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4.TheStructure of My Subtle(Astral) Body4.TheStructure of My Subtle(Astral) Body
Extracts Only
 All beings have two bodies covering them. One is thephysical body made of the five gross elements (earth, water,fire, air & ether) and the other is the Subtle, or Psychic orAstral body (called Sükñméya Çaréra in Sanskrit).Slide2
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4.The Structure of My Subtle (Astral) Body4.The Structure of My Subtle (Astral) Body
Also known as my ‘psychic’ body.Also known as my ‘psychic’ body.
Our psyche has many divisions.Our psyche has many divisions.
We experience arguments goingWe experience arguments goingon within our ‘selves’. Are theyon within our ‘selves’. Are theyghosts or just different faculties.ghosts or just different faculties.
Can they be controlled, andCan they be controlled, andtrained?trained?
Are they always controlled?Are they always controlled?
  We all experience that there are several divisions to our ownpsyche. We have all had the experience of arguments goingon within ourselves, for example when contemplatingwhether or not to commit a serious or even a crooked act.The Subtle body is made of the 3 subtle material elements,namely mind, intelligence and false ego. Just as a man may wear a shirt and over that, a coat,similarly, the soul is covered by an invisible subtle body, andthen by the gross physical body made of the 5 elements.Slide3
See the Chart –The 8Elements Of the MaterialUniverseSee the Chart –The 8Elements Of the MaterialUniverse
 
What does Gross/subtle mean?
Gross means easily perceivable by the five grossknowledge-acquiring senses (jïänendriya).The five gross elements (païca mahä bhüta) can be arrangedin order of subtle to gross :–
Ether
is the most subtle element within which theinformation of existence of the material world lies in theform of 
sound
which can be heard.
Air
contains not onlysound but it can also be
felt
by our skin.
Fire
containssound and touch, and it also has
form
which our eyes cansee.
Water
has sound, touch and form within it, with theaddition of 
taste
.
Earth
has all these plus smell. Thereforeearth is said to be more gross than air because it can beperceived by more of our senses.In this same sense, mind is even more subtle than ether,because none of our 5 senses can perceive it. It can beperceived only by another mind. Intelligence is an even finerenergy and requires more discussion and contemplation toidentify, locate and perceive.
 
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Soul (Self)Soul (Self)
SupersoulSupersoul(God)(God)Ego (Sense of “I”/identity)Ego (Sense of “I”/identity)
‘‘PremaPrema’ = Love for God’ = Love for God
 
Sense ObjectsSense ObjectsMemory (Mother of Memory (Mother of BuddhiBuddhi))BuddhiBuddhi(Intellect)(Intellect)
D&C
Manas
“I“I 
Manas(Mind)(Mind)
TFW
False Ego:False Ego:--am this bodyam this body(gross &(gross &Subtle). I mustSubtle). I mustenjoy all that Ienjoy all that Isurvey.”survey.”
 
The Spiritual SkyThe Spiritual Sky
 
Liberated SoulsLiberated Souls
BeyondBeyondPerceptionPerception
The WholeThe WholeUniverseUniverse
Senses 5 + 5Senses 5 + 5
Subtle MatterGross Matter
 3 Elements 5 Elements
 Matter Comprises8 Elements
A.M.B
 
Force of ‘Force of ‘KaamaKaama’ = Desire (Urge) for Material’ = Desire (Urge) for MaterialSensationsSensations/ Activity/ Activity
My BodyMy Body
Real EReal Ego: “I am ango: “I am aneternal servant of eternal servant of God. I must enjoy byGod. I must enjoy bypleasing His senses.”pleasing His senses.”
Matter (NonMatter (Non--conscious)conscious)SpiritSpirit(Consciousness)(Consciousness)
Summary: ‘Prema’ covered by ‘Ignorance’ (I am this body) transforms into ‘Kaama’
{
SpiritualIgnorance:al Knowledge:Spiritu
 
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Soul (Self)Soul (Self)
SupersoulSupersoul(God)(God)Ego (Sense of “I”/identity)Ego (Sense of “I”/identity)
‘‘PremaPrema’ = Love for God’ = Love for God
 
Sense ObjectsSense ObjectsMemory (Mother of Memory (Mother of BuddhiBuddhi))BuddhiBuddhi(Intellect)(Intellect)
D&C
ManasManas(Mind)(Mind)
TFW
False Ego:False Ego:--“I“Iam this bodyam this body(gross &(gross &Subtle). I mustSubtle). I mustenjoy all that Ienjoy all that Isurvey.”survey.”
The Spiritual SkyThe Spiritual Sky
 
Liberated SoulsLiberated Souls
BeyondBeyondPerceptionPerception
The WholeThe WholeUniverseUniverse
Senses 5 + 5Senses 5 + 5
Subtle MatterGross Matter
 3 Elements 5 Elements
 Matter Comprises8 Elements
A.M.B
 
Force of ‘Force of ‘KaamaKaama’ = Desire (Urge) for Material’ = Desire (Urge) for MaterialSensationsSensations/ Activity/ Activity
My BodyMy Body
Real Ego: “I am anReal Ego: “I am aneternal servant of eternal servant of God. I must enjoy byGod. I must enjoy bypleasing His senses.”pleasing His senses.”
Matter (NonMatter (Non--conscious)conscious)SpiritSpirit(Consciousness)(Consciousness)
Summary: ‘Prema’ covered by ‘Ignorance’ (I am this body) transforms into ‘Kaama’
{
SpiritualIgnorance:Spiritual Knowledge:
Sense Objects
The world that I perceive outside my body can be defined asSense Objects, which means that the whole universe isnothing more than something to hear, something to touch,something to see, something to taste and something to smell.
Kaama
These sense objects have the power to attract or stimulateour various 5 senses, and through repeated contemplation,desire, or the urge for material sense stimulation or activity,is born.
Senses
Contrary to modern science’s concept, we have not only 5but 10 senses.Slide5
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5 knowledge (information)5 knowledge (information)--acquiring sensesacquiring senses5 working (action) senses5 working (action) senses
We Shall Identify and DefineThe Mind
Energetic Chart of the Complete Whole, the Absolute Truth
by the ThreeFunctions which we use it toperform:
TFW
We Shall Identify and DefineThe Mindby the ThreeFunctions which we use it toperform:
TFWThinking = ProcessingThinking = ProcessingData/Info : All Data inpuData/Info : All Data inpucomes ONLY from the 5comes ONLY from the 5sensessensesFeeling = EmotionsFeeling = Emotions‘‘Willing’ = PsychoWilling’ = Psycho--motor comotor co--ordinationordination(Executing the(Executing theconclusion of myconclusion of mythinking and feeling)thinking and feeling)Data InputData InputMind = CPU, like a computer’sMind = CPU, like a computer’s(accept/reject = like/don’t like)(accept/reject = like/don’t like)Output: Voice,Output: Voice,Hands, Legs, Anus,Hands, Legs, Anus,GenitalsGenitals
 
Knowledge Acquiring Senses
The ears, skin, eyes, tongue and nose are called j’ïänendriyas (knowledge acquiring senses), which indicatesthat the mind cannot be aware of any knowledge orinformation of the surrounding world except through these5 ‘gateways’. (Therefore the 4 inherent defects of the sensesnecessitates that all information/knowledge we get from thesensual perception must also be imperfect.) These sensescan be likened to a computer’s sources of data input eg.Mouse, keyboard, scanner, microphone etc.
Where is your Mind?
 We all say that we have a mind, but without consciouslydefining it or understanding it, but when asked to showwhere our mind is, we are usually stumped. However aperfect answer is given in the Bhagavad Gita – the mind islocated at the centre of the 5 senses. This is easily confirmedbecause by stimulating any of the senses, I can attract yourattention.
What is Concentration?
The mind is actually at the centre of all 10 senses. TheBhagavatam states that when two or more of our 10 sensesare focused on one object, then the mind is focused inconcentration. We can verify this that by hearing ourteacher and consciously looking at the teacher, we can keepsharp focus of our attention. At the same time when ourworking senses start to do something, it distracts and slowsdown our mind.
Working Senses
The working senses can be likened to the output devices in acomputer. This makes the mind to be like the CPU (centralDATA processing unit). After processing the data input byour senses, we must do something with that knowledge orexperience. When we come to a conclusion, we then have
 
to act. We interact with the world outside of our body onlythrough our 5 karmendriyas or working senses. These areour voice, our hands, our legs, our anus and our genitals.These five instruments are the only way by which weinfluence or interact with the world around us. All ourother organs are within the body and maintain it, but wecannot use them to perform work outside of our bodies.
We Shall Identify and Define The Mind by the ThreeFunctions which we use it to perform:
“If we cannot define something then we cannot discuss it.”In normal parlance, we use the word ‘mind’ in manydifferent ways, but to define it scientifically we need someparameters that we can verify with each other. In the Vedicmodel of the subtle body, the mind is defined by the threefunctions which we use it for. This makes it tangible, orconceivable, so to speak.1.
T
 Thinking is one function that we all do. It can be defined asprocessing the data/knowledge that is input through the fivesenses. Let us define that energy or that part of our psychicbody which we use to process data, or to think, as our Mind2.
F
Feeling refers to our emotions. We all experience emotionsfrom fear to anxiety to anger. One part of our psychic bodyis the seat of these emotions. Now is that part the same onewhich we use for thinking? Our common experience is thatwhenever we are feeling very upset, we avoid making anyimportant decisions because our thinking process isclouded. We usually will put it off for some time and makean effort to calm ourselves down before we make theimportant decision. This indicates the validity of this model,that the part of our psychic body, let us call it the Mind,which we use for thinking is the same seat of ouremotions/feeling.3.
W
 Willing in this context does not refer to our will-power ordetermination (that is a function of the Intellect, which isdefined below). It is defined as executing the conclusion of or our thinking and feeling, and in medical language thisfunction is known as psycho-motor coordination.Sometimes when a patient is suffering from depression, hemay be instructed to do one hour’s gardening every day –this type of occupational therapy proves therapeutic for themind. Many of us have experienced that playing an
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