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Two Centuries Old Mummified Monk Is NOT Dead

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Some monkeying about here, surely.

Mummified 200-year-old monk 'NOT dead' but in 'very deep meditation'
  • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
    Yeah, already read it, good opening line but alas...

    Worth a look though.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    So out of the 40 cases - how many have revived? I'd like to know more about this.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kay King
      So out of the 40 cases - how many have revived?
      That's the question. Wonder it anyone thought to check body temp?
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        People who die meditating in the Lotus Position and get mummified are still Dead!!
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      • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        That's the question. Wonder it anyone thought to check body temp?

        Their powers also give them total control over their temperature. Usually room temperature. He can even stop his brain waves. It's pretty darn impressive.

        And the way he looks? Typical side effect of a measles vaccination.

        He could wake up anytime he wants to...he just doesn't want to. And he never will.
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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

          Their powers also give them total control over their temperature. Usually room temperature. He can even stop his brain waves. It's pretty darn impressive.

          And the way he looks? Typical side effect of a measles vaccination.

          He would wake up anytime he wants to...he just doesn't want to. And he never will.
          Your strange ways and powers of perception are impressive grasshopper, and of great interest to local law enforcement
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by Kay King View Post

        That's the question. Wonder it anyone thought to check body temp?
        What would body temperature prove? There HAVE been people that were VERY cold, and still alive.

        That said, a mummy can NOT be alive! They take so much out, and prepare the inside, so if the person were a healthy person living and in a restful slumber, or even caught mid stride in a race, the process would KILL them.

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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

          What would body temperature prove? There HAVE been people that were VERY cold, and still alive.

          That said, a mummy can NOT be alive! They take so much out, and prepare the inside, so if the person were a healthy person living and in a restful slumber, or even caught mid stride in a race, the process would KILL them.

          Steve
          You mean extracting their brain, taking out their organs, draining the blood, and tanning the skin...would kill them? Are you sure?

          I think we need to keep an open mind here.
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          • Profile picture of the author seasoned
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            You mean extracting their brain, taking out their organs, draining the blood, and tanning the skin...would kill them? Are you sure?

            I think we need to keep an open mind here.
            Yeah, I think one could make a case that even if they DID manage to stay alive, they would be like those guys on star trek that are blown apart and never reconstructed.

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    He looks like he could use a good meal.
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    • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
      Originally Posted by sbucciarel View Post

      He looks like he could use a good meal.
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      If they had just left him alone, he would have been a Buddha next month.
      Don't ask me how I know.



      (Poking fun at mortals interrupting things, not the religious belief.)
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Um, I'm thinking that these particular mummies still have their body parts intact (or at least still there whatever shape they're in). Mummified doesn't always mean actively embalmed as in the Egyptian mummy sense of the word - it just means preserved. Would there really be this story or conversation had the mummies been disemboweled? HELLO.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Um, I'm thinking that these particular mummies still have their body parts intact (or at least still there whatever shape they're in). Mummified doesn't always mean actively embalmed as in the Egyptian mummy sense of the word - it just means preserved. Would there really be this story or conversation had the mummies been disemboweled? HELLO.

      1) I was joking. I purposely misinterpreted Seasoned...to make a joke.

      2) The man is dead. The story exists because....well......some people are silly, and believe silly things.

      and 3) Imagine how sore his back is, in that position, after 200 years.
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        1) I was joking. I purposely misinterpreted Seasoned...to make a joke.

        2) The man is dead. The story exists because....well......some people are silly, and believe silly things.

        and 3) Imagine how sore his back is, in that position, after 200 years.
        Um....I was talking to Steve, LOL. He was the one talking about embalmed.

        I also believe they are dead. The day any of the 40 they've found comes back to his body and life among us in that body, is the day I take up their religion with all seriousness and would be surprised if most others didn't, too.
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        • Profile picture of the author bizgrower
          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          Um....I was talking to Steve, LOL. He was the one talking about embalmed.

          I also believe they are dead. The day any of the 40 they've found comes back to his body and life among us in that body, is the day I take up their religion with all seriousness and would be surprised if most others didn't, too.
          In all seriousness, I don't know enough Buddhism, so I wonder if their belief limits it to the actual body,
          or if it's more of a reincarnation thing. The article mentioned progression to becoming an actual Buddha.
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          • Profile picture of the author seasoned
            Originally Posted by bizgrower View Post

            In all seriousness, I don't know enough Buddhism, so I wonder if their belief limits it to the actual body,
            or if it's more of a reincarnation thing. The article mentioned progression to becoming an actual Buddha.
            Yeah, WHO KNOWS! But I am sure that that level, if acheivable by such a person, is achievable by others. WHO KNOWS? Sometimes I have surprised MYSELF! Not to say I am special in that regard or anything, but I am the only one that can TRULY know me,and I am the only one I can TRULY know, on that level at least. Others have said much the same. So AM I someone that has lived before and retains some knowledge about the past? WHO KNOWS!?

            As for the idea of physicality, and how it relates to ability, have you ever considered how difficult it would be, with little real sense to arrange your body with millions of others to build a physical structure that is usable, and protective of the contents? How about navigating such a structure? How about collecting waste material, climbing trees that seem like they are TENS of miles high and cutting leaves from branches with your teeth? How about using that waste material to grow a fungus farm, and collecting only the good fungus? How about doing that with a brain the size of a grain of beach sand?

            OK, OK, I exaggerated a bit! The brain may be SMALLER than a grain of beach sand! But I described the actions some ANTS do DAILY! And to think that the human brain, compared to their brain, is like a univac compared to a DIODE! So yeah, we really don't know that much about the brain.

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            • Profile picture of the author positivenegative
              Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

              Yeah, WHO KNOWS! But I am sure that that level, if acheivable by such a person, is achievable by others. WHO KNOWS? Sometimes I have surprised MYSELF! Not to say I am special in that regard or anything, but I am the only one that can TRULY know me,and I am the only one I can TRULY know, on that level at least. Others have said much the same. So AM I someone that has lived before and retains some knowledge about the past? WHO KNOWS!?

              As for the idea of physicality, and how it relates to ability, have you ever considered how difficult it would be, with little real sense to arrange your body with millions of others to build a physical structure that is usable, and protective of the contents? How about navigating such a structure? How about collecting waste material, climbing trees that seem like they are TENS of miles high and cutting leaves from branches with your teeth? How about using that waste material to grow a fungus farm, and collecting only the good fungus? How about doing that with a brain the size of a grain of beach sand?

              OK, OK, I exaggerated a bit! The brain may be SMALLER than a grain of beach sand! But I described the actions some ANTS do DAILY! And to think that the human brain, compared to their brain, is like a univac compared to a DIODE! So yeah, we really don't know that much about the brain.


              Steve,

              Occasionally you post good stuff.

              Other times I just want to punch you. Like now.
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              • Profile picture of the author seasoned
                Originally Posted by positivenegative View Post

                Steve,

                Occasionally you post good stuff.

                Other times I just want to punch you. Like now.
                At least you SMILED when you said that! YEAH, I have a hard enough time when I don't have enough light or something. I just can NOT imagine being a bivouac ant! Bivouac (ants) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

          Um....I was talking to Steve, LOL. .
          I see that now. My mistake.
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          • Profile picture of the author HeySal
            Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

            I see that now. My mistake.
            Not a problem. You're probably just in a trance. I'm sure you're not dead and see no rainbows near the threads you are in.

            I know a little bit about Buddhism, but not enough to have heard of this before. I'm not sure either if the body is thought to reactivate or if it's an energy type state thing. If there are any Buddhists on here, maybe they can tell us more about it. I think it can be explained without considering it a religious discussion for this purpose. We don't have to comment back whether we believe or not just to find out what this is about, I would think.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      Um, I'm thinking that these particular mummies still have their body parts intact (or at least still there whatever shape they're in). Mummified doesn't always mean actively embalmed as in the Egyptian mummy sense of the word - it just means preserved. Would there really be this story or conversation had the mummies been disemboweled? HELLO.
      OK, well if the blood isn't liquid, SAME THING!

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