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Etheric body has same structure as physical body

The etheric body (from "ether," the state between energy and matter) is composed of tiny energy lines like a sparkling web of light beams similar to the lines of a TV screen picture. It has the same structure as the physical body including all the anatomical parts and all the organs.

The etheric body consists of a definite structure of lines of force, or energy matrix, upon which the physical matter of the body tissues is shaped and anchored. The physical tissues exist as such only because of the vital field behind them; that is, the field is prior to, not as a result of, the physical body.

Constant pulsation

The web-like structure of the etheric body is in constant motion. To clairvoyant vision, sparks of bluish-white light move along its energy lines throughout the entire dense physical body. The etheric body extends from one quarter to two inches beyond the physical body and pulsates about 15-20 cycles per minute.

Appearance of etheric body

The color of the etheric body varies from light blue to gray. The light blue color has been connected to a finer form than the gray. That is, a more sensitive person with a sensitive body will tend to have a bluish first layer, whereas a more athletic, robust type of person will tend to have a more grayish etheric body. All the chakras of this layer are the same color as the body. That is, they will also range between blue to gray in color. The chakras look like vortices made of a net of light, just like the rest of the etheric body. One can perceive all the organs of the physical body, but they are formed of this scintillating bluish light. This etheric structure sets up the matrix for the cells to grow; i.e. the cells of the body grow along the lines of energy of the etheric matrix, and that matrix is there before the cells grow. If one were to isolate the etheric body and look only at it, it would look like a man or woman made of bluish lines of light in constant scintillation, rather like Spiderman.

By observing the shoulder of someone in dim light against a plain white or plain black or dark blue background, you may be able to see the pulsations of this etheric body. The pulsation rises, say at the shoulder, and then makes its way down the arm, like a wave. If you look more closely, there appears to be a blank space between the shoulder and the blue hazy light; then there is a layer of brighter blue haze that slowly fades as it extends from the body. But be aware that as soon as you see it, it will be gone, because it moves so fast. It will have pulsated down the arm by the time you take a second look to check yourself out. Try again. You will catch the next pulsation.

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Etheric body mirrors robustness (or not) of physical body

Pain in body mirrored in dysfunction in etheric body

Within this level you feel all physical sensations, painful and pleasurable. There are direct correlates between the energy flow, field pulsation, and configuration in the first level of your field and what you sense in your physical body. Wherever there is pain in your body, there is a direct correlate of dysfunction within the first level of the auric field.

Numbness = no energy flow

Robert Becker, M.D., performed experiments that showed that a local anaesthetic given, say, to make your finger numb so that you have stitches, stops the stream of subatomic particles flowing along the sensor nerves of the finger. When the energy flow resumes, you are then able to feel again. The same phenomena have been observed in the auric field. Numbness corresponds to no flow of energy along the lines of the first level of the field. When a healer works to start a flow of energy there, the feeling sensation returns.

Etheric body mirrors care of physical body

The first level of the field tends to be fine, thin, and of a light aqua-blue color for quiet, sensitive people. It is thick, coarse, and a darker blue-gray for strong, robust people. The more you connect to your body, take care of it, and exercise, the stronger and more developed the first level of the field will be. Athletes and dancers tend to have a very highly developed first layer. It has more lines of energy, they are thicker, more elastic, more charged, and bright blue.

If your first level is strong, you will have a very strong, healthy physical body and enjoy all the pleasurable physical sensations that go with it. This includes the pleasure of feeling your body, the feelings of vitality, of physical activity, physical contact, sex, and sleeping. It includes the pleasures of tasting, smelling, listening, and seeing. This means you will most likely continue to use all the functions of your first level, thereby keeping it charged and healthy. Using it will tend to recharge it.

On the other hand, if you don't take care of your body, your first level will also become weak, the lines broken, tangled or undercharged. They become thinner and sparser in the parts of your body that are the least cared for.

If your first level is weak, you will experience your physical body as weak and will not like to connect with all the pleasures of sensation associated with it. You will then tend to keep it weak from lack of use. Most likely you will be connected to some of the lines of energy but not to all of them. In fact, some won't be experienced as pleasure at all. Rather, you will experience them as something you have to put up with. For example, you may hate physical activity of any kind. You may love to eat, but not to be touched. You might like to listen to music, but not to have to eat to keep your body going.

The entire text of this article is taken from Barbara Brennan's book, Hands of Light, pages 49-50. Headings and sub-headings have been added.