THE ASTRAL BODY
What is the Astral Body?
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What Happens to the Aura When You Are Dead?
 When a person is ill, the colors of the aura go dark and pull in close to the body. When death comes, the aura withdraws into the body, ready to leave in what mystics call the astral body. This astral form of the human body is made of prana and looks like it is made of light.
There are three main sheaths that encase the soul:
The physical body
 The physical body houses the spirit. It is a wonderful piece of organic machinery but is not the real you. The body is like a set of clothes. We put them it on when we are born and cast it aside when we die.
The physical body is animated by the prana life force of the astral body. It is connected at seven main points, called by the Sanskrit as chakras--which translates literally as “'wheel” although most people envision them as lotus flowers of light. The seven major chakras, or energy centers, correspond to the endocrine glands of the body and run upward along the spinal chord.
ASTRAL BODY CHAKRA POINTS
Centered along the spine, the chakra points correspond with the base of the spine, just below the navel, just below the rib cage, the center of the chest, the top of the throat, the center of the forehead, and the very top of the head. As a person spiritually awakens, his life force becomes centered on the upper chakras. For example, a person mainly interested in sex and power will have their prana energy centered on the chakra at the base of the spine. A person focused on spirituality and enlightenment will have their prana energy centered on the crown chakra at the top of the head.
The astral body
 When I see the aura, I am looking at the outer part of the astral body. The Hindus call the astral body the Linga-Sharira, a Sanskrit word meaning “design body.” The Ancient Egyptians called it the Ka, the Greeks called it the pneuma, and the Jewish Kabbalistic doctrines call the astral bodies the five souls. Other terms include the etheric double, perisprit, doppelganger, phantom, spook, and so on.
The astral body is an energy equivalent of the physical body. It has astral duplicates of all the internal organs, the nerves, the arteries, as well as the physical frame and even our familiar face. According to the Theosophists, this astral body also has a record of all the human memories experienced by the person. All living things, including plants, have an astral framework that is with us from birth and determines the growth and form of the physical being.
ASTRAL BODY ETHERIC FIELD
The part of the astral body that reacts with the physical body is sometimes called the etheric field. This can be see by psychic people as a blue/red light that runs like a line around the body frame. It is most easily seen at the tips of the fingers, if you look at them in a very low light. A technique I teach my students is to look between the gap that’s formed if you hold your two index fingers close together. In subdued light you may see fine lines of light dancing between the two fingers. This is the etheric field of the astral body.
The astral body is also considered the seat of the emotions, so it is also sometimes called the emotional or desire body. Some people also call the higher function of the astral body the mental body. Other esoteric teachings refer to a number of distinct planes of the afterlife, each with its own corresponding "vehicle" of consciousness. Just as there are seven chakras, so too are there seven etheric sheaths that vibrate at different levels of spirituality.
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