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lifetime without being able to do anything to promote their life's quality. This is quite difficult to understand so just be aware that animal is another form of punishment a human can be born into based on actions committed in life. Having to fight to find food, clothing and shelter, we break the Law of Kamma, get longer sentences, are reborn to fight to find food etc., break the Law of Kamma again and thus receive longer and longer sentences, becoming eternal prisoners of our own self perpetuating kammic cycle. The human body is composed of the elements, earth, air, fire and water, which are impure. The impurity of the elemental substances that make up the body cause the cells in the body to deteriorate at a rate of 300 million cells per minute. As our cells expire, we need to refuel the four elements from the sources found outside the body, i.e. the environment. So we eat food to refuel the earth element, we drink water to refuel the water element, breathe to refuel the air element, and wear clothing and live in a sheltered place to refuel the fire/heat element. We need to rest and refulfill ourselves on elements from the moment we are born, and continue refueling until we take the last breath of life. The impurity of the elements is the cause of certain conditions of the bodies. But there is more yet to discover about ourselves; that is why we need to go back inside, and know ourselves. Since our elements are impure and expire, we face the problem of having to survive. We need to refuel the four elements, and in the process of refueling them we need to earn money to buy the four requisites (food, clothing, shelter and medicines). In modern times we do not acquire these requisites directly but purchase them at the supermarket etc. This brings us to face the second problem, which is to earn a living. As we have to earn money to make a living we need to live in a community with other people. This brings us into conflict with each other, which is the third problem that we face. The body is like a puppet being controlled by the mind, and what the mind produces depends on the program running it. The mind is being controlled by defilements, which can be known and seen once we have the inner light from meditation. The defilements taint the mind's original pure nature, and make it impure. And since the mind