Our experience is first and foremost in our minds. We never live perfectly and only in the physical body; if we did we would be no more than automatons. We live in our minds, our interpretations of the world. We also live in other worlds…:
You also have an imaginal body. This is the body you use when daydreaming, when you imagine yourself doing something in the future, or when you do guided imagery.
When you think of yourself going on a great vacation you are using your imaginal body. When you imagine yourself in the greatest shape of your life and how you would look, you are using your imaginal body.
Second, you have a dream body. This is your body you experience when you are dreaming. This body often goes about business on its own, fulfilling its needs, relegating your conscious awareness to the backseat.
Sometimes you can even become consciously aware that you are in your dream body and dream environment while you are dreaming! This can be a lot of fun and is usually called lucid dreaming or conscious dreaming.
Both of our more mental bodies can be used to improve our performance in the physical world through rehearsal, by using the imagination or lucid dreams to practice skills or behaviours we want to experience in the ‘real’ world.
Yes, great information and inspiration you give about the difference between the different bodies. Often people do forget they have different bodies.
One of the greatest insight I got, lately, is that I am not the body – but I divine field of awareness. And all the bodies are in me
I know and feel this, and am working on it, to integrate this insight in my daily living.
All the best with your blog & inspiring blog posts!
Kindly,
Steven Vrancken
(Lightwork Artist)
Thanks, Steven!
Your mandala project looks very good. What a great idea! Best wishes for your success.
I am developing products that help people get in touch with their energy bodies and integrate them into their daily lives.