Akasha,
To tackle your questions on the traditional koshas or sheaths, we could maybe align the koshas with the chakras etc. as follows: (Purusha -- Crown chakra -- absolute; subtlest spirit) Self = "Atman" = Brow chakra & unmanifest Avyakta (middle spirit) Bliss = Anandamaya kosha = Throat chakra & Mahat-atman (dense spirit) Wisdom = Vijnanamaya kosha = Heart chakra & buddhi (intuition; subtle soul) Mental = Manamaya kosha = Navel chakra & manas (lower mind; dense soul) (Ahamkara, or causal body, & solar angel -- solar plexus; middle soul) Energy = Pranamaya kosha = Sex chakra & indriyas (sense organs; subtle physical) Physical = Annamaya kosha = Base chakra & karmendriyas (organs of action; middle physical) (Prakriti -- Mother Divine; divine matter; Feet chakra; dense physical) As mentioned in earlier posts, from their "footprints" we can trace the gradual descent of Purusha (Pu.) and ascent of Prakriti (Pr.) through these various dimensions -- brow (Pu.) & base (Pr.) in C.C., throat (Pu.) & sex (Pr.) in G.C., heart (Pu.) & navel (Pr.) in U.C., whereupon they meet at the Ahamkara. Continuing on, they overlap, rendering the Ahamkara obsolete in B.C. as Prakriti rises into the heart and Purusha descends into the navel. K.C. arises as Pr. ascends into throat and Pu. descends into sex. S.C. follows when Pr. ascends to the brow and Pu. descends into base. There is a bit of synchronicity here: the three "extra" sheaths I placed in parentheses -- Purusha, Ahamkara, and Prakriti -- are not precisely sheaths; they partake of an essentially divine nature. (While the other 6 pair off to form the 12 -- adityas, disciples, zodiac signs, etc., these three remain single.) We can see Purusha, Prakriti and Ahamkara as a Trinity -- traditionally, Purusha as Father, Prakriti as Mother, and Ahamkara as Christ, the child-mediator or divine human between Father-Heaven (Purusha; absolute) and Mother- Earth (Prakriti; relative). As MMY seems to have hinted in his latest poster, these may appear as three suns -- one at the crown, one at the feet, and one at the bottom of the heart, or solar plexus. It can be interesting to visualize these three suns and then to gradually see them merge at one's center, the ahamkara, whereupon they flood the universe with light. LLL, R. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
