The Vertical Healing System: the 5 Levels of Healing
by Dr. Dietrich Klinghardt, M.D., PhD
When you carefully study the pyramidal order of the 5 bodies (see drawing), much is self evident and does not require further explanation. This healing system has evolved from interpreting the yoga sutras of Patanjali (which are believed to be over 10 000 years old) and from trying to express this ancient knowledge with contemporary language.
A few additional remarks may be helpful:
The lowest level is the physical body. It is at the bottom not because it is less valuable. Instead, the physical body is the foundation upon which everything else rests. It ends at the skin.
The 2nd level is the electromagnetic-body or "body-electric". It is the summation of all electric and magnetic events caused by the neuronal activity of the nervous system. Even though their strength decreases with distance from the body, they extend into space beyond the skin.
The next higher body which I call mental body extends to infinity squared and the higher two levels extend beyond that. Only mathematics is able to conceive the expansive size of the higher levels.
Each phenomenon that we observe in the physical realm seems to occur simultaneously also on the other 4 levels. In fact, the physical body is designed like a computer-screen which makes that visible and tangible which happens in the soul (the 5th level). However, you can have problems in the higher levels, which have not yet penetrated down to the lower levels.
The highest level, at which an interaction between physician and client is possible, is the 4th level. I call this level dream-body.
The 5th level is the plane of self-healing. I call this level the spirit-body. The only relationship that exists here is the relationship between the individual and god. A physician, psychologist or guru who claims that he can be helpful on the 5th level is being arrogant, misleading, dangerous and simply wrong. Anyone, who truly has experienced this level will have an attitude of deep respect and understands, that it cannot be explained using language.
True healing requires simultaneous work on all 5 levels. I will give an example:
