The Four Bodies of the Human

To be more spiritual, it helps to be more human
I am in the process of becoming. I am finding the shedding of layers of selves, stepping into who I am and what I am meant for, is soothed by being more human, more grounded to Earth.

I share this as I want to let you know if you find yourself in a similar space, if you too are experiencing symptoms of ascension and massive growth, it will be more helpful if you pull more of your own energy back inwards and focus on your own healing.

To be in perfect harmony, the mind, the body, and the spirit must be in balance. To reach greater heights in the Ether, to soar without limits in the Cosmos, knowing how to fully ground yourself and plant yourself firmly in your human vessel, living more human, will bring you more peace of mind, nourish your soul, and provide better health.

I will speak more of this later, but for now I want to share something I have been studying from Anthroposophy (the foundation of Waldorf education) and can finally articulate. I believe this knowledge will assist you in your desire to gain new heights in your spirituality, strengthen your gifts, and perhaps even see the beauty of being human from a different angle.

The Four Bodies
We are multi-dimensional beings and within each of our beings, four bodies dwell within each other. Each of these bodies is connected to a specific dimension in which each acts as an antennae to receive information from each specific dimension. They affect each other therefore affecting how we interpret and perceive the dimension in which we receive information.

​​These four bodies work together to create our reality as we know it. 

•Physical Body
•Etheric Body
•Astral Body
•Ego or "I"

The physical body is the vessel, made of organic material mimicking the make-up of the Earth and the Cosmos is subject to laws bound to the Earthly realm such as gravity, death, thermodynamics, mechanics.

​​There is a life force, an invisible steam if you will, that powers the systems of this body. An energy that makes the body breathe, pump blood, and perform all its bodily functions.

The etheric body is this life force inside the physical body. It is what creates our natural rhythms of sleep and wake. It is the rise and fall of our breath. This body is tied to the Cosmos and is strongly affected by the Cosmos thus affecting the physical body by manifesting poor or perfect health.

The astral body is what we call the consciousness. It is our awareness to the higher intelligence, our intuition, it is the body that connects us to all. In the animal kingdom, this body is the instinctual force for the survival of each species. When thrown out of balance, instincts become confused creating discord within groups of the species. 

The "I", the ego, is our individuality; it is our personality. It is first seen in the gaze of a newborn baby, the perfect look when the baby studies its surroundings. This body is unique to humans only. This body dwells in the soul and physical body. It is the force in which drives and directs the human while on Earth. Unlike the physical body, it cannot die but can be transformed.

Mind, Body, Spirit
When the mind, body, and spirit are in harmony, the aspects and forces behind each support us in ways which are symbiotic to the universal laws and allow us to touch, feel, and see the many facets of the dimensions. 

Our health affects our thinking, our thinking affects our soul, how we feel affects our inspiration, how inspired we are affects how we live.

Being human is our gift.
It is when we find our presence that we find our daily purpose. It is when we live our beautiful human life we make room for Spirit to enter and hear the gentle whispers of our soul. It is in hearing our own voice we hear our soul.

There is incredible power within ourselves and we rarely tap into the divine within as we seek the divine outside of ourselves.

The knowledge of the four bodies has brought tremendous insight for me into how glorious our humanity is. It is a testament that we are not only limitless beings, we are truly co-creators with God. This power is accessible at all times. The more we can understand it, the more we wield it, the more healing we bring to Earth.

​​This power within is so immense that by healing ourselves, we send out an energetic force that heals the collective. Every karmic entanglement we heal, heals those who came after us, those who come before us, and those roaming Earth with us. We heal others by healing ourselves. Never underestimate how powerful your healing is.

If you are interested in learning more, there are many free and affordable books on Anthroposophy as well as numerous lectures by Rudolf Steiner on YouTube.

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