God Arises
Nature and Science Speak about God
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open and air rushes in to fill them. A great flow of
blood is drawn into the lungs which like a violent
draught of air slams shut the little door inside the
heart which had hitherto turned the blood away.
The Skin,
with its vast network of sensitive fibres
spread over the body’s surface is equally
fascinating. The moment a hot object comes in
contact with our skin, or even comes close to it,
about thirty thousand “hot cells” feel it, and
instantly report it to the brain. Similarly, there are
250,000 “cold cells” within our skin which crowd
the brain with messages as soon as contact is made
with a cold object. The body then begins to shiver
and veins in the skin become dilated in order to
make up for the loss of warmth in the body. When
intense heat is “reported” to the brain, three million
perspiratory glands are activated to release the cool
fluid we recognise as perspiration. The nervous
system is divided into different parts, one of them
being the autonomic branch, which deals with
reflex functions that are performed within our
body, such as digestion, respiration, heart beat and
so on. This autonomic branch is further subdivided
into two systems: the sympathetic system, which
