November 28, 2025
I read a delightful article in the "Reader's Digest", explaining how a germ entering the body is fought by other cells in the body. The cells behave as though they have an independent intelligence and total free will. One detail which caught my imagination is that white cells function even after death. This means that one of the vital forces functions even after I'm dead.
According to Hatha yoga, one of the pranas goes on functioning afterlife is left the body. In other words, part of the vital life force functions even after death. These vital defenders of our organism are manufactured in the spinal marrow. Those of you who have studied Hatha yoga, especially Laya yoga or Kundalini yoga, will recall that the vital centers, the chakras, are located within the spinal cord. There are suggestive similarities between these descriptions. So, if we are all cells in the body of God, we should function more or less in the same way as the body's cells - beautifully, harmoniously, and lovingly.
Why is there no harmony in our life? Why is there this perpetual craving for this and that? We must learn to distinguish between being active and restless. Work and worry are also two different things. God created work, man created worry.