Brain activity after death?
"I understand your concern. It is hard to imagine how some monks can meditate until they die. According to some sources on the web¹²³, this practice is called sokushinbutsu, or self-mummification, and it was done by some Buddhist monks in Japan who wanted to achieve a state of enlightenment and become living Buddhas.
The process of sokushinbutsu was very long and painful, involving a strict diet of tree roots, nuts, berries, bark, and pine needles for at least three years to eliminate body fat and moisture. Then the monks would drink a poisonous tea made from a plant called urushi that would cause vomiting and make their bodies toxic to insects and worms. Finally, they would seal themselves in a small wooden box underground with only a breathing tube and a bell. They would meditate until they died, ringing the bell every day to signal that they were still alive. When the bell stopped ringing, their disciples would remove the breathing tube and bury them completely for another three years. After that, they would dig them up and check if their bodies were preserved or decayed. If they were preserved, they were considered successful sokushinbutsu and venerated as living Buddhas. If they were decayed, they were considered failed sokushinbutsu and reburied with respect.
As for what happens to their brains during this process, there is not much scientific evidence or explanation. Some sources on the web⁴ suggest that Tibetan Buddhist monks who die in meditation enter a state called thukdam, which is different from sokushinbutsu but also involves a delay in bodily decay after death. Thukdam is believed to be a state of deep meditation where the consciousness is transformed into a clear awareness that transcends the physical body. Some researchers have scanned the brains of these monks after death and found that there are still signs of brain activity even when other vital signs have ceased.
However, these studies are very limited and preliminary, and there is no clear consensus on what thukdam really is or how it works. Some scientists are skeptical about the claims of thukdam and sokushinbutsu and think that there may be other factors involved in preserving the bodies of these monks such as environmental conditions or chemical treatments."
His mum is a friend of my family and was trying to get us to be friends but it'd be so awkward.
If that fails his mother is a teacher at the same campus.
I can arrange a meet up but don't want to get other people involved.
I'm gonna show up at Daniel's college like a psycho. I know what course he's doing so can find out what time he'll be about. I never returned a library book years ago so have an excuse.
It is admirable when men aren't afraid to wear pink.
I want a Silent Hill vibe.
I have to decide if it should be habitable or not. If so I think I would have some creepy 40s style room, some decorating experiment that wouldn't look right in the house. That would be more work and I couldn't do it alone. If not then maybe just a cleaner garage.
I wonder if it's possible to get rid of the ceiling since it has the attic roof
If I should make my garage habitable or do something else with it. It has an attic and the doorway to it is gone so I'm sure it's full of spiders. I'm not going up there.
If I have the time to take on a new project now that my health is better.
I'm looking at coloured contact lenses. I do like my real eye colour but there's a dead look in my eyes, maybe people won't notice if I have blue contacts or something. I'm stuck between blue, pink or grey.
I wonder where that jacket went...
Wondering why I've never liked coffee, if there's something wrong with me.
The message I got from a couple on FL. There's no pictures of them and the message said "We are a young couple both aged 27". Does that seem off?
