From the Desk of Coordinator, Bioinformatics CentreThe concept of Soul – Mind – Body Medicine
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As a Biochemist, I am always perplexed about how to define life and death
as we observe a very thin line between them. Now a days we talk of death
of living man or organism and even we try to explain cell death by
scientific experiments. Soon we shall understand the mechanism of
molecular death as well. Otherwise how can one explain for the half
life of a molecule. A body dies, organs like eyes or kidneys are
transplanted. The organs become alive in another body. On separation,
liver tissue dies, but we isolate protein molecules like enzymes which are
functional. They function similar to what they do in the living body.
Further one can go on to atomic level and explain. It is only organization
and reorganization and no such thing as death at atomic level.
Thus we may define that any organized structure with a function has
life in it. That means we can talk of a man or a car having life in it.
Thus you see life force or energy in every one, living or nonliving
(measured by simple indicators of growth, movement etc). No wonder we do
pooja to the tools we use. While
sensory perception zeroes to life force or energy, extra sensory
perception leads to the presence of soul or spiritual energy which is
omnipresent and all pervading without beginning or end. Thus we say death
of the body but not the soul.
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Shri. Dhirubhai Mehta, President, KHS, Sevagram addressing the participants at the Inaugural function of the International Symposium on Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy on February 1, 2002. |