And at the time of death which body goes with the Jivatma?
[Question from Member: Kalpana Vinayak Raghuvamshi]
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Answer from Rupali C: Thoughts are stored in our energy bodies. But we have seen the effect of those thoughts on our physical body too. Hence the term psychosomatic diseases. The term ‘psychosomatic’ refers to the connection or the interaction between the body and mind. Therefore, psychosomatic illness refers to a physical dysfunction that is primarily caused by some form of emotional or mental stress. Any disruption to our mental, emotional or spiritual health creates stress in our energy centres or chakras so the more extreme or pro-longed the stress is, the more likely we are to experience a change in our physiology.
Lets consider the energy bodies now. See the pic below. We have the physical body, a dynamic subtle energy body called the astral body and a very fine subtle energy body called the causal body.
The physical body is the one we are familiar with. It is the one in which we experience the waking state.The astral body is the one that holds the chakras. This means that the astral body has the ability to connect with the Source. It has thought power, emotional power, vital power; can manifest sexual power and can ground itself in the physical body. In the waking state sometimes we are not able to tune into the experience of the astral body. But when we go into dream state we experience the predominance of the astral body. In a dream we see how we use the subtle sense of touch, taste, hearing and seeing. If I dream I am eating a mango the pleasure of the taste and touch of the mango is more subtle than that if I eat a mango in the waking state. So the dream of a mango has a different kind of reality to that of a mango in the waking state. We can also see how our thought power comes alive. What ever the thoughts we’ve had during our waking state, they take on life in the dream state.
The astral body goes to rest when we go into deep sleep. Thoughts are not active. Emotions are not active. In that space there appears to be nothing. No activity. No movement. Hence it is deep sleep which provides rest. The body associated with deep sleep is the causal body. It is in this body that all information is stored. It stores all our experiences, our thoughts, our emotions, our impressions, fears, desires.This causal body naturally influences both our waking and our dream state. The mental body is usually considered in terms of an aura that includes thought forms. In Theosophical and Alice Bailey's teachings, it corresponds to the Mental plane. Hence, I feel the thoughts are stored in the energy bodies.
As per my understanding at the time of death apart from physical body all other bodies go with Jivatma.
I have also read about astral shell and astral body's death. But we need to gain more knowledge about it before discussing. If anyone else can shed more light please feel free to comment.
Answer from Rupali C: Thoughts are stored in our energy bodies. But we have seen the effect of those thoughts on our physical body too. Hence the term psychosomatic diseases. The term ‘psychosomatic’ refers to the connection or the interaction between the body and mind. Therefore, psychosomatic illness refers to a physical dysfunction that is primarily caused by some form of emotional or mental stress. Any disruption to our mental, emotional or spiritual health creates stress in our energy centres or chakras so the more extreme or pro-longed the stress is, the more likely we are to experience a change in our physiology.
Lets consider the energy bodies now. See the pic below. We have the physical body, a dynamic subtle energy body called the astral body and a very fine subtle energy body called the causal body.
The physical body is the one we are familiar with. It is the one in which we experience the waking state.The astral body is the one that holds the chakras. This means that the astral body has the ability to connect with the Source. It has thought power, emotional power, vital power; can manifest sexual power and can ground itself in the physical body. In the waking state sometimes we are not able to tune into the experience of the astral body. But when we go into dream state we experience the predominance of the astral body. In a dream we see how we use the subtle sense of touch, taste, hearing and seeing. If I dream I am eating a mango the pleasure of the taste and touch of the mango is more subtle than that if I eat a mango in the waking state. So the dream of a mango has a different kind of reality to that of a mango in the waking state. We can also see how our thought power comes alive. What ever the thoughts we’ve had during our waking state, they take on life in the dream state.
The astral body goes to rest when we go into deep sleep. Thoughts are not active. Emotions are not active. In that space there appears to be nothing. No activity. No movement. Hence it is deep sleep which provides rest. The body associated with deep sleep is the causal body. It is in this body that all information is stored. It stores all our experiences, our thoughts, our emotions, our impressions, fears, desires.This causal body naturally influences both our waking and our dream state. The mental body is usually considered in terms of an aura that includes thought forms. In Theosophical and Alice Bailey's teachings, it corresponds to the Mental plane. Hence, I feel the thoughts are stored in the energy bodies.
As per my understanding at the time of death apart from physical body all other bodies go with Jivatma.
I have also read about astral shell and astral body's death. But we need to gain more knowledge about it before discussing. If anyone else can shed more light please feel free to comment.