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Special Healing Topics
Energy Healing
Spiritual Healing
Human Energy Field
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Various
Models of the Aura
On this page, we summarize a
variety of models of the human energy field. Visit our Subtle Energy Bodies
page for a general discussion of the energy bodies or layers within the aura.
Vedic
Tradition of India -- The Five Koshas
Perhaps the earliest, and certainly the most
influential, understandings of the human energy field come from the Vedic
tradition of ancient India. Yoga and Ayurveda, which have become quite
popular in the West, have introduced many people to the model of the five koshas.
In the Vedic understanding, everything in
creation is considered to be an expression of one consciousness which manifests
in many different forms. All of creation is said to be structured in
layers. Human beings are said to exist on five levels or "koshas".
Kosha is translated as "sheath", "layer" or "envelope".
In energy
healing terms, we can think of consciousness as vibrating with different
frequencies and patterns, thus forming the koshas. Other models speak of
the layers of the field as being constituted of universal energy. In the
Vedic tradition, this universal energy is called "prana", which is consciousness in motion as vital
energy. (Read about the five koshas.)
The understanding of the
nadis, kundalini energy and
the chakras also come from the Vedic tradition.
Models
in Alice A. Bailey's Books
Alice A.
Bailey wrote a number of books, reportedly with the help of an advanced master, Djwhal Kul, from whom she received ideas telepathically. Regardless of the
source, her works are extremely influential with many energy healers, including
both Barbara Brennan and Brugh Joy whose work has in turned influenced many
students of healing.
The
description of the energy field
presented in Bailey's works includes descriptions of the nadis and the major and
minor chakras. These are presented with an evolutionary perspective, and
her discussions include descriptions of various planes of existence, states of
consciousness and stages in human evolution.
She describes
four major
"mechanisms" of human existence. She defines mechanisms as
different aspects of the body or "form nature" through which the "soul"
expresses itself. The four mechanisms are: the dense physical body, etheric energy
body, astral or emotional body, mental body. These constitute that which
is specific to the human experience.
Bailey also speaks of the soul and
various planes of existence and energies which impact human life. The four
mechanisms of Bailey refer to those aspects of life which are strictly human,
whereas the soul and the other energies Bailey refers to would likely be
considered to be spiritual. Usually descriptions of the energy anatomy
include both the strictly human and spiritual energies that affect our lives.
Esoteric Healing and Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle contain
descriptions of various types of energy which compose the human aura. By
careful study, combined with ones own observations in doing energy healing, it
is possible to gain tremendous insight through these books. (Read
a description of Bailey's four energy body model.)
Barbara Brennan's Seven Layer Model
Barbara Brennan
has popularized a 7 layer model of the energy field, described in her book
Hands of Light. Each layer is structured of differing frequencies and kinds of
energy and performs different functions. The three innermost layers, like
the three lower chakras, are associated with our life as human beings -- the
physical, emotional and mental aspects of our being. The three outer
layers, like the three upper chakras, are associated with the spiritual aspects
of our being. The fourth layer, associated with the fourth chakra (at the
heart), is the mediator between the inner and outer layers.
In
Brennan's model, the outer layers correspond with the spiritual aspect of our
existence, and are actually part of other "realms" of existence where various
beings such as angels exist. When working with these energies, healers are
often aware of other beings participating in the healings. (Read
about the seven layers.)
Relationship between
chakras and layers.
The seven chakras are often seen as related to seven energy bodies within
the aura. It is as if the role of the chakras in “sorting out” specific
energies in order to govern specific functions in the body generates a field of
its own.
Each major chakra is related to an “energy body” or “layer” of the
human energy field, and yet, each chakra exists in all seven layers of the
field. The appearance of the chakra would differ if viewed on each layer
of the field. This includes the color of the chakra. Please note
that this correspondence is limited as a model. Due to the interplay
between chakras and subtle bodies, what is actually occurring is much more
complex.
Duane Packer and
Sanaya Roman -- The Light Body
Duane Packer and Sanaya Roman have developed a number of tools and courses
for spiritual growth which they say have been channeled from their guides, Orin
and DaBen. Although their courses are primarily for spiritual growth, they
do teach how to enliven and use certain energies for healing. The courses
are not described as professional preparation for healing, but a number of
healers have incorporated this knowledge in their healing work. We want to
include reference to their work in order to give some idea of the many different
ways that the energy field is described and some of the concepts which are
emerging in modern times. It may be that these more current descriptions
represent an evolution occurring within the human energy field.
In their Awakening Your Lightbody course, Packer and Roman help students
enliven "vibrational energy body" centers and "light body" centers. While
they do have some materials for working with the chakras, their emphasis is on
these centers which they describe as being more subtle than the chakras.
You could envision these centers as being deeper, more powerful "layer" of
energy than the chakras, just as the sub-atomic level of reality is deeper and
more powerful than the atomic level. Work on a deeper level affects all
the more superficial levels.
The light body has seven vibrational energy body centers and three light
body centers, for a total of ten centers. These centers are said to be
awakening in human beings as higher energies are coming to our planet. The
course helps awaken these centers through sounds, imagery, guided meditations
and written exercises. Read more about the
light body centers and course on the Orin and DaBen website.
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