What is not your Body?
The question in mind is to know what is not your body? The simple answer is what is outside your body is not your body? We have the koshas as extension of your aura. The pranayama and manomaya. Beyond this! is dangerous and must be explored with a guru or a revealed text. As a simple guide what is outside your body is not of your body. There are states of exploring the body, we must strictly follow the 8 limbs of yoga so that we do not go astray into the development of the psychic experience. The annomaya kosha physical is the foundational state of mind, as a result of the main iyama, niyama methods of discipline and devotion as bhakti sadhana we then are prepared to explore the physical using Hatha Yoga. Do not worry being perfect it is not required but the intensity of the experience is relative to your iyama niyama practice.
The Body is not just Flesh but DNA
The body as per annomaya kosha is not easily perceived, practice is needed to feel and experience the states of mind of annomaya, at first a person will feel the body as muscle, bones, skin etch but in meditation these organs of function has meaning. For example the bones represent death for it is the last to decay after life. The bones are felt but the meaning embedded as information is to be explored. Muscles too are organs of functions it brings sensations of pleasure and strength then by meditation the full use of the muscles are revealed. Without Iyama Niyama these things will not be revealed.
The evolution of the body can be stated based on my study as:
Initiation Process for a Devotee or Neophyte
- Murkha – The fool a man who see the body as flesh and blood and do not experience the dimensions of the body.
- Bhakta – A person who opens up his body in servitude towards the divine mysteries. A volunteer or a servant of the Lord.
- Mayavin – A person who studies the relationship of the world and his body, food, water, minerals, atmosphere, air , clothes etch (Usually a transition point of Good and Evil.)
- Indra Jiva – A person who serves Lord Indra to learn the life of a jiva on earth in harmony with Prithvi (earth)and Dyaus(Heaven). (Hardest Path)
- Gayantri Jiva – A person who has decided to learn the path to liberation and immortality. A student bhakta jiva of the Deva and Devi. (Adhara Path)
- Atma Jiva – A person who has awakened the soul and remembers his existence and the cosmic reason of incarnation and the remembering of the cosmic life.
- Jnana Jiva – A person who serves the purpose of the Gayantri and continues the work as a cosmic cause and life. The cosmic man.
- Veda Jiva – A person who keeps the vedas and continues its purpose and mystery as his mastery and tool for the good of the universe.
The Body Know is Indra’s Gates
Mastering Mayavin is the gates to Indra and this has lots of benefits and will open up your body and knowing the ways of Indra then takes you to transcending of suffering fit for Yoga practice. A person will be honored if he reaches this stage and can be anything of purpose He wants to be but it is also the temptation of Maya that a person will be led towards mundane material pleasures then the result is leaving the path of Yoga. Knowing the body annomaya kosha sometimes leads to non spiritual pursuits.
The Downward Path
The purpose of me posting these things is to warn people of the downward path, if the upward path leads to cosmic life and immortality then what is the inversion of the path of yoga? The downward path is the path of involution without Veda , without Teacher guru a person goes inside of himself learning things already learned from the past and halting its evolutionary purpose. The evolutionary result is not of God and the Majesty of Light Solar Kingdoms of the universe but of the dark path of illumination. It is a choice and the fruit is of Partial immortality for War of the heavens is existing somewhere out there where Godlessness lives but yet full of gods.
Stating the body and how it evolves in the ways of 8 limbs of Yoga I ask the reader. did you follow the Guru? or your Master or did you go to places you already have been and decided to be a God ? What is then the boundary of your body? The enigma of the path and existence is very Luciferian if the path to God and Veda, BIble ,Qu’ran and Torah is the light of God in Harmony with the universe then there is a limit to existence for the end is co-existing with God absolute. The other path is of infinity and probability sitting in chaos and evolution roaming around the empty parts of the universe without order and Harmonious light. A jiva must decide on this but you as a reader? Where are you now?
To sit in chaos with a written Grimoire?
or
To sit in prayer with a Scripture in hand?
It is up to you… The boundary of your body is the koshas beyond that is all up to you.
I omitted discussing Vijnanamaya and Anandamaya koshas due to dangers and risks for I am not guru under any Swami, Ashram or any Religious organization licensed to discuss such topics. Just remember the the limit of the koshas is five sheaths and most tackle 3 Physical , Energy and Mental. Going beyond the Psychic and Bliss sheaths is no longer your body.