16. The Law Of Limitation

Whenever and wherever the expenditure of, vital power has advanced so far that fatal exhaustion is imminent, a check is put upon any unnecessary expenditure of energy and the organism rebels against any further stimulation, even that which it has been accustomed to, to the point of complete suspension of functions, until prostration and coma may result, with complete loss of reflex reactions, as an instinctive measure in order to preserve the life of the organism.

This is a very important and necessary safety valve which all living organisms will resort to based on a self-preservative instinct which is, as we have said before, inherent in all living things. This is an important law for us to understand and a critical warning signal to all those who would seek to care for us whenever we lose consciousness and our bodies resort to prostration or coma especially as a last-ditch measure the body takes in order to save itself. Much too often people die while in a state of coma because those attending the person do not observe the coma as a critical warning signal to leave the body intelligently alone or, because the body has become so deranged in its functions either iatrogenically (drug or treatment induced) in the hospital or by whatever means, that prostration or coma does not occur until these measures become inadequate in protecting the life of the person. A broad understanding of the laws of life would help to prevent such disastrous consequences wherever crises of this nature occur, and many lives would be saved.