The Etheric Body and Triangles

The following remarks were broadcast by Julie Rudzinski on the Triangles Webinar on July 10, 2017:

Esoteric teachings on the constitution of man identify several “bodies” of manifestation that make up the vehicle of the human personality.  In addition to the physical body there are etheric, emotional, and mental forms through which the personality encounters experience.  The etheric body, known also as the pranic or energy body, is composed of a rarefied substance or ether.  It underlies the outer physical body and serves as the blueprint or the inner pattern to which the outer form corresponds.  These bodies serve the personality as instruments of experience for the reception, assimilation, and distribution of numerous energies.  The importance of the etheric body is an accepted concept in eastern medicine and healing and is slowly penetrating western science, bringing an awareness that the etheric body conceals the true nature and cause of the human objective state.

Another concept common to esoteric philosophy is the idea that the planet is itself a living entity.  As such it too is composed of “bodies” through which it gains experience and by which it is transformed into a being of highly evolved energies and purpose.  And in a similar  manner to the human constitution, a vital or etheric body substands the outer physical form of the planet and serves as the means for receiving, Integrating, and dispersing energies.  To carry this further, the nature of Space itself is etheric.  In fact, we are told that “the entire universe is etheric and vital in nature. . . . the field of untold energies. . . . related to the worlds of suns, to the most distant stars and to the numerous recognised universes, as well as to our own solar system” (Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, p. 178).

The etheric body of the planet is a web of fiery, golden light composed of “lines of force” that meet and cross one another.  Like a kaleidoscope, this network of light is in constant motion and mutation.  Where these streams of energy meet, energy centers are formed.  (The seven major centers in the head and spine of the human being are examples of the crossing of many large streams of energy.)  Immersed within this planetary etheric body are all physical bodies in all kingdoms of nature—mineral, plant, animal, and human.  And by means of this energy body impressions are received, the subtle world is contacted, and the soul directs its energy in communication with the human personality.

That the energy  bodies of all life forms are part of the planetary etheric body is a profound reality; for it is not simply a figure of speech but rather a literal statement that all forms of life on the planet are intimately “related, inter-related, and interdependent” to all other forms.  Each human being is in essence and through his or her body of energy an intrinsic part of All.  On the inner planes brotherhood exists, waiting to be manifested on the outer plane.

An understanding of the integrative nature of the etheric body facilitates the work of certain types of healing, which make use of this quality of synthesis to treat disease and infirmity.  These methods of healing employ the vital energies of the planet, of the healer, and of the one needing to be healed.  The healer uses his vital body as an instrument for higher energies contacted through the planetary energy body to flow into the etheric body of the patient.  Examples of this are techniques such as pranic healing and the laying on of hands.  Such methods are based on the power of thought, applied through the etheric-physical body (for the etheric body is essentially “physical”) of the healer to produce healing in the energy body of the patient.  The basic principles of non-separatism and inter-relatedness catalyze the desired healing, which occurs first in the etheric vehicle and follows accordingly in the dense physical.

The planetary etheric body is the medium through which the Triangles work is accomplished.  This highly esoteric project creates a network of light that serves as a means of contact between Hierarchy and humanity.  The establishment of this network creates thoughtforms of goodwill and right relationship, of active intelligent love and will.  It evokes a consequent response, anchoring these higher energies within the vital substance of the planet and of all life upon and within it.  This evoked energy facilitates the work of all true servers in their efforts to manifest some part of the Plan, and it serves also as a form of healing for the planet.  And as with all creative endeavors it is well to remember that the effectiveness of the Triangles work is dependent upon the potency of the will and the intensity of the love radiated by the Triangles workers as they strive to invoke a response from the highest spiritual levels.

The etheric body serves as the archetype for the intentional manifestation of the highest ideals, and the Triangles work exemplifies that process.  Through the group effort of Triangles workers the very structure of the etheric web is enhanced, and the link between humanity and the higher planes is strengthened.  The fundamental premise revealed by the understanding of the etheric body is that “there is no possible separateness in our manifested planetary life”  (Telepathy and the Etheric Vehicle, p. 149).