Subtle Physical Bodies

The 'Subtle Physical Bodies' is a more accurate term for what we traditionally call 'energy fields' --  and the difference in terminology is more than just a matter of semantics.

These subtle physical bodies are called:

• Etheric
• Emotional
• Astral
• Mental
• Causal
  

Subtle Physical Bodies are also known as Higher Physical Bodies (SPB/HPB) -- both terms are used interchangeably throughout this website.

These Higher Physical Bodies are in reality, subtler forms of actual physical matter -- not energy.

The Seven Distinct Gradients or Densities of Physical Matter

We all know that matter is composed of solids, liquids and gases.  But it doesn’t stop there!

Science has recently discovered a 4^th level of matter called plasma.  Finally!  Science is catching up with ancient wisdom.  It shouldn't be long before science finds the other three levels as well . . . .

7  Levels of Physical Matter:

1. Solids
2. Liquids
3. Gas
4. Etheric Body (Plasma)
5. Emotional Body (Plasma #2)
6. Mental Body (Plasma #3)
7. Causal Body (Plasma #4)

In reality, these other 'four ethers' represent higher dimensional forms of physical matter and are called subtle physical bodies.  Therefore, what energetic healers call “subtle energy blockages,” are actually subtle physical blockages - a concreted state of physical matter - not energy.   It is imbalances in these delicate subtle physical bodies that can lead to illness in the physical body.

This fundamental misunderstanding is held by many in the “energetic healing” field. They have been taught that they are working with subtle energy, when in fact their focus should be on subtle matter.

Yes, energy is used to alter or reorganize this matter, but as long as the focus is on effecting energy, the mark is being missed.  Since subtle physical matter is the actual realm being worked on, the focus, visualization, and intention of the practitioner needs to be on subtle physical matter rather than on energy.

This is an unfortunate misunderstanding that is limiting the incredible (some would say miraculous) potential of most energetic healers and is one of the main reasons why energetic healing is not always as effective as we would like for it to be.

This fact is why vibrational medicine is so much more effective than other energy therapies

NOTE :  Until these distinctions between energy healing and vibrational healing have penetrated the masses, I am using both terms interchangeably through this website.  In my dealings with clients, potential clients and at speaking engagements, I use the term vibrational healing and give the above explanation as to why.

The Higher Spiritual Bodies / Subtle Physical Bodies

Surrounding and interpenetrating our physical body is a kind of invisible duplicate of the physical body that actually occupies the same space as the physical body (but hat a higher vibratory rate - or energy frequency - than the physical). 

These SPB/HPB express themselves through the physical body which is subtly influenced and molded by these various SPB/HPB.  Basically, what happens in the SPB/HPB, doesn't stay in the SPB/HPB.  These imbalances manifest in the physical body as disease.

Below is a description of each of these SPB/HPB and how imbalances within them effect the health of the physical body:

Etheric Body (aka Morphogenetic Field) - this subtle physical body acts as a template to the physical body.  It's what guides the cells to their correct places in fetal development, assists in the process of bodily repair, and helps direct the normal biochemical and electrical cellular information systems that heal and rebuild the body.  It's the blueprint for the physical body.

Dysfunction, or imbalance, in the etheric body tends to show up, eventually, in the physical body.  Since life-energy imbalances (etheric body disturbances) seem to precede the appearance of physical disease, the ideal preventative medicine would be able to detect (and correct) these etheric energy disturbances before people actually become sick.

Etheric disturbances are like a hidden factor that predisposes people toward developing certain illnesses.  In an etheric body imbalance, the normal pattern of information flowing to a particular organ in the body has become distorted. The distorted energy information is eventually translated by the body into distorted cellular structure and function and , ultimately, abnormal tissues.

Clearing the etheric body of any dysfunctions, imbalances, disturbances, etc. would be an ideal first step in clearing the physical body of any disorders.

Emotional Body -  As it's title indicates, the emotional body is strongly effected by emotions, primarily lower emotions such as sexual desire, anger and sadness.  Energy disturbances in the emotional body could be a major factor in emotional ups and downs.  It may also be one of the reasons certain psychiatric illnesses and emotional disturbances are sometimes resistant to drug therapies which deal only with chemical aspects of the emotion.

The emotional body creates patters of magnetic attractions in our thoughts and in the emotional-energy patters of our energy fields, so we tend to magnetically attract more of the same emotional energy to ourselves.  Strong thoughts and emotions may actually crate a kind of energy structure known as a 'thought form'.    These thought forms act as magnets that attract more of the same emotional energy quality to itself.

Mental Body -  is also composed of subtle magnetic energy and it vibrates faster than the emotional body (which vibrates faster than the etheric body).   This subtle physical body is concerned with the energy of thought, creativity, invention and inspiration.

Disturbances in the mental body can create dysfunction energy patters that manifest in the physical body as difficulties with thought processes at the level of the physical nervous system.  This invisible link between the mental body and the physical body suggests that certain mental problems could actually have their origin at higher energy levels.  Re-balancing both the physical and subtle physical bodies with healing frequencies can correct these issues.

Causal Body - is considered the closest thing to the soul.  The record of all that a soul has experienced upon the physical earth plane, in its current life as well as in all previous lives, is said to be contained in the causal body.

Because the causal body retains a record of our past lives, it carries the memories and energetic recordings of traumatic events experienced during the learning path of a particular soul.  Unresolved traumas and conflicts may be carried over from one lifetime to affect the body and life patterns of another lifetime because of the memory patters retained by the causal body.  Abnormal energy patterns, caused by certain unresolved emotional conflicts from a past lifetime, could ultimately influence the health and development of the physical body in a current life.

The causal body is the plane from which the higher self operates.  Each of us has a higher self that agreed to be with us through our individual incarnations.  The role of the higher self is to see the 'big picture' of our lives.  It's the part of us that always knows what's going on in our lives and why things are happening to us even though we may be consciously aware of these unseen patters of meaning.  The higher self sees the total pattern of our lives from the loft perspective of the causal-plane level and attempts to share information and insights to the conscious personality.

Higher self issues can result in a feeling of being scatter-brained, unable to focus, hyperactivity and the like.

Although physical factors do play an important role in health and illness, they are often initiated by other energetic and spiritual factors that modern medicine is only now beginning to appreciate.