The fascinating process of human decomposition

                                            
 'This body, too: Such is its nature, such is its future, such its unavoidable fate'...

 In Buddhism, Kammatthana is a form of meditation synonymous with mindfulness immersed in the body. Of the forty objects meditated upon the first ten are kasina or a whole; good practice but the crux of this article is in the next ten, objects of repulsion, asubha :

1) swollen corpse

2) bluish corpse

3) festering corpse

4) fissured corpse

5) gnawed corpse

6&7) dismembered or hacked and scattered corpse

8) bleeding corpse

9) worm eaten corpse

10) skeleton

 This meditation on death makes one aware of our transitory nature. There is some evidence published by two scholars in 2013 that contemplating death makes you funny. Apparently death reminders may sometimes facilitate creativity and open-mindedness.

 Meditate on your demise and get funnier today.