Page 87 - Miracles in Our Bodies

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What would happen if the control of your muscles
were completely left up to you? Suppose, for example, that
your heart muscles contracted only with your conscious
control from now on. You would do nothing but concen-
trate on the contraction and relaxation of your heart
muscles. That is because if your heart muscles did not
contract even for a moment, you would die. And death
would be inevitable when you were asleep, since you
would not be able to control your heart's functioning.
However this never
happens since you do
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about such things
thanks to the perfect
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