Our Body - Different Layers/Bodies

 
Each of these parts of the Soul has its own nature and functions, and they play different roles in the awakening process

Biological or physical body: The physical body, for its part, is the body known to medical and biological science. It gives the material structure and serves as the material foundation and instrument of the other parts of the Soul, enabling the Soul to perceive and act in the realm of material experience. The five fingers given to us resembles the five elements by which our body is made up of.

Etheric body: Etheric body can be divided into two parts for clarity and better understanding.

  
Etheric Double and Aura.

Etheric double, somewhat resembles very closely to our material body, extending out perhaps an inch below or beyond the surface of our skin. It works as base or provides the framework of subtle formative energies on which the material body is built and it functions. It contains series of channels and center of energies( energy centers) which plays an important role in mystical work of our body.

The other part of our Etheric body is called Aura, also known as the sphere of sensation. This Aura is oval shaped form of energy surrounding the Etheric double and extending outwards several feet from the physical body. It plays an important role on energy interaction of our body and Cosmos. It works as an interface between the Etheric body of individual and that of Cosmos, and all the forces and energies of universe are reflected on its surface.

Astral body: This part of body is difficult to understand and to put into words or to be mapped out. The astral body can be defined as a another field of energies occupying roughly the same space as aura but constantly changing by pattern of thoughts and feelings. In other words, it means, Astral body is constantly shaped and reshaped by images, words, sensations and emotions. This Astral body interacts freely with the astral level of cosmos and with the astral bodies of other human and non human beings. That's why , it plays an important role in defining someone personality as it contains most of those parts of the self like , mental ability , inner intellect, will , memory, emotions and instruments of concrete consciousness.

Mental body: It can be considered as the essential pattern of soul which has been made or defined over many lifes. On high metaphorical sense , it is described as a subtle body. It has no particular location and cannot be located in a spatial sense. This body is also known as instrument of abstract consciousness. That means those thoughts which doesn't contain images or forms of the sort which we perceive by our senses. As it works on the level of abstract consciousness, it has the ability to perceive the core ideas and structures of experience, which exist outside of time and space.

The Spiritual Body: It is also known as Causal body which is the root or core of every soul, the essence or " Divine Spark " around above all the other layers of the soul are built up. It can also be known as the point of contact between the human and the supreme ( unity of being that). That's why it can be best imagined as pure being or energy which has no quality or without any other definition.

Thats why because of different thoughts, intellect, will, emotions and impressions ( created over life's) which has created pattern of soul, each soul energy vibrates and resonates in all various subtle bodies of man. The results of resonance within all the subtle bodies of living being reveals something very beautiful ( Like attraction, love, liking , desire, etc) or something too complex to explain. Overall, it is linked to the intangible Presence of "I".

As we consider the different bodies and levels of the Soul and understand that their awakening process depends on our need to purify the psyche (etheric and astral bodies) then, the spiritual purification and transformation process unfold and we  increasingly come closer to manifest whatever is engrained and inherent in our spiritual “blueprint” – the karmic plan which the  Soul (Permanent Witness) has prepared for a given incarnation.

As we all resonate to different rate and vibrations, we must learn to resonate with the pure part of our soul which is" Divine spark". That will connect us with higher cosmic energies and resonance of higher impulses are felt and manifested in lower astral, etheric and physical bodies as well. Thus by letting divine energy flow and divine operations will bring karmic gifts, which will awake our subtle bodies helping us to initiate to continue the mystical journey and wisdom towards "Supreme"

 

Meditation & Multidimensional Consciousness...

"Dimensions" are a means of organizing different planes of existence according to their vibratory rate. Each dimension has certain sets of laws and principles that are specific to the frequency of that dimension.

"Consciousness" represents awareness. The inhabitants of each dimension function clearly, easily, and with a minimum of resistance within that plane because their consciousness vibrates in resonance with the frequency of that dimension.

"Multidimensional Consciousness" is the ability to be "conscious" of more than one dimension. To be multidimensional in our consciousness we must remember that we have within us the potential to expand our perceptual awareness to the dimensions above and below our physical plane.

"Conscious" means aware of and able to attend to stimuli within the inhabitants' own dimension. The third dimensional self is conscious of what can be perceived by the five physical senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.

"Superconscious" is a higher order of consciousness of the fifth dimension and above in which the inhabitants are able to be aware of and attend stimuli of their own dimension as well as all the lower dimensions. The superconscious is innately multidimensional. The third dimensional self can become "conscious" of the superconscious through meditation, prayer, and by surrendering to the enfoldment of the higher order consciousness.  

Dimensional Consciousness    
FIRST DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
First dimensional consciousness is awareness as a point. 
The consciousness that resonates to this dimension is the Mineral Kingdom. Current third dimensional science has not proven that minerals have any awareness as we recognize it, but healers and shaman have been using crystals as healing tools for many centuries
Humans' first dimensional consciousness is "unconscious" to our five physical senses. However, the first dimension is a portion of our bodies and represents the minerals, water, and genetic codes that are the foundation of our physical forms. If we could access this level of our unconscious, we could connect with the entire physical world via its most basic common denominator, the individual molecules.
Perhaps we could even consciously access our own genetic coding.
However, as I look inside myself, I find that another world exists, a world of electrons, protons, nuclei, and quarks.
I am the gateway between the macrocosm and the microcosm.

SECOND DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Second dimensional consciousness is awareness as point and line.
  The consciousness that resonates to this dimension is biological matter such as the Plant Kingdom and the lower Animal Kingdom. The consciousness of this dimension does not possess self-awareness. These beings are only conscious of their species' identity and their need for feeding, fighting, and procreation. Their consciousness is based upon survival of the fittest and they live solely within the awareness of the moment.
Human second dimensional consciousness is centered in the lower brain, which directs the autonomic nervous system to regulate and maintain life support functions. Our five physical senses are largely unconscious of this component of ourselves, but with training such as biofeedback and meditations, some conscious awareness and control can be established.Yogis are known to achieve enough conscious control of their autonomic nervous system and can regulate their heartbeat and metabolism.
I feel myself now expand to my second dimensional consciousness. My task is simple. I must survive. I will protect myself and procreate in the proper season. I look neither forwards nor backwards, and I dwell only in the present. I am what I am and where I am. I neither plan nor reflect. I live to continue the existence of my species. If a human consciousness inhabits my form, I am not aware of it. 
My perceptions are confined to what I can eat, use, fight, mate with, or rear. However, my "herd" and I are one.
Our instincts guide us, and we are a part of Nature.

THIRD DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Third dimensional consciousness is awareness of point, line, length, breadth, height, and volume.
The third dimension is locked in a time/space and cause/effect paradigm.
The third dimension is known as the conscious world. 
The primary consciousness of this dimension is the higher Animal Kingdom and the Human Kingdom. The humanoid form is composed of all the elements of the first and second dimensional being, which are: water, minerals, genetic coding, and biological matter, as well as an individual soul. It is the individual Soul that distinguishes humans from the other members of the Animal Kingdom who mostly have a group Soul.

EXPANDING THIRD DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
As humans we have the ability to remember the past and the future while remaining aware of the present.
As we - Our Third Dimensional Consciousness - expands from:
Individual Consciousness TO ~ Group Consciousness TO ~ Community Consciousness TO ~ National Consciousness TO ~ Collective Consciousness TO ~ Planetary Consciousness TO ~ Galactic Consciousness.
Third dimensional society and "science" seek to prove that the only reality that exists is the one we perceive with our five physical senses and urges us to believe that our 3D perceptions of reality ARE the only reality. From this state of consciousness, spirit congeals into matter and our consciousness is limited to our ego.  
Hence, the need for the development of a strong sense of ego is often gained at the cost of losing our sense of group identity. This limitation is especially in especially predominant in the Western World where individual achievement and possessions often become the most important parts of our lives.
Awareness of our Spiritual Self can only be remembered when we have expanded our consciousness to encompass the higher dimensions. Then we can release our dependency upon others and heal our sense of powerlessness and victimization. We then become independent in a new sense because we have realized that we and we alone, are creating our reality.
We are, thereby, more dependable then ever because we are not waylaid from our promises and goals by our own "unconscious" self-sabotage.
As we become more aware of the many aspects of our once forgotten self, our consciousness expands to encompass more that our ego and even more than our third dimensional reality. 

FOURTH DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Fourth dimensional consciousness is awareness of point, length, breadth, height, volume, and time.  
The fourth dimension is also known as the Astral Plane, and the primary consciousness of this dimension is the Astral Body, which is also known as the "higher human." Because of the octave leap in vibration from third to fourth dimension the Astral Body is of a higher vibration known as etheric and fourth dimensional perception of past, present, and future is more fluid, as the laws of time and space change.
On the fourth dimension, we can reintegrate our group identity without the loss of our personal ego, as it is the last vibration where physical vehicles are used to contain individual consciousness.
However, because of the fluid nature of time and space our astral forms naturally morph. Hence, there is a huge mobility of form. It is the realm of the "shape shifters" of which mythology speaks.
The fourth dimension is the realm which holds the awareness of our body's first and second dimensional components, as well as all our past experiences of this life and all other third dimensional lives. We can expand our third dimensional consciousness into the fourth dimension through gaining an awareness of the inner-workings of our physical body, remembering our dreams, and having intense experiences of passion, emotion, creativity, and/or spirituality.
The Astral Plane is the realm of dream life. When we are "asleep", we are unconscious in the third dimension, but we are conscious in the fourth dimension. 
Our fourth dimensional Astral Body possesses advanced dreaming, imagination, psychic ability, intuition, magic, and creativity. As we expand our mind to frequency of the fourth dimension, we can experience more and more of these qualities while in our physical form.
Some people are born with an innate connection to their fourth dimensional self and must "work" to ground their consciousness in a third dimensional world that often feels foreign and hostile. 
Others are born without this awakened connection, and they usually feel more comfortable and "at home" within the third dimensional paradigm. These people often feel cut off from the higher dimensional portions of themselves and may not even believe that "higher selves" even exist.
However, our astral body does exist and its highest vibration is our Spiritual Guidance. Much like a person upon a mountaintop can observe and guide the residents of the valley below, our higher astral self can observe us upon the third dimension and give us guidance. Through the expanded perception of our fourth dimensional self we can create great changes in our physical world.
Upon the fourth dimension, thought and feelings create reality much more quickly than upon the third dimension, and fear can create evil as easily as love can create beauty and joy.

FOURTH DIMENSIONAL BODIES
Each of the sub-planes of the fourth dimension has a correlate body, with every body resonating to a higher vibration than the latter.

• ·The Emotional Body, also known as the Astral Body, is higher in vibration than the etheric and physical bodies and extends beyond them.
   
• ·Overlaid on the lower frequency bodies is the Mental Body, which is also of higher vibration, and extends beyond the Emotional Body.
   
•  Then the Causal Body, again another increase in vibration, overlays the other bodies and extends beyond the Mental Body.
   
•  Finally, there is the Spiritual Body, the “I AM Presence,” which is the highest in vibration and extends beyond all the other bodies. The I AM Presence is the guardian to the Rainbow Bridge, which crosses over into the fifth dimension.

All the fourth dimensional bodies exist over, under, around, and through the physical body, but they cannot be seen by our five physical senses
If we can perceive the fourth dimension consciously, we can expand our awareness enough to cross the Rainbow Bridge into our Superconscious Mind of the fifth dimension.
We navigate out travel into and through the fourth dimension with our desires, thoughts, and emotions. A metaphor of this would be sailing the ocean. We are the boat, the ocean is the Astral Plane, the location we wish to reach is our desire, our thoughts are the sail and the steering, and the wind is our emotions.

If our emotions are fearful and tumultuous we will have an uncomfortable ride. 
If we wish to journey to the higher planes of the fourth dimension we must keep our thoughts harmonious and our feelings centered in the infinite balance of love. In that manner, eventually, we can experience all the planes of the fourth dimension. 

Then our I AM Presence can lead us across the Bridge into the fifth dimension and beyond.
I step into the fourth dimension. I see my connection to all of life and to my third dimensional selves on the step below me. However, I still experience myself as an individual.
My reality is very mutable now. Persons and places change quickly, but I am aware that it is my thoughts and feelings that dictate these experiences. My fearful thoughts create frightening situations, and my loving thoughts bring me happiness. If I follow my fear, I go down into a world of torment and sorrow.
However, if I follow love, I see a Rainbow Bridge of Light.

FIFTH DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Fifth dimensional consciousness is awareness of length, breadth, height, time, and spirit. 
All life upon the fifth dimension lives in the Unity Consciousness of Spirit, but there is still an experience of "I" as an individual member of the group. Linear time and space do not bind consciousness here, and there is NO illusion of separation or limitation. Instead, there is a constant experience of the Oneness of God/Goddess/All That Is.
The primary consciousness of this dimension is androgynous, stellar beings living in Lightbodies. These Lightbodies are light based rather than our carbon based physical bodies. Our Lightbodies have the awareness of our lower selves without the physical limitations. These forms have no need for pain to learn their lessons.
Therefore, they do not need the protection and warning signals of the physical body. Our fifth dimensional selves have integrated the lessons that their lower dimensional selves are learning through the experiences of "Schoolroom Earth," and do not need physical suffering to learn.
All actions on this plane are based upon love because, just as a dead leaf cannot survive the higher vibration of a fire, fear cannot survive the higher vibration of the fifth dimension. If we were to experience fear while in the fifth dimension, our vibration would drop and our consciousness would instantly be lowered to the lower sub-planes of the fourth dimension.
 It is only within the consciousness of fifth dimensional Unconditional Love that we can maintain a conscious connection with our Spirit SELF.
On the fifth dimension, experience, creation, and travel are created in harmony with the Divine Will of God/Goddess/All That Is. Every being, place, situation, or location that is desired becomes instantly manifest.
If we do choose the experience of movement, it feels like a combination of flying and treading water. Our Lightbodies, like our fourth dimensional bodies, are mutable and can easily change form. Just as we can change our location or experience with our desire, we can also change the form of the "body" that surrounds our consciousness.
The fifth dimension is the beginning of ascension. Hence, all consciousness there is naturally multidimensional. 
    On the fifth dimension we live in,

• ·         Unconditional Love
• ·         Unconditional Forgiveness
• ·         Unconditional Acceptance

We hold no judgment, guilt, or negativity towards the "lower" portions of ourselves that are striving to remember our "Higher Selves".  In fact, our fifth dimensional self serves as a guide to the lower aspects of our consciousness, as well as to others.
Understanding Dimensions of Consciousness
All five dimensions exist within, are a portion of, and emanate from, our third dimensional body. We are a vessel that we fill with our own multidimensional universe. 

Source: Multidimensions by Suzan Caroll

DIMENSIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW

QUALITY FIRST DIMENSION SECOND DIMENSION THIRD DIMENSION FOURTH DIMENSION FIFTH DIMENSION AWARENESS point point & line point, line, length, breadth, height, & volume point, line, length, breadth, height, volume & time point, line, breadth, length, volume, time & spirit PRIMARY CONSCIOUSNESS mineral kingdom plants, biological creatures w/o self-awareness higher animals & humans higher human astral body androgynous lightbody SELF-AWARENESS none none individual awareness & ego awareness of self & all 3D lives awareness of self, all 5D lives, all 4D lives & all 3D lives HUMAN'S 5 PHYSICAL SENSES conscious to external senses unconscious to internal senses conscious to external unconscious to internal conscious only to CNS--5 senses indicate reality unconscious to this plane until awakened doorway is body & dreams unconscious to this plane unless awakened PORTIONS OF PHYSICAL BODY mineral, water, genetic coding lower brain autonomic NS life support + all the above entire humanoid form + all the above etheric & astral form + all the above light matrix & meridians of physical form + all the above TIME no awareness of instincts & body clock time/space past, present & future time/space is mutable & different from 3D no time or space only Nowness Hereness & Beingness LAWS AND PRINCIPLES no awareness of survival of species polarization of light and dark cause/effect time/space & work still polarization of light & dark still cause/effect & time/space no polarization unconditional love, forgiveness & acceptance TRAVEL no travel except within physical body instinctual only use will to take time to travel across space desire location and fly or morph reality to get there desired location & experience instantly manifest or floating/flying CREATIVITY AND SEXUALITY slow metamorphosis into form procreation for survival of species nest building & some tool making procreation to love making thoughts & feelings slowly create reality sex for magic and lovemaking reality quickly created by thoughts, feelings & magic sex is merging with Twin Flame reality instantly created by thoughts & feelings SERVICE foundation for physical planet and body life, beauty food chain guide to lower beings & balance Earth's guide to 3D self assist newly dead Higher Self to 4D & 3D selves balance SUB-PLANES WITHIN THE DIMENSION mineral atoms to crystals single cells to mammals higher animal to dependable self-realized human lower astral to causal plane 5 D threshold to threshold to Soul

Purpose of Life..

 

 

The main purpose of the great souls has been to understand the higher mysteries of life. Here is a warning not to postpone the knowledge of ‘Brahman’. Most people feel that there are many other things to do, more important than the search for truth. But then, we must realize that life can end at any moment, and therefore there is an urgency to know the reason why we live, what we live for and who are we. The sooner we realize this better, because one never knows what the future holds for us. If I came to know somehow that I was going to die tomorrow, or in a week’s time, what would I do? Would I go around trying to collect things which I could not take with me, or would I sit down and think, ‘Where am I going? What is in store after this life? Who am I?

So, great saints say, urgency is required. It has to be now. Let us begin our search now. One cannot swim in ocean straightway; first, one has to start in a little pool. Practice in the small pool. Start the practice now, with the sense of urgency.

‘If it is known, there is ‘Truth’; if it is not known, there is great loss’.

Bhakti

In bhakti there is not only singing of kirtans, bhajans and other acts of devotion, as most people think it to be. Bhakti is essentially an attitude by which a person begins to understand the limitations of the movement of the intellect. When intellect begins to understand how limited its reach is, then it cuts itself out. It becomes absolutely silent. When fancy can no more unfurl its wings, when it settles down, then what remains is the experience of the “Supreme Self.” That means, the ‘I’ has to go. Someone once told me that the shortest cut is to cut the ego into two! That is easier said than done!

Source: Kenopanishad by great masters!!