The Anatomy of the Body - Physical and Energetic
When I was six years old my dad returned to school to become a doctor. By the time he began his private practice when I was 16, we five kids had seen more pictures of the human body than any other kids we knew except for the other doctor's children.
I remember being about 10 and sitting with a book turning transparencies over one by one building layers of the body. On top of the illustration of the skeleton were several pages of the viscera placing the organs in their proper location. Next were diagrams of the nerves, the circulatory system, the lymphatic system, the muscles going into place and finally layers of skin and hair. We were, of course, fascinated by the different organs of the male and female anatomy.
The oldest three of us also saw real brains and organs when Dad "babysat" for us at the anatomy lab where he was dissecting his cadaver. I still remember him dipping his hand into a vat of fluid and pulling out this "thing" telling is companion, "He had a funny shaped brain, didn't he."
We'd also viewed slides under the microscope that had stains of bacteria, blood cells and more. Because we were so fascinated by the slides, he gave us our own little set to play with. He was very clear we weren't to touch the others.
I'm sure you've seen many pictures of the human body and all its organs. You've also seen photos of cells and diagrams of the smallest parts of the cell. Then there are the representations of the atoms with the electrons and neutrons circling the nucleus.
You've seen enough to be able to imagine what's underneath your skin down to the cellular level.
I was almost 40 when I learned there were not only physical parts of the body we could see through medical means, there are also energy parts of the body some could see through what is called higher sense perception.
The energy body also has its gross anatomy down to its correlation to the cellular level. We have the capabilities to measure the effects of the energy body and to freeze the aura in time through a photograph, but we only have drawings of what the energy body looks like.
Just as you have a skin, you also have what is called the aura. There are layers of the aura each coming from a part of the energy body knows as chakras. Generally, seven layers of the aura are discussed in relationship to seven different chakras.
The seven basic chakras begin at the base of the spine and move up the body. The seven layers of the healthy aura begin at the skin and extend out to your finger tips if you were to extend your arms as far as can.
Just as each organ in your body has a structure, each aura has a type of structure. Layers 1, 3, 5 and 7 have a more organized structure than layers 2, 4 and 6. When you learn to feel the layers, and yes, you can learn, the odd numbered layers feel firmer, more organized, than the even numbered layers. The best way I can describe the even numbered layers is they feel more like going through a fog.
The chakras themselves have layers. Within each chakra is the energy of each of the other chakra. The first level of the chakra, which relates to the first chakra, is the one closest to the spine. The seventh level, correlating to the seventh chakra, is the outer level.
Within the body the energy anatomy continues with the 12 major meridians and numerous acupuncture points along those energy channels. When a meridian is blocked, there are physical repercussions.
One of the more common blockages is experienced by women who have C-sections or hysterectomies. They will complain of extreme indigestion since the surgery. The surgeons, not aware of or interested in the meridians, say the indigestion is not a result of the surgery. In fact it is the direct result of cutting the meridian. Repair the meridian and the indigestion goes away.
The smallest structures in the energy field are known as encodements. Think of these as being the computer operating system of your life. The encodements determine your likes and dislikes, gifts and challenges and more. Just as with other parts of your energy anatomy, you are also able to work with encodements and change or repair them.
If you need to fix something within your physical body, you go to someone with the skill and training to do so. There are also those trained in working with the energy body. Acupuncturists are the most widely known. Others are trained in working with various parts of the energy body, just as physical health care practitioners work with various aspects of the physical body.
