Spiritualism

In the beginning there is only Ether. This ether causes Air. Air gives birth to Fire. Fire brings out Water, which ultimately gives birth to earth.

Of these Fire, Water & Earth are visible to bare eyes & also felt . Air can be felt but not seen.

Spiritualism

This gross body is in turn made up of the following:

                                        Ether

                                          ↓                        

                                        Air

                                        ↓

                                        Fire

                                        ↓

                                        Water

                                        ↓             

                    Earth

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Spiritualism

The overall parcel of the individual soul, the causal body of intelligence & the astral body of mind/senses, is ultimately covered in a capsule called the gross body.

The senses in the Astral body finally discharge their five essentials through the gross body as follows:

Sense                                                     Organ

Taste                                                      Tongue

Smell                                                      Nose

Sight                                                       Eyes

Hearing                                                  Ears

Touch                                                     Skin

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Spiritualism

This Astral body consists of two halves- the upper & the lower. The upper half consists of the mind. The lower half consists of the senses. The lower half senses are made up of five elements viz. Taste, Touch, Smell, Hearing & Sight.

These senses use the gross body to give a final outlet to their ingredients.

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Spiritualism

This package consisting of the individual soul & the causal body is further covered by what is known as Astral body. Astral bodied beings live in the Astral world. Any individual who resorts to Astral projection goes within himself/herself & then discovers a new & different universe which he/she can shape according to his/her tastes/whims/fancy.

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Spiritualism

This causal body resides in the causal world where its inhabitants take their energy by drinking the manna of bliss.

Inhabitants of the causal world are highly evolved spiritually & are just a step away from enlightenment, liberation & self realization.

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Spiritualism

Till this stage everything is spiritual. The supreme soul & the individual soul are eternal and belong to the spiritual kingdom which is not only infinite in size but which keeps growing.

However the individual soul is enveloped by a thin material veil called the causal body. This causal body is extremely subtle & consists of intelligence. The spirit soul which seems to be present inside this causal body along with the individual soul is actually omnipresent. It pervades the whole universe & hence cannot be cocooned in a shell.

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