Abraham Kovoor
“If Mr. Kovoor s materialistic
theory of the mind is accepted, all possibility of survival after death has to
be ruled out, which means that all religious teachings that postulate a life
after death are false”. (G.G. Munidasa – Times of Ceylon – 30-4-67).“What Mr. Kovoor thinks will
happen to his own spirit after his death?” (A. Wickramasinghe – Times of Ceylon).
I do not hold the view that my
life is located in a particular spot in my body. Life is generated in all
living cells in my body, and is sustained by the oxidatory chemical action
which goes on in them. This chemical action is maintained by my breathing and blood
circulation. It is not in any way different from the production of heat and
light energies during the combustion of the hydrocarbon in a burning candle.
Heat and light do not depart from a burning candle when it is put out, and
return to it when relit.
life is located in a particular spot in my body. Life is generated in all
living cells in my body, and is sustained by the oxidatory chemical action
which goes on in them. This chemical action is maintained by my breathing and blood
circulation. It is not in any way different from the production of heat and
light energies during the combustion of the hydrocarbon in a burning candle.
Heat and light do not depart from a burning candle when it is put out, and
return to it when relit.
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It is just a case of cessation of
chemical activity and production of energy. Similarly there is nothing to get
out from my body when it dies as a result of termination of breathing and
blood-circulation. If by any chance my dead body is resuscitated by some of the
modem techniques, it will be wrong to think that the ‘departed life or soul’
re-entered the revived body.
My death will not be taking place
abruptly at a particular moment in time. I began to die some 70 years ago. I
started my life as a parasite on my mother. About one-eighth of my body died in
the form of the umbilical cord and placenta on the day I terminated my
parasitic mode of life. From that day onward I have been dying as well as
growing. While numerous cells in my body died daily, numerous new ones were
born. Large quantities of dead tissues have escaped my body by way of cropped
and shaved hair, peeled off skin, cut nails, dropped teeth, and the millions of
internal cells dead and discarded as waste during urination and perspiration.
abruptly at a particular moment in time. I began to die some 70 years ago. I
started my life as a parasite on my mother. About one-eighth of my body died in
the form of the umbilical cord and placenta on the day I terminated my
parasitic mode of life. From that day onward I have been dying as well as
growing. While numerous cells in my body died daily, numerous new ones were
born. Large quantities of dead tissues have escaped my body by way of cropped
and shaved hair, peeled off skin, cut nails, dropped teeth, and the millions of
internal cells dead and discarded as waste during urination and perspiration.
Accidental cuts and bruises,
bacterial and virus infections, physical and mental work, exposure to
ultra-violet and infra-red rays of the sun, action of caustic and corrosive
chemicals I have come in contact with while working in science laboratories,
consumption of highly spiced pungent curries etc., have been responsible for
killing the major part of my seventy-year-old body.
bacterial and virus infections, physical and mental work, exposure to
ultra-violet and infra-red rays of the sun, action of caustic and corrosive
chemicals I have come in contact with while working in science laboratories,
consumption of highly spiced pungent curries etc., have been responsible for
killing the major part of my seventy-year-old body.
Once, a part of my body was
removed by surgical operation. Forty years ago a minute cell separated from my
body, merged with a foreign cell, and continued to grow out of my body. It is
still growing, dying and proliferating in Paris
as Dr. Aries Kovoor.
removed by surgical operation. Forty years ago a minute cell separated from my
body, merged with a foreign cell, and continued to grow out of my body. It is
still growing, dying and proliferating in Paris
as Dr. Aries Kovoor.
During my youth the rate of birth
of new cells in my body was far greater than the rate of death. Hence, I began
to grow and put on weight, reaching a maximum of 185 pounds in my 40th year. I
maintained this maximum weight for a few years more when the rate of birth and
death of cells in the body was equal. Thereafter the rate of death steadily
kept ahead of birth, so much so, that my present weight is only 125 pounds. The
total weight of the dead tissues which have escaped from my body all these
years would amount to lakhs of pounds.
of new cells in my body was far greater than the rate of death. Hence, I began
to grow and put on weight, reaching a maximum of 185 pounds in my 40th year. I
maintained this maximum weight for a few years more when the rate of birth and
death of cells in the body was equal. Thereafter the rate of death steadily
kept ahead of birth, so much so, that my present weight is only 125 pounds. The
total weight of the dead tissues which have escaped from my body all these
years would amount to lakhs of pounds.
This process of continued death
will go on till the day when there will be no more cells left behind to
multiply. Even after the death of all the cells in my body, the cornea of my
eyes will continue to live in the eyes of a lucky stranger.
will go on till the day when there will be no more cells left behind to
multiply. Even after the death of all the cells in my body, the cornea of my
eyes will continue to live in the eyes of a lucky stranger.
The death of the 125 pounds of my
present body will be a major event in my life of continued birth and death,
because my brain – the seat of my mind – would cease to function, bringing to
an end my individuality and ego.
present body will be a major event in my life of continued birth and death,
because my brain – the seat of my mind – would cease to function, bringing to
an end my individuality and ego.
My last breath will not be in any
way different from the present ones. Then, as well as now, I shall be breathing
out carbon dioxide and water vapour.
way different from the present ones. Then, as well as now, I shall be breathing
out carbon dioxide and water vapour.
I do not believe that I have a
soul or spirit to survive my death and go to heaven or hell, or to roam about
as my ghost, or even to be reborn.
soul or spirit to survive my death and go to heaven or hell, or to roam about
as my ghost, or even to be reborn.
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| Abraham Kovoor (right) with MC Joseph |
If at all there is a soul, the
major part of it should have escaped from me long ago with the large mass of
dead tissues which have left me already; and even after the death of the
present 125 pounds of tissues, a fraction of that soul should remain in the
body of the stranger who would be receiving the corneal graft.
I am an individual because, as a
highly evolved animal, I have a set of centralized nervous, respiratory,
circulatory and alimentary systems. But during the early stage of my
development in my mother’s womb, before the centralized biological functions
started, I too had a dividual stage like many lower animals and most plants.
While I was in my mother’s womb, had the foetal tissue or the fertilized egg
divided and separated into two or three parts, I would have had one or two
identical (congenital) brothers born with me sharing fractions of my original
soul or reborn personality.
highly evolved animal, I have a set of centralized nervous, respiratory,
circulatory and alimentary systems. But during the early stage of my
development in my mother’s womb, before the centralized biological functions
started, I too had a dividual stage like many lower animals and most plants.
While I was in my mother’s womb, had the foetal tissue or the fertilized egg
divided and separated into two or three parts, I would have had one or two
identical (congenital) brothers born with me sharing fractions of my original
soul or reborn personality.
Though sound and logical, these
postulations will be rejected by people who are indoctrinated or brainwashed
.about souls and rebirths, because they are not in line with the ‘teachings of
religions’ .
postulations will be rejected by people who are indoctrinated or brainwashed
.about souls and rebirths, because they are not in line with the ‘teachings of
religions’ .
Thus, though all religious
teachings ‘postulate a life after death’ I have not found any valid reason or
evidence to believe it.
teachings ‘postulate a life after death’ I have not found any valid reason or
evidence to believe it.
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