[Lord_Viskey]

my understanding is that we exist as multidimensional beings (energy) in the first place.

where i disagree with previous comments is that the popular opinion is that we “attain” these dimensional realms as if in sequences (i.e.: physical evolves to an astral; astral evolves to a manasic; manasic evolves to a buddhic; & buddhic evolves into atmic “form”).

first i want to inflect that “form” does not necessitate “body” - forms are more like archetypes.

secondly, with my belief in an (theosophical) ancestry, i understand that all of the aforementioned “forms” are currently within all of us already, and at all times.

in other words, we are of “compound constitution” - man is a “mergence” of all these forms at one time, but each form already has a variable level of development.

our objective is to develop each of these forms as we are able and talented enough to do so.... sometimes (often) the development will not happen in “this” our immediate physical expression.

ultimately, we are to attain the level of spirit (atma- a.k.a.; “atmic body”) which is more a state of being, than a substance of being.

IMO, this atmic level is our original state of being, from which we had descended. because of the density of physicalness, we have a problem (usually) with how to return to this more pristine and pure state (technically: “of consciousness”) ... but we were given chronological time to figure it out all over again.