Brent & John M, I do not know if any tests have been performed specifically to measure if some of the loss of mass during sleep is regained upon waking up. Neither do I know what physical substance the NAFS is made of, nor if it can be measured as a loss/regain of weight. After all, we can neither observe nor measure the angels and jinns and whatever else may exist in the Shadow Biosphere.
Yes, the body-machine does keep running (I think I mentioned it in my previous post as well). I guess, it does appear from the little that we know, that the 'awake' thoughts and actions are what we are accountable for. Presently, I cannot explain the phenomenon any further, I simply take it on faith. The reason I shared it was because you were asking what life meant. Do you have a definition for life? Samiya On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:39 PM, John Mikes <[email protected]> wrote: > Brent, as I recall the 21 g was "the weight of life" - not sleep. And not > ALL outlets were sealed for the weighings. > > To Samiya: > "NAFS is a physical object" means it is part of the observable physical > measurements we carry today, or 1500 years ago? is it composed of the > 'atoms' of our present physical illusions? furthermore are only "wake" body > functions included in NAFS, because intestinal functions do not stop when > sleeping, air intake is undisturbed, saliva is running, dreams are pressing > and - most important - an alarm clock, or a kiss wakes you up (does it > bring your NAFS back from Allah?) I just try to understand - and follow - > your words. > JM > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Brent Meeker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 4/4/2016 7:41 AM, Samiya Illias wrote: >> >>> From the little that I understand yet, NAFS is a physical object. Sleep >>> is a sort of a brief-death, in which the body-machine is still running. It >>> states in the Quran that God takes the NAFS of all when they sleep, and >>> those upon whom death is decreed, their NAFS is not returned. >>> >> >> OK, something obviously testable. All we have to do is measure the >> weight change of a person as he falls asleep and as he wakes up and we will >> know the weight of the naf. Of course such a simple test I'm sure it has >> already been performed by Islamic scientists, interested as they are in >> truth. Where is the experiment reported? Was the weight 21g? >> >> >> Brent >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
