What does the way the body works teach us?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
Canada
October 5, 2017 3:51pm CST
When we study the human body carefully, it can teach us much about how society should function. Have you noticed that? It can teach us the importance of harmony, cooperation. etc. There is no confrontation or competition in the human body. Every organ and part works for the good of the whole body.
What have you learned that could be useful to society in the organization and the way the human body works?
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Ephesians 4:16 (J.B. Phillips New Testament) ... For it is from the head that the whole body, as a harmonious structure knit together by the joints with which it is provided, grows by the proper functioning of individual parts to its full maturity in love.
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* Each body part is important and precious for the whole body
* Each part works for the harmony and well-being of the whole body
* No body part competes with another but cooperates for the good of the whole body
* Each body part helps as it can and is able in a crisis
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
So true! If we all took care of ourselves we could could save a lot of money in medical expenses for the government and it could be used for hopefully good purposes.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
@just4him Yes it does, as I'm going to be 68 in a few months. However, I have noticed a difference between the health of those that follow a healthy diet compared to those that eat a lot of junky food.
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@just4him (317038)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Oct 17
@1hopefulman I agree, still the body does break down as it gets older, as I've found out.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
That's what I want to do but it's not easy.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
@LadyDuck To me it is more of a struggle as I miss not be able to eat some of the foods that give me a problem but I feel so much better when I refuse them.
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@LadyDuck (467179)
• Switzerland
7 Oct 17
@1hopefulman It's not difficult, with a little practice you can immediately know if your body is refusing something.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Oct 17
I have learned and fully learned that when one part of the body is hurting or not well, the rest of the body is not well, either. It all has to work together. What I eat affects how I think and how I feel and the exercise I get affects how well I eat It all pulls together, as you said.
I have also learned that sometimes things just happen to cause the body to lose it's balance of wellness and we must make a concentrated effort to get it back. We live in a toxic world and sometimes the best we can do is not enough so we must be prepared to handle those times, too.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@1hopefulman Yes I had that in mind when I posted my comment. It's true that when a member of the body of Christ is not operating well, it hurts the entire body. The opposite is true, of course. When each member is aware of its place and fills it well, the entire body prospers.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
So true! It is interesting that Jesus said that all his followers should be one, like one body, all working together. I love that illustration!
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@sabtraversa (13822)
• Italy
6 Oct 17
The body will do its best to stay alive, while the mind might not always cooperate. 
A little depressing perhaps, but that's the first thing that came to my mind. 
But it's my body speaking. 
A little depressing perhaps, but that's the first thing that came to my mind.
But it's my body speaking. 3 people like this
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
Interesting! When that happens, could we be out of our mind? Whatever that means? But people do say something like "he must have been out of his mind when he did that". I never heard someone say, "he must have been out of his body when he did that". So is the body smarter than the mind?
But people do say something like "he must have been out of his mind when he did that". I never heard someone say, "he must have been out of his body when he did that". So is the body smarter than the mind?1 person likes this
@Marilynda1225 (81807)
• United States
5 Oct 17
I'm always in awe of how our body works and how it can be resilient when needed
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
It is really something amazing! Imagine if we as a society or as a world functioned like the human body? Life would be amazing!
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@Marilynda1225 (81807)
• United States
6 Oct 17
@1hopefulman It certainly would be 
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@DeborahDiane (40219)
• Laguna Woods, California
7 Oct 17
@1hopefulman - You make an excellent point in this post. We are all important, no matter what role we fill in life!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
Yes, we can all make a positive contribution and can cooperate to make things better for all.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
8 Oct 17
@DeborahDiane If we think of the body every part plays a role to benefit the whole. Some body parts might be very small and yet important.
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@DeborahDiane (40219)
• Laguna Woods, California
8 Oct 17
@1hopefulman - That is a worthy goal!
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
7 Oct 17
Our Creator has made us in a wonderful way, as all parts in our body work in harmony with each other.. Psalm 139:14: "I praise you because in an awe-inspiring way I am wonderfully made", King David wrote..
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
So true and thanks for sharing that Scripture. I was fascinated by the way all the body parts work for the benefit of the body. A good example for the family and the world.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
20 Feb 20
I keep learning about how the body works.. Just have done the Intermittent fasting - I eat within 8 hours - more or less, and try to find organic foods when possible, also eat great food supplements to get enough nutrition and use raw cocoa, that has lots of antioxidants etc..
Some good things that seem to help, are the great foods and spices that grow in many places and protect for pollution - they grow in South Corea, and a Greek island, - Ikaros...they say that people forget to die there - well there is so much to learn..
- well there is so much to learn..1 person likes this
@jobelbojel (35114)
• Philippines
7 Oct 17
Very true. The society should function as our organs. Organs of our body cooperates and function well for the better us! Good analogy sir!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
Thanks for appreciating my point! We should want everyone to be happy and healthy.
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@jobelbojel (35114)
• Philippines
7 Oct 17
@1hopefulman you are welcome. I liked it.
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@lookatdesktop (27132)
• Dallas, Texas
10 Aug 18
From my own perspective, I agree with everything you have said and you are very wise from your own references and personal interpretation. It goes against common sense to defeat the purpose of a perfect body and a perfect mind. After all do you see a drunken person holding another person's life in their hands? No, that drunken person has no self respect therefore is not able both physically nor mentally to perform medical tasks to save another person's life. My perspective.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Aug 18
Thank you! We can learn a lot from the way the body works that can be applied in he community and in the world.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 Aug 18
@lookatdesktop Yes, we reap what we sow! So, if want to reap good we must sow good.
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@lookatdesktop (27132)
• Dallas, Texas
10 Aug 18
@1hopefulman , Indeed. The Earth is a living organism. We are living on it so we should really take good care of the living Earth if we intend to survive a long long time. The main reason God has kept us here instead of destroying us in an instant. The good in us outweighs the bad, but the good must be cultivated.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
Yes, unless it is diseased such has when one has gangrene. Usually, every part of the body cooperates with every other part.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Oct 17
Right! We could also save a lot of money in medical expenses and that would make us also happy.
@crossbones27 (49050)
• Mojave, California
7 Oct 17
That is what I tell people about competition. Sure friendly competition as in fun but what we do as a society does not make sense. We still stuck as only the fittest survive mentality. Actually work together and not make competition out of everything everyone has a much better chance of not only surviving, but thriving much the way wolves do. They just less evolved than us or supposed to be.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Oct 17
Right! Some friendly competition can be fun as long as we keep it there. In the long run we do much better when we care for one another instead of trying to be better than one another.
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@amitkokiladitya (171928)
• Agra, India
19 Feb 20
Yes...our reactions and repsonses all depend upon the state of out body
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