Death is a very physical process and is the final exit of the body. It should be governed by physical, physiological and neurobiological laws.All living entities from the smallest to the largest fear death. In fact fear defines an entity as living. Fear is ingrained in our DNA from time immemorial and is a part of the evolutionary process. Death is very necessary for the evolution and rejuvenation of genetic material.The fear of death comes from fear of losing form and from the fear of unknown. Loss of form means losing lifetime memories and this probably produces both emotional and physical pain. The combination of present form and its unique memories cannot be replicated in any reincarnations and that is what we fear to loose.There are two types of memories in human beings. One is the brain memory which is the sum and substance of all our living experiences and other is the body memory which resides in cells all over our body and consists of lifelong forces acting on our body. During death both these memories are shed. The shedding of brain memory produces emotional pain whereas body memory shedding produces physical pain.Cells are the basic building blocks of all living things, and every part of body contains cells. There are about 40 trillion cells in human body (including those in the gut bacteria) though the exact number is not known. They vary in size depending on their function but have an average size of 20-30 micrometers (microns). By comparison human hair is about 20-200 microns thick.Cells are mini factories and take part in repairing, growth, fighting infection and managing every aspect of the body function. Cells also have memory which they acquire through the system of epigenome, and it can be conjectured that the combined memories of all cells form the part of body memory.Some of the cells also have long term memory. There have been many instances where organ transplantation has resulted in change of behavior in the organ receiver. Scientists speculate that this could only happen due to body memory embedded in the organ.The cells react to danger to the body which sometimes results in producing inflammation and pain. Inflammation helps in the healing process but sometimes it goes out of hand (nobody knows why), and this leads to runaway events like cancer and tumor formation. Thus the pain in the body is an outcome of the inflammation caused by cell death.It can be conjectured that during normal death (due to old age, disease, etc.) there is a frantic conversation between brain and body memories so that shedding them can be smoothened. However when the death is sudden and painless for e.g. during sleep, due to accident, by heart failure, etc., etc. the body memory does not have the time to interact with the brain which then becomes the overriding entity to decide about the exit.The pain and fear of death is therefore inevitable, but it may be possible to minimize it. If by some means death can be made painless then people may not be afraid of it.Most of the pain signals from the body reach the brain through the spinal cord. Ancient Yogis knew how to stop these signals reaching the brain by the practice of Kundalini Yoga. Pain reducing agents or opioids do the same thing quite easily in modern medicine! However opioids have serious side effects and large number of deaths occur because of their overdosage.The greatest effort of mankind therefore should be in developing pain reduction technologies and systems which are easy on the body and with very few side effects. This will have a far-reaching effect on the physical and mental well-being of mankind. Unfortunately because of greed, big pharma companies all over the world are putting very little resources in this area.The reality therefore is to reduce the pain of death by consuming safe pain relievers and reduce the emotional pain by living a good and emotionally satisfying life. One possibility to have a good life is to live in harmony with nature and all the surrounding forces.One of the strongest force surrounding us is gravity. Our body and mind can interact with earth’s magnetic and gravity fields. If right from childhood, we are taught meditation and Sanyam then it can help us in tuning our bodies to these fields and create calmness and happiness in us so that death may not be fearful and painful. This process will also make us live sustainably in this world. We can then rightly be called Earth People. Our happy memories which will remain attached to the gravity field of earth after death will then guide us to a brighter future.Authored by: Anil K. Rajvanshi
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