The deathless vehicle of the enlightened Sage has different names in various traditions. In Sanskrit it is called the Kriya-shakti-manu-kosha. Taoism calls it the ‘Golden Flower’. Tibetan Buddhism calls it Jalus – the ‘Rainbow-Body of Clear Light’, or sometimes, the Vajra-Body. The ancient Egyptians called it the ‘Solar Body[1]’. And it has also been called the ‘Resurrection Body’, and the ‘Body of Pure Crystal’.
Western Alchemy often calls it the Corpus Incorruptibilis, which is Latin for the ‘Incorruptible Body’. This term is from the Apostle Paul’s letter to the community in Corinth[2]. In this letter, Paul explains, that, since Jesus attained this immortal body – so can you! Remember, Paul was a trained Qabalist, and he clearly tells how this is to be done: …” this corruptible [body] must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality … then shall be brought to pass the saying … ‘Death is swallowed up [digested, consumed] in Victory [Netzach, Eternity].” Paul gives this advice, since Jesus showed how to complete human evolution, we should use the same method – ‘be steadfast … always abounding in the Work of the Lord.’ Steadfast in the ‘Work of Adonai’, in the Great Work; which is: to find THAT which is Eternal within you, and then you can see it in everyone else, and enjoy it everywhere!
But what is this Immortal Body that is the natural consequence of complete Self-realization? I say ‘natural consequence’ because since it is consciousness that creates any body that we wear, enlightened and liberated conscious must produce a deathless body.
[1] This is why they described Gold as ‘the flesh of the gods’.
[2] 1st Epistle to the Corinthians, ch. 15 – v. 51
To be Continued…
