The Human Energy Complex (HEC)

by Rev. Jason Storm

You have more than one body!

While the concept of the HEC is more predominantly a part of Taokan Advanced Reiki™ the concept is important to the practice of Second Degree Usui Reiki as well. You see, as a human being, you have more levels of being than just your physical body. In fact your physical body is only the most dense of your bodies. This is the easiest place for illness and dis-ease to manifest (but it can manifest in other bodies as well). In many spiritual systems of belief there are other "worlds" or bodies that are known too. But in the Usui Reiki system we are really only concerned with four or so. But if you are curious, here is the list of the Thirteen bodies of Taokan™

The 13 bodies of the HEC

1. Physical *
2. Sexual
3. Etheric
4. Astral *
5. Mental *
6. Emotional *
7. Cyclical
8. Magnetic
9. Polar (or Karmic)
10. Deic
11. Core Physical
12. Core Mental
13. Core Emotional

* Used in Usui Reiki

The Physical Body

The physical body is the most dense. It is the body that we are most aware of. All of your organs, tissues, glands, blood, and your physical presence are encompassed in the physical body. When giving a "direct treatment" it means placing your hands directly on the physical body and allowing Reiki to flow. This is the slowest of your bodies to develop and incarnate, and the most difficult to treat. When we do everything with our physical body only, we are doing everything the hard way. The physical body encounters the most "resistance".

The Sexual Body

Though very closely related to the physical body, the sexual body is a separate entity. It is the direct result of our collective evolution of consciousness. As human beings we have allowed our sexual lives and desires to become compartmentalized and hidden away from the other parts of our existence. Especially in Asia, we are still very closed about sex. The sexual body is the place where your desires, lusts, affectionate needs, fetishes, self-image, and animal attractions exist. Any addictions typically reside in the sexual body, as an addiction is a "lust" for something that must be satiated. When the sexual body is in balance there are healthy emotions and attitudes about sex and comfortable sexual expression, and no addictions can exist. Rape or sexual abuse is ALWAYS stored in the sexual body and must be treated there first (it is also in the physical, mental, emotional, and astral bodies).

The Etheric Body

The etheric body is essentially the displacement of fields between your physical body and the Astral body. When one first learns to see auras, this is usually the body that they see first. The etheric body is a buffer between the very light, astral body and the very dense physical body. It is usually greyish white in color and can be seen from half to two inches around the physical body.

The Astral Body

The astral body is the next complete body you have. It is the body which we can send intact through space and time to communicate with other people and other beings not in a body. If you are not really a "metaphysical person" then it is probably easiest to think of this body as the magical body. It is the other you that exists in the dream world. When you have dreams during normal sleep, you are acting, thinking and functioning in your astral body primarily.

The Mental Body

The mental body is the body of your mind and thoughts. It is not a complete body. It is from this level of existence that we manifest our thoughts, plans, hopes, wishes, etc., via the Astral body (i.e. the thought originates in the mental body, then is transferred down to the astral body, then (sometimes) through the physical. Sometimes the astral body manifests our thoughts or fears before our physical body does. In treating mental issues or habit correction it is the mental body that is treated via the #2 symbol.

The Emotional Body

The emotional body is the next incomplete body, and is the plane of our emotions, be they positive or negative, they live and originate from the emotional body. The emotional body seems to be directly connected to the physical body and our emotions can very quickly manifest is dis-ease or healing. This is a very important body to work with when using distant Reiki, as healing sent into the emotional body can very, VERY quickly manifest in healing of the physical body. This is the body accessed by the use of the #3 symbol.

The Cyclical Body

The cyclical body is the body responsible for maintaining our rhythms and cycles. Our internal clock resides in this body, as do our seasonal responses, our life cycle, and for women, the biological clock and the clock regulating menstruation. If you are a "night person" and need to change so that you can function more during the day, the sleep cycle clock resides in this body. If any of our biorhythms are out of order, this is the body to treat.

The Magnetic Body

The magnetic and polar bodies are intimately connected with our emotional and mental bodies, as these are the bodies that draw our life's lessons and experiences to us. The magnetic body is filled with all of the things we need to draw into our lives in order learn and progress. When there is Karma to be dealt with, it is projected through the magnetic body, magnetizing us to attract the thing we need to settle that Karmic issue. This body can also be programmed or "charged" to attract the things we want and need into our lives. This is an important body for manifestation of non-health related issues.

The Polar Body

The Polar body is the repository of our past life and Karmic issues and is the storage place for new Karmic issues and future lessons to be learned in future incarnations. Repeating patterns that are suspected of being "past-life related" can be addressed and treated in this body. Send healing to your Polar and Magnetic bodies regularly to help guide you along the way and to resolve Karmic issues before they manifest in unexpected or uncomfortable ways.

The Deic Body

The deic body is the part of you that is "god." Yes, I mean it is the piece of your soul that is the piece of the "divine consciousness'' body. This is the body through which Reiki is transmitted downward into your physical body. For most practical intents and purposes, this body is beyond the reach, or need, of Reiki treatment. When one learns to more fully integrate the connections to the deic body into the physical incarnation, then truly miraculous and wonderful things are made manifest. The gift of Reiki is one REALLY BIG connection to your deic body. Give thanks every day to your deic body and it will respond with vitality, health, joy, contentment, and deep satisfaction in your life.

The Core Bodies

The core bodies are the templates around which your physical body is printed when you are born. In Taokan Advanced Reiki™ we understand that our lives begin when we are separated by the birth process from our mothers. It is at this time of separation that our consciousness fully enters our new bodies, already coded with the information it needs to build our adult bodies, and it contains the mental and emotional bodies and their higher connections to the polar, magnetic, and deic bodies to allow our incarnation to proceed as it must. We frequently work with the core bodies in Taokan Advanced Reiki™ to help correct long-term issues and program the bodies and even the DNA to re-structure.