The human body is composed of several different layers made of gross and subtle forms of matter. Each layer is usually referred to as a body and we are composed of five bodies. 1. Gross physical body 2. Etheric physical body(invisible physical matter or dark matter) 3. Astral body (emotional body) 4. Mental body (mind body) 5. Causal body (soul body) In other words we are multi-dimensional beings and each body helps us to function on a different plane or dimension of human endeavour. Our Astral, mental and causal bodies together can separate from the physical bodies during sleep and can function independently during dream states while still connected to the physical body via a thread. Therefore during dreams we are actually functioning on the astral plane where people go after death. When we dream of our dead relatives and friends we may be actually meeting and talking to them. Astral plane is normally referred to as the Spirit World by most people. The separation of the astral body from the physical body can also happen spontaneously, when fully awake in some people during states of sudden emotional shock, physical illness or in extreme tiredness and is referred to as an out of body experience. Some people can produce this state at will after relaxing themselves and then it is referred to as astral projection. Astral projection is not generally recommended and is considered harmful by some authorities. Some of the near death experiences, experiences under general anaesthesia, and instances when people describe themselves floating in the air and can see their body sleeping or lying in bed are instances of spontaneous astral projection or out of body experiences. Out of body experiences are sometimes experienced by fighter pilots and it can be considered as a disqualification for the job, by some authorities. New research on people who were resuscitated after clinical death, the so called “flatliners,” the people whose hearts and brains were clinically dead for a period of time before they were brought back to life shows that they were able to remember what happened during the time they were dead. Up to 10% of patients brought back from the dead have reported conscious memories formed some time after all life has apparently left their bodies. Some patients who had been declared “brain dead” have later recounted conversations between medical staff trying to resuscitate them. Others have accurately described events or hidden objects they had apparently observed during out of body experiences in the minutes following clinical death when their heart, breathing and brain activity had completely stopped. According to Sam Parnia, Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK. “These people should not be capable of thought if thoughts come from brain, because they have no brain function. In fact there have never been any proof that brain generates thoughts.” He revealed his findings from a study of 63 patients resuscitated after heart attacks, seven of whom described the dying process in terms of tunnels, bright lights and visions of dead relatives. In other studies people brought to hospital in a lifeless state have described looking down on their bodies while doctors and nurses worked on them. Several have identified the clinicians that saved them in hospital weeks later. (Sunday Times, UK, 08-09-02) If consciousness was part of the physical brain and thinking, registering memories and recalling them later, seeing and hearing were done by the physical brain or any part of the physical body, then people who were brain dead for a period of time should not be able to think and also remember what they thought, saw or heard during the period they were brain dead. These research show that our consciousness is able to function outside the physical body and that our consciousness survives the physical death.....
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:44:13 +0000
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