Prana Kosha
Energy / Prana Kosha
Are we simply heaps of atoms? No. These atoms move!
The physical body has energy. This energy that animates us is a different layer than the physical body.
A dead body is a heap of atoms. No one has proven without a doubt what leaves the body when we die; however, I have found the yogi’s philosophy is very rational and logical. They say-and I say- ‘don’t believe me because I say so, find out for yourself.’ Everything must pass the test of rationality. So the body is made up of layers or substances, each more subtle than the next.
The first layer is the physical layer, the next is the energy layer. Energy is more subtle than matter yes, maybe harder to feel, but still no one would deny the body has energy. Energy to go to work, and energy to digest food or keep the heart beating or climb a mountain or to argue with your old lady. The ancient Indians have gone and classified that energy as another layer of being, another Kosha. Like we have access to and control over the physical body, we have the ability to have direct access to and control the energy that moves us.
But wait, there’s more!
Mind / Manas Kosha
