If a person is showing a slower rate of decomposition after death I think one of the first places to look would be their body's bacterial makeup. Perhaps certain diets promote or slow down decay due to alkaline acid balance and the type of bacteria that thrive in that internal environment. It is the internal bacteria that is the cause for a body's decay at first, right?
The last thing I would consider was the state of mind of the person who died. There are so many other physical causes to rule out first if in fact this report is more than just the subjective opinion of a person who would like to see something special happening in a special person's death ala Yogananda's followers who made similar claims. The incorruptibility of the body is an attempt to see some concrete evidence that a person has achieved more than a pleasant state of mind. That they have achieved something magical. I don't believe we are close to this conclusion based on a person reporting that a body rotted slower. I would like to hear the opinion from that ghoulish group of forensic scientists who have a body decay farm. They are the experts on how fast a body decays and have quantified it. They would know if something unusual was going on in a person's decay rate under controlled conditions. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 15, 2008, at 9:36 AM, Hugo wrote: > > > Regarding the paper under discussion, I haven't found anything > > that unequivocally demonstrates that consciouness has a quantum > > element, let alone one that can propagate outside the body. In > > fact, most people say it's unneccesary/impossible! Which is > > why I think it should be tried again and again, and independently > > until it's demonstrated one way or the other. > > Deaths have occurred recently where yogis, going into a type of > suspended animation at the moment of death, have been witnessed. > Despite the fact their bodies show no signs of life (no pulse, no > breathing) their skin remains supple as if they were alive, often for > several days. Then after a significant delay, rigor mortis sets in. > Maybe you read my post here on the death of the last Karmapa. His > death was witnessed, by physicians, in a US hospital. More recently > this same phenomenon has been witnessed in even tropical climates, > where typically decomposition occurs even more quickly. Nonetheless, > the yogins remained quite life-like for days. > > Because of his interest in science, HH the Dalai Lama has a team of > world-class scientists ready to investigate, first hand, the next > occurrence. So in just a couple of years, it's very likely we'll know > quite a bit more about this. >
