe and experience is shaped by our upbringing, religious teachings, culture and the environment in which we grow up. I have also…