Free The Source Field Investigations by David Wilcock

widespread prevalence of light-body references in numerous ancient traditions—where the human body is transfigured into a new form.
    In Sufism it is called “the most sacred body” and the “supracelestial body.” Taoists call it “the diamond body,” and those who have attained it are called “the immortals” and “the cloudwalkers.” Yogic schools and Tantrics call it “the divine body.” In Kriya yoga it is called “the body of bliss.” In Vedanta it is called “the superconductive body.” The ancient Egyptians called it “the luminous body or being” (akh) or the karast. This conception evolved into Gnosticism, where it is called “the radiant body.” In the Mithraic liturgy it was called “the perfect body.”. . . In the Hermetic Corpus, it is called “the immortal body.” In the alchemical tradition, the Emerald Tablet calls it “the golden body.” 22
    Tibetan Buddhism has ongoing reports of the “Rainbow Body” to this very day—in which people transform their physical bodies into a new, rainbow-colored energetic form after many years of practice. In many cases, they would complete this process of transformation by meditating in a cave. When they come out, and are ready to graduate to this next level of their own evolution, they will often push their hand or foot directly into the stone. They can now easily flip the stone molecules into time-space, and leave an impression behind—and some of these handprints and footprints have been photographed and published online. 23 There are fully 160,000 documented cases of the Rainbow Body in Tibet and India alone.
    Kathok monastery in eastern Kham in Sichuan Province, China, has records indicating that over 100,000 within the Kathok lineage achieved this state since its founding in the twelfth century, while nearby Dzogchen monastery had 60,000 lineage holders reach such a state since the monastery was established in the seventeenth century. Both monasteries are of the Nyingma Sect. 24

    This is one of many depictions of the Rainbow Body from Tibet. More than 160,000 documented cases of the Rainbow Body have occurred in Tibet and India alone.
    I first heard about this when I read Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Here’s a particularly good description of the process.
    Body of Light: Tibetan, ja-lus. Also known as the “rainbow body.” Certain realized beings . . . achieve the transformation of their ordinary bodies into a Body of Light. . . . In this process the physical body dissolves into its natural state, which is that of Clear Light. As the elements of the body are purified, they transform from their gross manifestation (body, flesh, bone, etc.) into their pure essence as the five colors: blue, green, white, red and golden yellow. As the body dissolves into these five colors a rainbow is formed, and all that remains of the physical body are fingernails and hair. Twentieth-century practitioners of Dzogchen who have attained the Body of Light include the teachers and family members of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche—for example, his uncle Urgyen Danzin (Togden), his two teachers Changchub Dorje and Ayu Khandro, and Changchub Dorje’s master, Nyala Pema Dendul. 25
    As reported in 2002, David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine monk, proposed a scientific investigation of the Rainbow Body phenomenon with the Institute of Noetic Sciences—and got an enthusiastic approval. Steindl-Rast explains the effect it would have if this phenomenon were studied and widely acknowledged as genuine.
    If we can establish as an anthropological fact that what is described in the resurrection of Jesus has not only happened to others, but is happening today, it would put our view of human potential in a completely different light. 26
    Steindl-Rast then contacted Father Francis Tiso, an ordained Catholic priest who frequently visited Tibet, and encouraged him to explore recent cases of Rainbow Body and document his findings. Tiso explored