The anatomy of death

Lopa MehtaJournal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine 2023 14(2):116-126 Medical science does not treat death as an independent physiological phenomenon. It believes that disease is the cause of death and treats both as preventable phenomena. Doctors and relatives nurture a guilt complex when death occurs. The moment of natural death is robbed of its poignancy. There is no cause of death. Death of the physical body is an intrinsic, time governed, built-in ontolytic program. It completes the biologic trajectory of the individual organism which begins at conception and ends with death. In this article, the actual built-in mechanism and operation of the physiological process of death is suggested vis-a-vis biology and medicine. The physical body of an individual is like a biological gadget which is constantly charged with life force received from cosmic energy through the subtle body which is an implement that cannot be objectified in the same way as the gross physical body but is experienced only subjectively by one and all, as mind (antahkaran in Sanskrit and Indian languages, meaning inner instrument, a subtler instrument in contrast to external organs of actions like limbs, tongue, etc. of the physical body). This life force keeps the subtle body and the entire physical body live and functioning. It maintains the body's integrity and internal homeostasis throughout life. The physical body like a gadget has a built-in program which decides how much total capacit...
Source: Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research