When we are young we take the mobility, energy levels, strength and flexibility of our body for granted. We don't think much about it and often feel we are immortal. But after 40 (and maybe before that in modern lifestyles) we certainly notice losses in...

When our physical body dies what happens to our lifetime of learning, our experiences and discoveries, our intelligence? I have had two teachers from different vocations describe very similar beliefs on this question. The first was Masakazu Ikeda Sensei, a Japanese acupuncturist. In 1997, when...