Configuration of the human being
As we are talking about the physical evolution of the body, I would like
to take up again the topic of the configuration of the human being that
we mentioned at the beginning, because I need to know rather more.
If I understood correctly, the incarnate human being is composed of a
body and a spirit, with all the capacities that we usually ascribe to the
brain, such as intelligence, capacity to feel, conscience, will, residing
in the spirit. Is this correct?
Actually it is a bit more complicated than that.
Could you explain that to me?
Yes. If you recall when we talked about the essence and structure of
the Universe, we talked about the existence of four different states of
condensation of vital essence or spiritual principle, which constituted
the spiritual, mental, astral, and physical Universes. The human being
also participates in each one of these essences. In fact an incarnate
human being is composed of four interconnected bodies; the physical
body, that you all know, the astral (or energetic) body, the mental
body, and the spiritual body, being of lesser to greater vibration. Do
not think that these bodies through being more subtle do not have a
complex structure and organisation.
What is the nature of those bodies?
We can say that each body has its own genetic code from which it is
structured, and that the organisation of the thicker bodies depends on
that of the more subtle bodies , all these being closely inter-connected,
the denser bodies not being able to live apart from the more subtle
bodies.
I don ́t understand what you mean.
Well the physical body is in fact formed upon the mould or pattern
determined by the configuration of the astral body, the latter being
formed upon the mould that constitutes the mental body, which is in
turn configured upon the mould that the spiritual body provides, so
that the mental body is a bridge between the spiritual and the astral
body, and the astral body is a bridge between the physical body and
the other two bodies. When death occurs, what actually happens is
that one of those four bodies, the physical body, finally separates from
the rest and, on losing its life-giving support, decomposes. But the
human being continues to live on with the three more subtle bodies.