Autopsy documentary about the human body & diseases

[David2]

Hello,

I thought this documentary could be of interest to some. I found it very educational. It's also good for disentchantment from the body (for this, see also *) and getting aware of how quickly it can stop functioning. It maybe also can give us some greater intention to live a healthy life.

It shows with the help of real organs and autopsy (WARNING: Graphic pictures) what is happening inside the human body, for example in cases of arteriosclerosis, cancer, poisoning and ageing.

Blood circulation, arteriosclerosis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D2LbBB2row

Cancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlPGuq5V4q4

Poisoning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riHVZsT6Rok

Ageing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-OWGWULvU


* Another autopsy video posted by Bhikkhu Samahita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGdcaB690Yc

[David2]

4 more:

Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uflPNJnTXKc

Circulation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPkM3YltTwE

Digestion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhOIPGVx_EQ

Reproduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhF2x6YDwU

[reflection]

Hey!

Yes, these are great. Very interesting indeed. I really enjoyed watching them (my mom didn't, though haha) and it's great seeing somebody else posting them.

If you get a chance to see the Bodyworks expositions by G. von Hagens (the one doing the autopsy in those videos), I'd really recommend it.

I've also found these three just a minute ago. I have not watched these before.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?annotat ... 4ibBypxIRI


Metta!

[David2]

Thank you for posting those other 3 videos.

If you get a chance to see the Bodyworks expositions by G. von Hagens (the one doing the autopsy in those videos), I'd really recommend it.

Yeah, perhaps I will visit these expositions one day. I think I once heard about them (through newspaper or something like that), but forgot about them over the years.

[tiltbillings]

Having attended an autopsy, watching a film of it is a bit sterile. The one thing that is missing is the smell.

[David2]

The one thing that is missing is the smell.

True, but unfortunately most people haven't got the chance to attend an autopsy, have they?

[purple planet]

Is the person doing the autopsy have knowldege in the same way someone doing contemplation of the body ?
Did this guy reach nirvana ? - i think he probobly didnt (or he would say so) but what exactly is the difference between him and a meditator doing lot of body contemplation ?

after years and years of autopsys im sure he had contemplated quite a lot about this subject

[Alex123]

Is the person doing the autopsy have knowldege in the same way someone doing contemplation of the body ?
Did this guy reach nirvana ? - i think he probobly didnt (or he would say so) but what exactly is the difference between him and a meditator doing lot of body contemplation ?

after years and years of autopsys im sure he had contemplated quite a lot about this subject

Contemplation of the body is a tool to be used to remove craving. Most ordinary people are NOT interested in lowering sexual desire or craving for life. That is why for them, observation of the bodies doesn't suffice for Nibbana. Lust and craving to exist is so deeply ingrained in our genes that to over ride millions of years of evolution is very hard.

[seahorse]

Very interesting thread.
I was searching for stuff like mesentery, sinews etc recently, because I was reading the suttas about contemplating the body and I didn't know what these things really looked like.
I nearly heaved when I saw some of the pics!

I also attended the very good 'Death' exhibition currently showing at the Wellcome Collection in London (which I recommend to anyone in the UK). It has a model of a rotting corpse and you can see all the gory bits. Jaundiced skin, intestines bleeding, bone marrow etc.

I realised however that I was actually experiencing full-on aversion to the body, which I hope will eventually fade and I can develop equanimity.

[seahorse]

Having attended an autopsy, watching a film of it is a bit sterile. The one thing that is missing is the smell.

Hello Tilt, that sounds interesting, mind if I asked how you managed to gain access to an autopsy? I'd like to do that one day too.