We continuously generate thirst for something we are lacking that we are not conscious of. We are compulsively driven to expore this object, that object. We don't find anything there at first, but there are two ways to find nothing there. The first is that there is no self there to be found. Stress produces our illnesses, not genetics or being ravaged by the environment.
Stress takes away our protection.
Our cells pick up whatever is in the environment, and make complementary copies of the environment we find ourselves in, like a camera. Belief filters get between the environment and genes. We are victims of our beliefs , not our genes. Perception controls behavior. Perception controls genes.