A client asks: “The more advanced level of yoga practice is also called the Rainbow body, but for due purposes let’s call it the Rainbow body of light as in this level all the signs are showing up while the yogi is still alive. The process of dissolving into light might go really fast but, in most cases, it takes months to years to complete, all while remaining fully functional. It is also possible that the yogi who is in the middle of this process slows it down or is unable to continue the process and dies before the completion of the Rainbow body. This has been the case with most of the famous Siddhars. If the process is continued the body will start to shrink and shine real light over time until it reaches the size of a baby and then as a flash of bright rainbow light will disappear into emptiness forever. My understanding is that they go into deep meditation and purposefully leave their body during a moment of enlightenment. Their bodies, left behind, do not putrefy. Does Creator have any comments about this phenomenon?” Is this real and being perceived and described accurately?

This is real but somewhat exaggerated with respect to the changes and the conditions to exhibit the transformation into an enlightened being in the way described. This is precedented and has happened with prophets as described in the Bible and those stories are literally true. This is a special kind of transition that takes place without waiting for the body to terminate so, in a sense, it is happening under conditions of maximal energy because there is not loss of energy prior to the transition as happens with almost all physical death. That is why the transition is characterized and accompanied by a burst of light taking place and indeed it is the result of a choice to leave. The reason it requires very careful preparation and a high degree of enlightenment is that there must be an extreme degree of inner peace and calm, because to leave the body and have the body cooperate with the exit is working against the instinct for life preservation and survival and that must be agreed to and allowed to take place, as once the soul connection leaves, the body will die. In most cases, the subconscious mind rebels at what it is being asked to do and this will retard the progress and is the reason for many delays and failure to launch, so to speak, so it is a precious few who are able to do this in the way described with the Rainbow body manifestation. There is a kind of entrainment of energy that involves all the cells present because this energy leaves with the soul extension. In a sense, all perish and this includes the microflora which is the source of internal decomposition, as the skin barrier will persist following the death, and if the body cavities are covered to prevent intrusion of outside organisms, they will remain sterile and there will be a desiccation of the body over time but not putrefaction.