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astrid
Yes that was my question, i'm not familiar with the term, "body intelligence" its thrown me a bit.
This is the same as the "the subtle body" yes??
Which is what the TIbetans call it.
Nope. All is interconnected of course but the system , the concept is different , they are many different systems found in the tantric teachings and they correlate together more complicated way than you would expect.
The subtle body = more precisely energy body you refer to comes from Vedantic and also yogic school of Indian tradition, later it was translated, transeferred to other cultures and systems, including Chinese and Tibetan.
There are 6 to 7 bodies with different density levels according to Vedas.
Sthula Sharira is so called the
Gross Body , the one that feeds on gross food, it's like the peel of an orange , it's the coarsest part of what we seem to be .
It's also called
Annamaya Kosha , from Annam = food , Kosha= Sheet.
Sukshma Sharira , the
Subtle Body contains
Pranamaya Kosha , the
Energetic Body with channels, drops, and chakras , the one that feeds on energy in many forms, the one you work with in pranayama and tai-chi and chi-kung, acupuncture and so and so forth.
It's called Pranamaya Kosha = Energy Sheet.
Then you have
Manomaya Kosha =
Mental Sheet, mental body that is of course related to the previous ones but has its own energy and vibrational level,
and can act independently to some measure. It's often called 'astral body' or 'dream body' , in other cultures and branches of esoterics.
It's where your lower mental activity is going on all the time.
It has two levels in itself, described as
Manasa Sharira = Mind Body
and
Ahamkara = the
Ego sense.
Ahamkara forms a separate category because it's your identity sense in itself .
The name that describes it is funny , Aham-kara means it's saying 'me me me' all the time.
Beyond that ,
there's
Vijnanamaya Kosha , the Intellect ( discrimination ) Body or
Knowledge Body .It is where your abstract thinking, systematic ideas come from and where they are processed , it's this Knowledge Body that enables you higher maths type of thinking and communication with Universe .
Karana Sharira = the
Body of Causality contains Vijnanamaya Kosha
and
Anandamaya Kosha = the Body of Bliss .Causal Body is more subtle than the Subtle , and it is beyond Self ..the lower self sense that is. It is often inaccessible unless you take deep breath and do lots of meditation,
it contains the very intentions and seed causes of your birth and intentions, as well as connection to all Life in big way.
Typing this I found a page where they talk exactly about the correlation between Vedantic ( Yoga ) concept and Buddhist concept of 3 Buddha Bodies .
Their inter-relationships are as follows:
1) The manifestation body which is understood as the gross physical body, the sthula sharira, annamaya kosha, or nirmanakaya vehicle of the Buddhas. (all being somewhat interchangeable names in an overall integrated system of linked multiple dimensions)
2) The energy body, the subtle body, the light body of form, sukshma sharira; the combination of the pranamaya kosha, manomaya kosha, vijnanamaya kosha, is equivalent to the Buddhist sambhogakaya vehicle of the Buddhas as the more subtle (less coarse) dimension of being.
3) The Universal Soul Body, Divine Body, God's Body, the anandamaya kosha, the causal body (karana sharira), vajra body, rainbow light body, the seed body, diamond heart, and the Dharmakaya vehicle of the Buddhas. Herein we will place the Divine Body, the Hiranyagarbha kosha, the Golden seed body, the tathagatagarbha the womb of all Buddhas. Likewise the karana sharira is called the seed of all seeds -- the cause of all, but that which has no cause of itself.
http://www.rainbowbody.com/newarticles/energybody.htm
Now, you may forget this all if you want to understand what are they talking about with body intelligence.
It's very close to the Buddhist Tantric System as a matter of fact but not to do straight away with energies.
Buddhist system sais you have seeds of 3 enlightened bodies, and they are called Body, Speech and Mind.
Let it not mistake you , Speech Body and Mind Body are also understood as Bodies.
If they evolve to their full potential they are the
Manifestation Body = Nirmanakya ,
Enjoyment Body = Sambhogakaya and
Truth Body = Dharmakaya of Buddha.Each has a power and potential to act as a separate entity on their respective levels of activity and manifestation.
And so forth........
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