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moment, a portion of these, returns to the world outside. Just as DNA can be endlessly transferred by viruses from one living creature to another, the atoms that leave our body enter other living bodies. Each human breath on an average contains 1022 number of atoms and since the entire atmosphere of earth is voluminous enough to hold about the same number of breaths, each breath turns out like man himself, to be about midway in size between an atom and the world-mathematically Speaking 1022 number of atoms in each of 1022 number of breaths multiplying to a total of 1044 number of atoms of air blowing around the planet. To give you an idea, 1 c.c. of air contains ten billion billions of molecules. Each time you inhale you are drawing into yourself an average of about one atom from each of the breaths contained under the whole sky. Every time you exhale, you are sending back the same average of an atom to each of these breaths as is every other living person: how much incredulous will this be if animals, plants and all other small and big living forms' breaths are added in the calculation: and this exchange repeated 20,000 times a day by some 4 billion people +other innumerable life-forms. The surprising consequence of all this is that each breath you breath must contain 1015 number of atoms breathed by the rest of mankind. Without exception thus, we all are partners in the cosmic bio-dance. Now consider all this in the context of the renewal or replacement of the trillions of cells-living cells-our body is subject to. This endless exchange of elements of living things proceeds silently giving us no hint that is happening. Dr. Larry Dossey, chief of staff, Medical City Dallas Hospital and Professor in North Texas State University has described in his 1984 publication entitled "Space, Time & Medicine" this exchange as a 'darvish' dance, we may describe it as a 'tandav nritya' of Lord Shiva, a cosmic bio-dance animated and purposeful and disciplined in which every living being. nay organism, participates without exception. Now consider all this in the context of the renewal or the replacement of the cells our body is subject to. Of the total number of 1028 number
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