What are the Ten Bodies?
The truth is that the human body is made up of ten bodies: the physical body, three mental bodies, and six energy bodies. The eleventh embodiment – when all ten bodies are under your direction – produces a pure state of consciousness when you have the ability to see all events as God’s Play and recognize the God in all. God is the G.O.D within you, the Generator, Organiser and Destroyer that exists within us.
You can visualize your various bodies as layers of clothing, the physical body being the overcoat you wear for a lifetime. We know we have a physical body; we can see it, touch it, and feel it. We also have other bodies that are equally real, if not more so.
The Ten Bodies
1st Soul Body 2nd Negative Mind 3rd Positive Mind 4th Neutral Mind 5th Physical Body 6th Arcline 7th Aura 8th Pranic Body 9th Subtle Body 10th Radiant Body
First Body: Soul Body
The part in you connected to the Infinite. Your inner infinity
Humility, creativity
Key phrase: “Heart over Head”
Mastery: come from a place of great humility, relax into the flow of God energy and use it to create beauty
If weak: you come from the head instead of heart; feel stuck, not able to access your purpose and creative flow
Key to Balancing: Raise the Kundalini. open the heart
Second Body: Negative (Protective) Mind
Identifies possible dangers or shortcomings in a situation; necessary for protection
Containment, obedience
Key phrase: “Longing to Belong”
Mastery: gives form to the creativity of your Soul Body via containment, form, and discernment; a longing to connect very deeply with your own God Self
If weak: inappropriate, self-destructive relationships; over-influenced by others
Key to Balancing: value your discipline; develop conscious relationships of integrity; strengthen the Positive Mind if the Negative Mind is overdeveloped
Third Body: Positive (Expansive) Mind
Inspires you by showing the best possible results in any situation
Equality, positivity
Key phrase: “Devil or Divine”
Mastery: strong will, use power easily and humbly; naturally playful and optimistic
Good sense of humor; can communicate directly
If weak: overwhelmed by input of the Negative Mind, which can be depressing and paralyzing; angry and intolerant, or hesitant to use your own power because of being afraid of the responsibility
Key to Balancing: strengthen the Navel Point (Third Chakra); use positive affirmations; strengthen the Negative Mind if the Positive Mind is overdeveloped
Fourth Body: Neutral (Meditative) Mind
Takes the information from both Negative and Positive Minds and decides on the best course of action using unbiased, intuitive knowledge
Service, compassion, integration
Key phrase: “Cup of Prayer”
Mastery: a very intuitive vantage point; allows access to the soul
If weak: difficult to make decisions; the habit of feeling victimized; a hard time seeing beyond the polarities of life
Key to Balancing: meditate
Fifth Body: Physical Body
The vehicle through which you participate fully on Earth
Sacrifice, balance, teacher
Key phrase: “Teacher, Balance”
Mastery: represent the teacher who is able to take abstractions and explain them to anyone; ability to balance all parts of your life without extremes like laziness or fanaticism
If weak: angry, jealous, greedy, competitive, and ungrateful; inner and outer realities out of balance; trouble expressing yourself verbally; afraid to be in the position of teacher
Key to Balancing: exercise regularly; teach
Sixth Body: Arcline
The arcline extends from ear to ear, across the hairline and brow; it’s your halo, the nucleus of the aura
Associated with the pituitary gland, regulates the nervous system and glandular balance
Women have a second arcline reaching across the chest from nipple to nipple
Justice, protection, projection
Key Phrase “Person at Prayer”
Balance between physical and cosmic realms
Mastery: ability to focus, to be concentrated, to meditate; use the intuition of the Sixth Body to protect yourself from life’s stresses and avoid shutting down your heart
If weak: overprotective; easily influenced; glandular imbalances leading to inconsistency in moods and behavior; unfocused and unable to manifest prayers
Key to Balancing: awaken the pituitary gland (Sixth Chakra)
Seventh Body: Auric Body
The aura is the electromagnetic field that surrounds your body; it acts as a container for your life force, bringing confidence and security
Mercy, security, love
Key phrase: “Platform of Elevation”
Mastery: attracts positivity and repels negativity, like a shield; illness cannot penetrate to your physical body; sense of security allows an uplifting presence and treating others with mercy
If weak: paranoid, lack self-trust; negativity can penetrate into the psyche and physical body
Key to Balancing: meditate; wear white clothing made of natural fibers; work on the Eighth Chakra.
Eighth Body: Pranic Body
Through the breath, the Pranic Body continuously brings the life force and energy into your system
Purity, energy, fearlessness, self-initiation
Key phrase: “Finite to Infinite”
Mastery: fearless, fully alive, at one with all creation; nothing can bother you; self-motivated with enough energy to achieve goals
If weak: constant low-level anxiety and chronic fatigue; look to food or stimulants for energy; fearful, defensive
Key to Balancing: all pranayam.
Ninth Body: Subtle Body
The Subtle Body helps you see beyond the immediate realties of life to the sublime universal play that lies beyond
Calmness, subtlety, mastery
Key phrase: “Mastery or Mystery”
Mastery: have great finesse and a powerful calmness; learn quickly and master situations easily; able to walk into a room and intuitively know what’s going on
If weak: naïve and easily fooled, unintentionally crude or rough in speech or behavior; restless
Key to Balancing: do any meditation or kriya for 1,000 days
Tenth Body: Radiant Body
The Radiant Body gives spiritual royalty and radiance
Royal courage, radiance, nobility
Key phrase: “All or Nothing"
Mastery: courageous in the face of any obstacle; magnetic presence and command the respect of all who know you
If weak: afraid of conflict, shy away from people’s attention; feel ineffective and unable to come through in situations
Key to Balancing: commitment; do not cut the hair
Eleventh Embodiment: Parallel Unisonness
Eleven represents the sound current, the source of Infinity from which all mantras originate. In this state you can direct the play of all Ten Bodies; eleven contains all. You can direct all parts of your being from an impersonal, expansive space that allows Infinity to flow through you at all times.
Divine vision, truth for all
Key phrase: "Infinity"
Mastery: my identity is Sat Nam; I allow Infinity to flow through me
Key to Balancing: meditative recitation of the words of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib
[From The Aquarian Teacher: KRI Teacher Training Level One Manual]