After Death, What?

This is in response to a recent question:

Dear Bandhu:


This is regarding your question as to what happens after death. I am quoting Swami Vishnu Tirth in this regard as below:

All bodies, vegetative, animal and human are made up of two aspects--- physical and metaphysical; both connected together by Prana. The first is composed of physical elements, while the other is known as sukshma or astral body, composed of finer principles.

At death, the individual Prana leaves the physical body, which decomposes into the physical elements. But death does not cause the separation of the astral body from Prana. The rays of Prana, which during life radiate from the self, stop their outflux and revert to their centre, in the sub-consciousness of the causal body i.e. Karan Sharir, taking within their fold, the senses, mind, intellect, and consciousness intact into the subconsciousness and the Karan Sharir migrates to take up a fresh physical body.

Whereas at Moksha components of the astral body undergo an evolution and one after the other evolve to Prana and the soul's exigency of taking up another physical body is eliminated.

Siddha Mahayoga Sadhana puts the aspirant on this track.