The Rainbow Body Phenomenon is something that has spark much interest with many New Agers, spiritual teachers, mystics and those who are spiritually inclined (especially in the past decade). Although it is an extremely fascinating phenomenon, it is certainly not new and has been around for thousands of years.
What exactly is a Rainbow Body is somewhat hard to explain but I will attempt to share my understanding of it in an easy to understand way for the purpose of the blog but it is actually much more complex than that.
It is an individualized God Presence within us and all of Creation. Some call it the I AM Presence or Divine Spark of Light. It is anchored within our hearts. When we die, our life force, consciousness and energy draws up towards our Rainbow Body as it proceeds to move towards the Universe and bring us to the next level of reality.
Most of us are bounded by the laws of Karma and our souls are usually reintroduced into our planet in our next incarnation by default. That cycle repeats over and over again until we achieve mastery on how to transcend this karmic wheel.
Many people have achieved great mastery on transcending the karmic cycle and become liberated and free to exist in a higher level of consciousness and reality. Examples of this include Paramhansa Yogananda, Sri Yukteswar, Sathya Sai Baba, etc. These Masters have achieved what we call ascension.
Most of these Divine Gurus and Saint usually die in a relatively normal way. However, Yogananda’s death was somewhat extraordinary according to the coroner. When he died the coroner noticed that Yogananda’s body was well-preserved and seem to resist the normal decay process for at least 30 days. Things like this happens with highly evolved Divine Beings or Avatars.
When it comes to the Rainbow Body phenomenon, very specific things happen. For instance, these spiritual masters usually know when they will be departing from this world and will go into seclusion as they prepare for this incredible phenomenon. They will meditate and work on clearing all issues in their lives, tying up loose ends and filling their entire being with love. Eventually many of them will go into a state that appears that they are dead. Many will begin to shrink in size in the next several weeks. One Lama shrank from 5’9″ to a mere 8 inch once the process was complete. This was the case with Dzogchen Lama Karma Rinpoche when he passed away on the 11th of November, 2013. His picture is featured above. He attained what they call Small Rainbow Body or Jalu Phowa Chung. Two weeks after he passed away, his body shrank 80% It must be pointed out that it is not normal for bones to shrink in this fashion. Sometimes all that is left is just the nails and a pile of dust. Other times, the person is able to able ascend instantly into a flash of light and the body is gone as the soul merges with the Rainbow Body. A catholic priest was once invited to witness a Lama going through Rainbow Body. Father Francis Tiso was the first westerner to witness rainbows coming out of the place where the Lama was attaining Rainbow Body. He also heard angelic voices and smelled a pleasant fragrance from the place where the Rainbow Body was occuring. If that wasn’t amazing enough, many leave behind some type of proof that they have reached this ascended state of consciousness. The famous, legendary and founding father of the Nyingma Buddhist Sect, Padmasambava, left a footprint through solid rock in a cave as well as many others who achieved this ascended state. Padmasambava also manifested carvings on the wall of a cave with his mind. He was responsible for bringing Buddhism from India to Tibet and merging it with the Tibetan religion-Bon. The result of that led to the Tibetan Buddhist religion they have today.
Many people have achieved Rainbow Body in the world-160,000 to be exact; 100,000 in China and 60,000 in Tibet according to David Wilcox. People are still achieving this Rainbow Rainbow even til this day. My friend, Ganga Nath ( who is an internationally recognized spiritual teacher) recently posted about his Tibetan Lama’ s teacher’s teacher and how he had recenty attained Rainbow Body.
Many other enlightened beings have achieved this phenomenon as well including Jesus, some Catholic Saints, some Zen Masters, the Sikh’s first Guru, Guru Nanak, etc. All of the Ascended Masters have attained that state or something similar to that where they have transcended the laws of karma and reached an ascended state of consciousness and immortality. Although people from around the world have achieved the Rainbow Body state, the Tibetans have perfected the mastery of attaining it. It takes years of spiritual mastery to achieve that state. The type of meditation these Tibetans do is called Dzogchen.
The Rainbow Body is a powerful example of what can be achieve through love, proper meditation, devotion and spiritual practice.
Although achieving the Rainbow Body is one form of ascension, there are other ways of attaining it as well. Different religions and mystics have taught different paths to reach that same path of enlightenment, self-realization and liberation.
It may be daunting to the average Joe to even conceive of attaining ascension but I truly believe that we can all achieve it during our life time in our own context through the tools I have shared in my books ( Dare to Imagine and Beyond Imagination). These books were Divinely inspired and were meant to guide one towards the path of God realization, enlightenment and liberation. The third book of my trilogy series ( not yet released) will go into depth of my Divinely inspired meditation system-U.U.M.M. meditation system). This system was designed to help a person establish that oneness with God, the Universe, humanity and all of Creation. My books, blogs, teachings and meditation practices are a path and ways of a Yogi, although not in a strict Hindu sense. According to one of Yogananda’s great disciples, Swami Kriyananda, all path that lead towards union and oneness with God is a path of a Yogi. ” Spiritual seekers in any religion , if they pray and meditate sincerely, may rightly be termed yogis.”( The Essence of the Bhaghavad Gita explained by Paramhansa Yogananda). “When Krishna told Arjuna to be a yogi, he didn’t mean necessary to be a Hindu yogi. All those in every religion who sincerely seek God walk the same path.”
The goal of my path is for oneness with God, Mother Earth, Humanity and all of Creation. Being one with God is the ultimate method of transformation and liberation. May you be inspired to begin your journey towards achieving your own spiritual mastery and journey towards liberation.
Tashi Delek!
Meditation is a powerful tool to help with the process of enlightenment, transformation and healing. It is also the ultimate tool and bridge to God and the Universe.
Ego is not a welcomed guest in the house of the spiritual masters. It prevents us from finding our true self and keeps us trapped in the world of illusion. Some may ask if it is possible not to have an ego because if we didn’t have one, we would be able to manifest more miraculous things in our lives. Unfortunately, when we were given our life, our ego was part of the package deal.