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Life in the body

It begins with the cell's fight for its life

Ambiorn Happy
Fridag in Aarhus

What is vitalology?

Knowledge of the good life. That is the core of vitalology. Try a vitalog in Aarhus.

What is the meaning of life?

Vitalogy refreshes the knowledge that people have accumulated over thousands of years. Knowledge of the meaning of life.

For me and you - completely personally - it's about having a good life. I think. The meaning of life for man is to experience and enjoy his life.

But of course it's not that easy. We probably have a gene or two in our body that will multiply and create new generations of people. We get children who are hungry and very demanding. In addition, we have parents and perhaps a religion or a tradition that tells us what the meaning of life is. A boss. A partner. And they all have a lot of good advice for us! Just to help us on our way. Thank you.

But think about what you want with your life. Just you. What you want. That is most important, I think. Everyone has the right to a good life.

Vitalogy means 'the wisdom of life' - enjoyment and happiness

What is life? We can tell the difference between a live fish in the sea and a fish lying dead and frozen in the supermarket's refrigerated counter.

Life is movement, we can believe. Life is bursting in the fish. The dead lie completely still.

But after we have thawed the fish, we get a better understanding of life. Out of the dead body of the fish flows liquid from frost-ruptured cells in the fish's flesh. The cells that used to be alive, they are now broken due to the cold in the grocer's freezer.

Basically, life is cells. A single cell, or several cells working together. In the human body there are about 100 billion cells. Some of them work together. Other cells, about half, are bacteria that have private reasons for living in our body.

Inside the cells there is DNA: Genes that tell what the cell must do to carry life on.

The genes tell the story that the cell lives by

Man needs to move, oxygen, water and get some food. Other living things do not like oxygen and do fine without breathing. Anaerobic bacteria.

Common to all cells is that they move - a little or a lot. They take in food to get energy. They produce waste. They react to the environment they are in.

The story in the genes of a bacterium is different from the story in a human brain cell. But broadly speaking, the two cells want the same thing: I want something to eat. I want to use my energy. I want to influence the world.

You are filled with cells that live, for a long time

Because of life - because of the cells in your flesh - you wake up every morning with a ravenous desire to live. It could be a bad day. Rainy weather. Loneliness. Hard work. Boredom. Anything can happen on a random morning. But every day the cells shout from the bottom of your body: We want air, food and movement!

Man lived until the day the cells stop demanding their right. It happens quite naturally. We grow old, our cells crack and fissure, the intestinal cells become weak. They fade away. They stop demanding food and water.

You stop eating and drinking. It feels right. There is peace in the body, no one calls out for food and water. This is how humans die when we die naturally. But first we have to live!

The body loves itself and no one else, - itself

I give a fish to the cat down in the garden because that cat is cute and homeless. It lives in my backyard and I feed it a few times a week.

My body is not quite so kind. All the nutrition that enters my body, the body thinks belongs to the cells. The body does not share with anyone. The body is selfish.

Let's imagine, a small bacterium. It needs food. Somehow it has found its way into your body. The bacterium is smaller than the cat in the backyard. What does your body say? It means nothing to your body to feed the bacteria. But the body says no. Every time.

If there is something the body hates from a pure heart, it is uninvited dinner guests.

For that reason, the body has some cells that resemble police officers, soldiers, warriors and garbage men. (No, the body does not have any garbage women.)...
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