andgoddessesmeanseatingtheirpowerorcosmicforce(energy),knowledgeandwisdomandtheir
essentialnature.Thisessentialnatureisthenatureofbeing.Inotherwords,Unas,thatistheinitiate,
has consumed the essential knowledge of Selfwhich leads to Spiritual Enlightenment.
“WhoeverhaseatentheknowledgeofeveryGod,theirexistenceisforall
eternity and everlasting in their spirit body; what they willeth they doeth.”
-Ancient Egyptian Proverbian Proverb”
The Body-Mind-SoulRelationship
Figure 7: The Body-Mind-Soul-SpiritConnection
Itisveryimportanttounderstandthatthesoulisnotadevelopmentofthebodyormindandthatthe
soulisnotdependentuponthebodyforitsexistence.Infact,thebodyandthemindaredevelopments
ofthesoul,whichitcreatesthroughthekarmicdesiresoftheunconsciousandsustainsthroughthe
LifeForce.SotheSpiritwhichistranscendentalandunlimited,becomesconditioned,confinedasit
were,asasoulorindividualfocusofconsciousness.ThissoulcreatestheAstralBody,andtheAstral
BodycreatesthePhysicalBody.Ahumanbeinggainsexperiencesthroughtheego(falseaspectof
thepersonalitythatdevelopsasaresultofthesoul’sidentificationwiththemindandbodyasbeing
whoitis,ratherthanthetranscendentalSpirit),anditsinteractionswiththeworld.Whentheteach-
ingsanddisciplinesofyogicmysticismarepracticed,ahumanbeingisabletodiscoverthatthereis
morethanthephysicalbodyandmind,thatthereisalargerworldbeyondthephysicalandmental
planes.Themoreexpansiveahumanbeingbecomesinconsciousness,theclosertheyaremovingto
thediscoveryoftheHigherSelf,theunlimitedSpirit,God,andthisisthegloriousessentialrealityof