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COSMOLOGY: THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNIVERSE |
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The three bodies are the different
vehicles of our consciousness. They are encasements for the inner being. Only the physical body is a
body in our usual sense of the term. The astral has the same form as
the physical body but is made up of subtle matter. The causal is of the
form of an egg, a body of light.
Each of the three bodies relates to one of the three states of consciousness. The physical body
is operative in the waking state, the astral body in dream and the causal
body in deep sleep. The inner Self corresponds to the fourth state,
turiya, the ever wakeful state of pure awareness. As we become more conscious we also can
become aware in active in the astral and causal bodies and learn to use
their faculties as readily as those of the physical. However, many yogic
teachings go directly to the inner Self and may not concern themselves
with developing the potentials of these more subtle vehicles.
These three bodies correspond roughly to body, mind and soul in the Western mystical traditions. The
physical and astral bodies are formed anew at each incarnation. The causal body endures
throughout the entire cycle of reincarnation and is the storehouse of all karmic
impulses. It contains within itself the power to create the worlds and
through it we can be co-creators with God. At liberation it too is dissolved into its source
consciousness.
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