Energy-informational life and “not-life” of a man
Man is a complex energy-informational structure, in which we allocate Physical, Etheric, Astral and Mental bodies. This complex structure can be in two steady states - one of which we call “life”, and to the second we have not given definition yet. That what we call “death” is only a transition from the “life” state in other state – we shall call it “not-life” (in esoteric such state is called “state of a Spirit” or simply “Spirit”. People who perceive Spirits, can communicate with the died ones). In life state all the above-listed bodies of man are formed.
Mental body exists eternally in both conditions. It is what we call “Soul” - a receptacle of all our acquired experience. When the conception of a child occurs, the power whirl created by parents hooks the soul of their future descendant. Then this soul starts to recreate the power cocoon with all “bodies” designated above on the basis of information stored in the egregor of a human type (Adam Kadmon) and information stored in the soul.
The Etheric body - the drawing of future organism - is forming first. The next 20 years the physical body of the born child is constructing via this drawing. By the 30 years, the formation of the Astral body ends – the body of emotions and sensations. After 30 years, our perception of reality changes – we start to feel and perceive more – we have now the instrument to do this. By the 40 years, the formation of the Mental body ends. In some traditions (for example at the studying of Cabbala) only people who reached the 40 years age are permitted to studying. Hence, the crisis of the middle of a life follows - mental body was developed and man starts to perceive the world in which he lived until now in other way.
After death, a gradual disintegration of all power bodies occurs except for the Mental one (the Soul). These bodies are gradually disintegrated, so in many traditions the funeral days exist from here - 9 days (disintegration of the Etheric body), 40 days (disintegration of the Astral body). Physical body can be decomposed long enough.
After death, Mental body of man continues to exist in the energy-informational “space” (state), called Limbo. It is similar to the chess match – figures removed from a board are keeping somewhere and are waiting for the next game.
The energy-informational object called “Man” does not disappear anywhere after death. It continues to exist, but at the same time, some parameters of it are changing. People with the expanded perception (perceiving more than 3 dimensions) can continue to communicate with the man after his death too.
Next incarnation of the person (a capture of soul at conception) can come through various time intervals. During all the time that the soul stays in Limbo, the reorganization of its energy-informational structures occurs. Some religions are calling such state “purgatory”. Power structures acquired during the life are disintegrating gradually. After a long staying in Limbo, the soul keeps only the basic energy-informational structures, which are typical for it and are corresponding to the general idea of planetary development.
We can compare it with a grapevine. Every year in spring grapevine deflates a set of spears in all directions. These branchlets grow and develop during summer, but in autumn the majority of them withers and falls away, leaving only one or several most developed corresponding to some invisible to us matrix of development. As a result, in a few years one thick grapevine is forming.
In the same way the human personality also creates the set of algorithms of behavior and possible directions of development during a life, but after staying in Limbo the soul has one - the main direction for the given personality, which will show itself on the following birth. Therefore, small children frequently show some “inherent” properties, which follow them during all further life. It is the basic core of personality. And if the person can see and realize this main way of development and build the life corresponding to it - then his life will be more successful too.
There are situations when man reincarnates very quickly, still before his Astral or even Etheric body was desintegrated. In this case, the soul captured at conception will build physical body on the matrix of already existing etheric body. And if etheric body is heavily deformated with the previous life, the new physical body of child will be also built with defect. It explains the birth of people with various physical defects.