Does our existence require a functional, fit for life, physical body?

Question

Is the physical body separate from the person? Is the brain simply a home for the energy which composes the person, and is the body simply a place that houses the brain? Is that energy which resides in the brain able to exist outside of the brain?

Answer 1

I don't see why it would! Everything is there to serve, protect and nourish the brain. At some point (way) in the future I think it'll be possible to transplant the brain into another vessel (robot, another body, or machine) designed to fulfill its needs.

Answer 2

The body is totally separate from the person. The body is like a temple while it is important, the most valuable part of any temple is the altar inside, and your spirit is the altar inside.

The body is just where our spirits reside so that we can experience life with it. It's basically a tool that our spirit uses to do stuff with and to feel things from the perspective of the body. Our brains are just the machines with which we use to interpret information from the body to the brain or from the brain to the body.

But no, our existence does not depend on the body, the brain or any other part. In fact the body's existence depends on whether or not a spirit is existing in it. That's why when a person dies (the spirit leaves the body) the body starts to quickly deteriorate. The body is just a temporary home for all of us, while you don't need it to exist, it's your home for a reason, so you should do your best to take care of it, it helps you do express yourself and do whatever it is you choose to do, until your time comes to leave it behind.

Answer 3

That is like saying "do I need my car really clean and shiny for it to run?" And do you want to have the same car forever?
In the end, your body is a rental. Whether eyou are religious or not,you can treat it how you see fit,and even if you give it the BEST care, it will NEVER last.
Really though why would you want it to last? Get rid of that old clunker and get a new shiny body every 70 years or so lol.

Answer 4

Personally, and from what I've been taught (Hindu Dharma), I believe that the entire self-identity of an individual is entirely separate from the body and that the body is nothing but a "car" or machine that that consciousness uses to operate within the physical experience of things. I think we get physical in this world because that's how it is (just like red is red... just because it is... red), and when we die it's like tossing out a ripped pair of shoes that stink and need to be replaced.

As far as fitness goes, we need to be healthy enough to enjoy our lives and to perform the tasks we want and must do while here, as well as to keep physical disease and its anguish, and reguar aches and pains from taking too much of our attention. So, enough exercise of the right kind to keep us limber (hatha yoga is really good), strong enough to do what we need to do (hatha yoga and a bit of weightlifting is good for that), and to eat what is good for our bodies and minds. I prefer a sattvic diet, which is lacto vegetarian with a lot of dahl (lentils, beans), with no eggs, mushroom, garlic, or onions, hopefully no vinegar. This maximizes strength and minimizes chemicals in foods that space us out or make us fidgety and unable to concentrate.

Above all, just enjoy yourself and be thankful for each day that you have an opportunity to enjoy yourself and to grow in the ways you can.

Answer 5

No our existance does not require a functional body, look at Stephen Hawkings, his body does not work, but he has a brilliant mind.

Answer 6

You answered your own question with "fit for life". Only if your wish to die would you NOT want to be fit for life.

Answer 7

it is better...i guess !!!