Gross, subtle, causal Energy Body Work

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Subtle Anatomy

 

See also: Energy Body Work and numerous other pages on this site.

 

This is a wide and ancient subject. The wisdom traditions of past and present have a wealth of information and experience relating to the various ‘bodies’ possessed by human beings, usually without their knowledge.

Integral theory has a short version of subtle anatomy which is fine as a working model. They speak of ‘gross, subtle and causal’ bodies, translated as—

             Gross: including the physical body and the ‘etheric’ or body of formative forces

             Subtle: including lower mind, emotions, fears, desires, etc.; also called the ‘astral’ body

             Causal: beyond the others, the abode of spirit or Ego, or that which continues throughout our existence.

 

Gross Energy Body

I’ll often use the term ‘energy body’ when speaking of the ‘gross’ body, by which I mean something of a mixture of Rupert Sheldrake’s ‘morphogenetic fields’, Rudolf Steiner’s ‘etheric body’, the ‘meridian body’ of acupuncture, etc. The underlying idea is that we are animated and penetrated and maintained as living beings by a living force field, or as Rudolf Steiner says, a ‘body of formative forces’. When it departs or is destroyed, we die. When it is in a state of chaos or disharmony, we’re ill.

 

Putting aside whether one or other model is right or wrong, it becomes clear that the energy model is at least very useful, and often provides answers where other models grind to a halt. In particular, it provides some answers to blocked states, which are always some form of energetic/psycho/spiritual misalignment.

 

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