As Easter is approaching, it is a good time to write about the meaning of the resurrection and transfiguration. To better understand what the Body of Glory is, we have to begin with our own physical body and the subtle bodies it is connected to. The etheric body is the one that sustains life and the ability to feel. It acts as an intermediary between the physical body and the more subtle bodies such as the astral, mental, causal, buddhic and atmic bodies. As long as we are alive, we have these bodies. The physical body and the etheric body are linked by the silver cord at four different points or seeds: the 1st at the brain, the 2nd at the heart, the 3rd at the solar plexus, and the 4th at the liver. When we are born, we bring these four seeds as tiny atoms on which are inscribed and recorded all our physical and psychic characteristics attributed by the Twenty-four Lords of the Karmas and the Angels in their service. These seeds follow the same law of nature as the lines of force that apply to all seeds in the vegetable kingdom and in all kingdoms for that matter. The seed of the etheric body is located in the ventricle near the heart and it is the seed that holds the Body of Glory or the Body of the Resurrection. As you see in the illustration below, the etheric body is in correspondence with the Buddhic body and that is how we develop the Body of Glory. The Buddhic body is the body of selfless love, bliss and absolute purity. This is the state that Jesus and Gautama Buddha reached: the state of illumination called Christ or Buddha state. If life can be prolonged it is through working on the etheric body to make it more vibrant and healthier. As we chose to nourish the physical body with the best quality food, we must also nourish our Buddhic body with divine food, the most pure and shining elements: luminous and pure thoughts and desires. This is how we form our Body of Glory, the body of immortality. Moreover, it is in the etheric and Buddhic bodies that Jesus rose from the tomb, not in his physical body. That is why he told Mary Magdalene “Touch me not for I am not yet ascended to my Father…” And the transfiguration is a manifestation of the Body of Glory. It is with his Body of Glory that Jesus said he would never leave us and would stay with us for ever.
Such a good time of the year to work on this inner seed by creating the best conditions for spiritual life for that seed has the potential to make us gods!