We are much more than can be merely seen or touched physically.

The anatomy of the human being goes much beyond his physical body, and to obtain a better understanding of the subjects presented here, we will explain a little about the bodies or vehicles which form the totality of the human being.

The physical body is our body of flesh and bone, which is the vehicle by which we express ourselves in he third dimension or physical world. This body is subject to time and, thus, a day will come when its biological functions and metabolism will cease.

This is the physical death of that vehicle.

The vital body is simply the four-dimensional sphere of the physical body.

It is also known as aura, etheric body or lingam sarira. This body may be photographed by Kirliam camera.

This is the body which gives vitality and heat to our physical body. When the vital body begins to deteriorate, as it is also subject to time, the physical body will necessarily go the same way. When the physical body dies, the vital body disintegrates too.

Four ethers make up the vital body:

                                Reflective ether

                                Luminous ether

                                Chemical ether

                                Ether of life

The first of these ethers is intimately related to the various functions of the will and the imagination.

The second is secretly associated with all sensory and extrasensory perceptions.

The third serves as the foundation for all biochemical organic processes.

The fourth serves as a medium for the forces that work with the reproductive processes of the species.

The Astral Body is the vehicle by which we express ourselves in the astral or dream world.

This vehicle is not subject to time, it is governed by laws that are different from three-dimensional and four-dimensional laws.

It is a vehicle of the fifth dimension, it does not die neither does it disintegrate when physical death occurs.

This body is linked to the physical body by the silver cord, which is also known as the thread of life and in the east, as Antakarana. It is an energy thread which breaks only at the time of physical death.

With the astral body we can act consciously outside the physical body and visit the various locations of the astral world. This is what we know as astral unfolding, astral projection, etc.

The Mental Body is the vehicle by which we express ourselves in the mental world, which is also located in the fifth dimension, and as is the case of the astral body, does not die or disintegrate when physical death occurs.

We mentioned above the vehicles or bodies that we possess and that we use to act in different dimensions of nature. All vehicles need a “driver”, something or somebody to conduct it.

Below, we will see what animates these vehicles, what we really are internally.

Essence, conscience or soul is actually the noblest thing we have. It is a divine part that expresses itself in different dimensions through its vehicles, as mentioned above.

This is what we really are, but unfortunately, it is excessively dorment and imprisoned inside our various psychological defects (or selfs) and it rarely is able to express itself.

The Essence is Immortal

In a newborn child the essence expresses itself free from psychological defects, which makes them beautiful, adorable and innocent.

Unfortunately, as time goes by, this Essence is imprisoned again in the “self”, and that spontaneous beauty disappears.

Through mystical death we progressively release and strengthen the essence, and by this means, our conscience is awakened, acquiring self-knowledge and bringing us closer to divinity.

Ego is the sum of all our psychological defects, also called “self” or “ego details”. In spite of its inhuman nature, it is also what we are.

As the imprisoned essence rarely expresses itself, the ego is what acts within us.

As a reference we can say that our internal constitution is as follows:

                                3% of Free Essence (still asleep)

                                97% of imprisoned Essence in the different selves

The selves are like various persons living inside us, each one with its own will, opinions, desires, thoughts, etc. Each of these “persons” fights for its supremacy, to be the commander of the human machine.

In Oriental Tibet the doctrine of the many selves is taught by the authentic illuminated ones, where they are called psychic aggregates.

The pluralized ego is the aggregate of very many selves or psychological defects, which are created and nourished by ourselves.

The ego does not die when physical death occurs, but continues living in the fifth dimension. When the essence returns in a new physical body, once more the ego reincorporates together and continues to keep the essence dorment and imprisoned.

The ego is eliminated through mystical death, which we can go through here and now, voluntarily and consciously, or it will be disintegrated in the infradimensions of nature, in a slow and painful process.

This is called  “second death”.

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