The Fate of Mankind
Chapter 23
The bodies of the I
As has been shown in the previous chapters, the I's experience of life is determined by a general organ for each basic energy that is rooted in the superconsciousness. As each basic energy forms a certain specific plane of existence, the six general organs of the I will thus be identical with one body for each plane of existence. The experience of life on each plane of existence can thus take place directly only through the existing body for that particular plane of existence. As these bodies in turn are created realities consisting of substance, matter or energy that can be subject to the influence of stronger energies, and receive injuries, and become obsolete and worn out, the experience of life will form itself perfectly or imperfectly according to whether these bodies are perfect or imperfect. And as these bodies, just like all other created things, ultimately become unfit for use and must therefore be replaced by new ones, the I's experience of life in every single plane of existence is thus interrupted from the moment the old body for the relevant plane is separated from the I until the moment when the birth of the new body for the same plane takes place. So when the old body is separated from the I, the latter cannot sense directly on the relevant plane of existence and will therefore be more or less unconscious on this plane as long as the construction of the new body is still not completed. As this process of renewal is in principle identical for all six bodies of manifestation, the I or the living being thus experiences six different repeated interruptions in its total experience of life. Now, according to eternal laws these interruptions do not occur simultaneously but in such a way that only one body at a time is totally subject to renewal. The individual will therefore also, for as long as such a process of renewal is taking place, experience life through the other five bodies of manifestation in the eternal body. The individual's experience of life as a whole can thus never be totally interrupted. The interruptions can span only one single plane of existence at a time.