Hindus

The upper figure: The upper figure is known as the individualized presence of God as “I AM Presence” or Paramatman. This is the part of you which is immortal. It is surrounded by seven concentric spheres of light that make up your causal body (i.e., body of the first cause). These spheres of pulsating light are spiritual energy-fields that contain the treasures of one’s good karma of this and previous lives. Shown in the centre of the seven concentric spheres is the Holy Presence of God through the symbol of OM.

The middle figure: The middle figure is known as the Atman, the Higher Self, the Higher Mental Body, or the Vishnu /Krishna Consciousness serving as a mediator or a step-down transformer to regulate the flow of energy between the top figure and the lower figure. In this illustration, the middle figure is depicted in the person of Lord Vishnu — the second person of the Hindu Trinity — the preserver or regulator of light. This is also a part of you which is immortal.

The lower figure: The lower figure represents you (Jiva or Jiva-atman) on the spiritual path, surrounded by the protective white light and the purifying violet flame, the spiritual energy of transmutation represented by Lord Shiva, the third person of the Hindu Trinity that transforms the negative energy into positive energy. The shaft of white light descending from the heart of the upper figure to the lower figure is the crystal cord, which ties you to Spirit and nourishes your divine spark or the threefold flame in the heart. The Katha Upanishad speaks of the divine spark as the “Light of the Spirit” that is connected in the “secret high place of the heart.” The three colours of the threefold flame represents the presence of Lord Brahma (blue plume), Lord Vishnu (yellow plume) and Lord Shiva (pink plume) in the secret chamber of the heart. This part of you is your soul which remains in a mortal state until it reunites permanently with the Atman. At that point, the soul becomes immortal.