Euthanasia & Apoptosis

The disputes from euthanasia have long been at issue. However, few of the Chinese supports the idea since they all believe in one thing -- " If Bodhisattva doesn't call on me, I shouldn't go for it. "

It has been found out that the termination of lives is not only caused by diseases. In fact, the growth of foetuses underline a certian degree of cells' death, which release water first, and then shrivel in volume before the phagocytes have taken place. Scientist usually names it "Programmed Death" or "Apoptosis".

"All cells in our body will undergo the programmed death because they all come from the same inseminated ovum. It means they are from one gene pool, including the programmed death gene. The difference lies in the ways of expression which results in different fate. However, even they are cells which are not able to revive, they will meet the same consequence because of the effect of their species. The cells in our myocardium inside the neuron are not always observed the similar effect since they are determined by our "biological clock"

. " Should the above theory is true, the topic of Euthanasia will no longer be a argument: it leaves it whether we should or our cells have the last say for our time of survivial.

But we must remember that truth may not stands for reasons. The truth found out by our predecssors may become today's joke. Perhaps Apoptosis will end in as the buddhism always says, it is just a temporary, illusory, partial, presumably and not an eternal thing.

The Critical Point Of Survival

In view of medical knowledge, the symptom of death should include:

• The end of breathe
  
• The end of heartbeat
• The end of tension in the eyeball
• The change of pupil of the eyes

All these represent the body fluid stop floating and mal-functions of heart and lungs, and thus the cerebral cortex comes to the end accordingly.

Nonetheless, for those who deeply believe they have experienced the critical point of deathˇA all the above-mentioned terminations are nothing. They all think that when the moment they were called and refused to leave, it was truly the real point of survival.

To sum up their experience, they usually enter into a tranquil realm. When they meet with a period of comforting moments, something or somebody will guide them to another place, when is the critical moment -- if they refuse to follow, they can go back to the material world.

In the book Of "True Light Above The World", such kinds of experience are very natural. A decent businessman talks about his return, " When I woke up, I saw a flower at the very first. I cried out suddenly. Believe it or not, it is the first time that I truly observe a flower by my heart....... We are actually part of the universe, and all things are the same."

Of course, not everyone can "come back" from those experience."Letting leave when it is time" . If we realize there must be a place for us to live, what will be the difference even if it is not a material world?

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