Question: Karma is closely associated with the idea that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological what?

Context articles: Reincarnation
Types of Karma (Jainism)
List of body horror media
When Things of the Spirit Come First
Biological engineering
Karma
Body hopping
Child nutrition in Australia
Mental body
Silver cord

Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death.
 It is also called rebirth or transmigration, and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence.
 It is a central tenet of all major Indian religions, namely Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism.
 The idea of reincarnation is found in many ancient cultures, and a belief in rebirth/metempsychosis was held by Greek historic figures, such as Pythagoras, Socrates, and Plato.
 It is also a common belief of various ancient and modern religions such as Spiritism, Theosophy, and Eckankar and is found as well in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Australia, East Asia, Siberia, and South America.
According to Jain karma theory, there are eight main types of karma ("Prikriti") which are categorized into the ‘harming’ and the ‘non-harming’; each divided into four types.
 The harming karmas ("ghātiyā karmas") directly affect the soul powers by impeding its perception, knowledge and energy, and also brings about delusion.
 These harming karmas are: "darśanāvaraṇa" (perception obscuring karma), "jñānavāraṇa" (knowledge obscuring karma), "antarāya" (obstacles creating karma) and "mohanīya" (deluding karma).
 The non-harming category ("aghātiyā karmas") is responsible for the reborn soul's physical and mental circumstances, longevity, spiritual potential and experience of pleasant and unpleasant sensations.
 These non-harming karmas are: "nāma" (body determining karma), "āyu" (life span determining karma), "gotra" (status determining karma) and "vedanīya" (feeling producing karma) respectively.
 Different types of karmas thus affect the soul in different ways as per their nature.
 Each of these types has various sub-types.
 "Tattvārthasūtra" generally speaks of 148 sub-types of karmas in all.
 These are: 5 of "jñānavaraṇa", 9 of "darśanavaraṇa", 2 of "vedanīya", 28 of "mohanīya" 4 of "āyuṣka", 93 of "nāma", 2 of "gotra", and 5 of "antarāya".
Body horror, biological horror, organic horror or visceral horror is horror fiction in which the horror is principally derived from the unnatural graphic transformation, degeneration or destruction of the physical body.
 Such works may deal with decay, disease, parasitism, mutation or mutilation.
 Other types of body horror include unnatural movements or the anatomically incorrect placement of limbs to create "monsters" from human body parts.
 David Cronenberg, Frank Henenlotter, Brian Yuzna, Stuart Gordon, Lloyd Kaufman, and Clive Barker are notable directors of this genre.
 The term "body horror" was coined with the "Body Horror" theme issue of the University of Glasgow film journal "Screen" (vol.
 27, no. 1, January–February 1986), containing several essays on the subject.
When Things of the Spirit Come First is Simone de Beauvoir's 'first' work of fiction.
 After a number of false starts, in 1937 she submitted this collection of interlinked stories to a publisher.
 But it was turned down by both Gallimard and Grasset.
 It consists of five short stories which are weaved together in such a way that it to structurally similar to a more traditional novel.
 The first, "Maurcelle", tells the story of the oldest of three siblings.
 She marries an abusive artist.
 The second, "Chantal", tells the story of a lycee philosophy teacher (like de Beauvoir).
 She idealizes her life and becomes involved in the lives of her students but ultimately refuses to help them.
 "Lisa" is the third and shortest story, about a girl who struggles to live a spiritual life while existing in a physical body.
 "Anne", the fourth story, is the result of many of de Beauvoir's earlier attempts at writing.
 It parallels the story of her friend Elisabeth Mabille (Zaza) who died soon after her mother refused to allow her to marry Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
 The final story, "Marguarite" expresses the existential views that de Beauvoir herself believed that life itself should be experienced, rather than spirituality.
Biological engineering or bio-engineering (including biological systems engineering) is the application of concepts and methods of biology (and secondarily of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and computer science) to solve real-world problems related to life sciences or the application thereof, using engineering's own analytical and synthetic methodologies and also its traditional sensitivity to the cost and practicality of the solution(s) arrived at.
 In this context, while traditional engineering applies physical and mathematical sciences to analyze, design and manufacture inanimate tools, structures and processes, biological engineering uses primarily the rapidly developing body of knowledge known as molecular biology to study and advance applications of organisms and to create biotechnology.
 This may eventually include the possibility of biologically engineering machines and 3D printing that re-order matter at a molecular scale.
 Physicist Richard Feynman theorized about the idea of a "medical" use for these biological machines, introduced into the body, to repair or detect damages and infections.
 Feynman and Albert Hibbs suggested that it might one day be possible to (as Feynman put it) "swallow the doctor".
 The idea was discussed in Feynman's 1959 essay "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom."
Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म , "karma " ; ] ; Pali: kamma ;) means action, work or deed; it also refers to the spiritual principle of cause and effect where intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect).
 Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering.
 Karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Asian religions.
 In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life, as well as the nature and quality of future lives - one's saṃsāra.
Body hopping is the fictional ability and desire to possess people in quick succession.
 A body hopper can transfer quickly from one physical body to another physical body with little or no resistance and few conditions on moving on to a new body, and usually without getting stuck in said body for a long period of time.
Nutrition is the intake of food, considered in relation to the body’s dietary needs.
 Well-maintained nutrition includes a balanced diet as well as a regular exercise routine.
 Nutrition is an essential aspect of everyday life as it aids in supporting mental as well as physical body functioning.
 The National Health and Medical Research Council determines the Dietary Guidelines within Australia and it requires children to consume an adequate amount of food from each of the five food groups, which includes fruit, vegetables, meat and poultry, whole grains as well as dairy products.
 Nutrition is especially important for developing children as it influences every aspect of their growth and development.
 Nutrition allows children to maintain a stable BMI, reduces the risks of developing obesity, anemia and diabetes as well as minimises child susceptibility to mineral and vitamin deficiencies.
The mental body (the mind) is one of the subtle bodies in esoteric philosophies, in some religious teachings and in New Age thought.
 It is understood as a sort of body made up of thoughts, just as the emotional body consists of emotions and the physical body is made up of matter.
 In occult understanding, thoughts are not just subjective qualia, but have an existence apart from the associated physical organ, the brain.
The silver cord in metaphysical studies and literature, also known as the sutratma or life thread of the antahkarana, refers to a life-giving linkage from the higher self (atma) down to the physical body.
 It also refers to an extended synthesis of this thread and a second (the consciousness thread, passing from the soul to the physical body) that connects the physical body to the etheric body, onwards to the astral body and finally to the mental body.