THE CELLULAR STRUCTURE OF THE IMPERISHABLE BODY

The analogy also extends to the cellular structure of the body. The human body, like all organic bodies, is composed of biological cells. Each of these cells contains DNA, the genetic blueprint from which the human body is built.

Each cell also contains a conscious being, the cosmic soul (jiva) identified with the central cosmic egg. This soul is none other than the Creator in both his created (born) and uncreated (unborn) forms. Yet there is not just one Creator; there are an infinite number that are identified with the infinite number of cosmic eggs in the imperishable body of the Supreme Being. Each Creator has an imperishable form, which corresponds to the cubic cell in which the cosmic egg is centrally located. This is a space cell, not a biological one, and it is conceived in terms of the category of transcendental space—the space of consciousness.

Although the imperishable body of the supreme self (atman) is infinite in extent, the cosmic selves (jivas) identified with the cosmic eggs have limited imperishable forms. With respect to the categorical appearance of space, the imperishable forms of the cosmic selves may be compared to space cells. The Vedic seers explained it this way: “Since the atman [infinite Self] appears in the form of jivas [finite cosmic selves] in the same way that space appears in the form of space cells, which are composite things like jars, therefore with respect to the categorical appearance [of space] this is the illustration [to be taught].” ³

The space cells referred to in this passage are none other than the crystallographic cells of the transcendental superlattice. Each such cell may be compared to a jar that contains a conscious cosmic self—the Creator of the cosmic egg located at the center of the cell.”