The bliss sheath: anandamaya kosha

                   

What is the bliss sheath? Anandamaya kosha

ananda = bliss 
maya     =  that which comes forth from the source    kosha    = sheath

The state of bliss emanating from within this sheath; the bliss body and sheath are the source of bliss in a lifetime

We have three bodies. The causal body is our most spiritual one. Causal because it is the cause of our reincarnation, due to karma and the soul's journey. 

Both the physical body and the causal body are each contained within their own sheath. Whereas our subtle body contains three sheaths: prana/life-force; mental; and astral.

So, although the physical and causal sheaths and bodies "stand alone", yet, of course, are part of the whole, the magical three sheaths of the subtle body are the areas where deep spirituality is traversed, for most people. But, the bliss sheath has it's own spiritual discoveries, too. They are the true secrets of The Masters, The Shamans, The Tohunga.

What is bliss?

Interestingly, spiritual bliss is quite different from we consider to be bliss within our lives. And within our spiritual practices. That is, until we actually reach that stage of bliss.

Bliss emanates down from the Divine energy and consciousness. But, to reach this, bliss is something which grows, within, in increments. It is an intense state of Divine Love for everything, a Divine state of knowing. A Divine state of all that we could be. And this state of being, it too must grow gradually. In it's ascent, to reach the Divine state of bliss.

Why is this so? To put it simply, our comprehension, our nervous systems, our understandings, our ability to "witness" and be present during times of great energy and consciousness, need to grow. Looking back, there is no way that I could have handled true bliss, ananda, when I first started yoga. Nor during six main chakra wakenings, four koshas revealing themselves. I simply did not have the spiritual maturity for it. We just don't, when we start.

I had to develop it, and you will have to also. But how? There is absolutely no way to intellectualise this state of being. None. Nor can we do it through our emotions, for the Divine state of Love is not an emotion, as such, even though it is something which we feel. But we do not feel it as we do other feelings. Our whole being is immersed in it, when it is happening. The vibration of it permeates every single aspect of our being. The emotions and the thoughts, they are not happening in this state. Joy, happiness, the best that you can imagine, bliss is truly beyond all this.

But know this: if the bliss sheath is that hidden part of us, then it is also accessible to all. It is part of one's birthright.