Bodies

Osho, after attaining the fifth body or any of the subsequent bodies, does one still have to assume a gross physical body in the next birth?

Yes, that is correct: after attaining the fifth body, a person will not be born into this gross physical body. But there are other bodies. There are other bodies. In fact, there are bodies of the kind we have called “deities.” After the fifth, such bodies can become available. After the sixth, even those kinds of bodies will not be available. Not the bodies of “gods,” but the kind of body we have called “God,” Ishwar, will become available. But bodies will continue to be available; what kind they are is a very secondary matter. Only after the seventh will no bodies be available. Only after the seventh will there be a disembodied state. Before that, subtler and subtler bodies will keep becoming available. Grace is superior to shaktipat.

Do those who reach the fifth and following bodies again assume physical forms after death?

Yes, it is true. One who attains the fifth or the sixth body before death is reborn in the highest celestial realm, and there he lives on the plane of the devas. He can stay in this realm as long as he likes, but to attain nirvana he has to come back to the human form. After attaining the fifth there is no birth in the physical body, but there are other bodies. In fact, what we call devas or gods signifies the kind of body that is obtained. This type of body is obtained after reaching the fifth body. After the sixth body, even these will not be there. Then we shall obtain the form of what we call ishwar, the supreme being. But all these are still bodies. What type is a secondary matter. After the seventh there are no bodies. From the fifth onwards the bodies become…

Is it possible that for some people who have been trying to separate these two bodies, then these two bodies cannot be reunited?

Yes, there is this danger sometimes. There is sometimes this danger. And many times it can happen that in this attempt they cannot be joined back. But generally, generally, such a danger is not there. In some conditions this situation can arise: if the body is in such a state that some of its parts have been completely ruined or can no longer function, and the moment the contact is withdrawn they begin to disintegrate, then rejoining will be difficult. And that is why Hatha Yoga has laid so much emphasis on the body. The effort to discipline the body wholly and completely was precisely so that, when the other body separates, there is no fear of the body becoming disordered. Then there is no obstacle to rejoining. And one who separates the bodies knowingly—who very consciously separates that body from this body—does not face much difficulty. Because the very…

Osho, if the fifth body becomes available while the physical body is still alive, then after death in which body will that person be born?

After the fifth body—if the fifth body has become available in the human body, and the fifth body never becomes available without awakening; if you have awakened in the fifth body (without awakening it does not become available)—then obtaining the fifth body and awakening are one and the same. Then you no longer need the earlier bodies; now you can function from the fifth body itself. You are an awakened person; now there is no difficulty. Now the earlier bodies are not needed. This question remains only up to the fourth body, always. If in the fourth body a man becomes a deva—the fourth body has become active and awake. If the fourth body remains inactive, asleep, he becomes a preta (a ghost). In both situations you will have to return, because you have not yet come to any knowing of your own nature; as yet, even to inquire into…