“The Universe consists of frozen light” – David Bohm, Quantum Physicist
Those who have difficulty reconciling spirituality with science would be well advised to read up on modern scientific discoveries about the world we live in.
The concept of a Lightbody may seem strange at first but not once you realize that everything in the universe is actually made up of light. To clarify, we are not talking about visible light but electromagnetic radiation.
Visible light is a small part of the electromagnetic spectrum. We have a special affinity to visible light because our eyes tend to operate at that frequency spectrum. Different animals are able to see light that humans cannot. Bees and many other insets can detect light in the ultaviolet range, for example.
Our Lightbody, or rather Light Bodies are subtler versions of our physical body. Most humans are unable to see these subtler Light Bodies though with training pretty much everyone is able to start perceiving at least the Aura around the headspace.
As Spiritual Beings we are pure consciousness without form or shape. In terms of physical manifestation our true state would be a very pure ray of white light.
For us to experience life in human form this consciousness has to “incarnate” or take on physical form. The exact process that is involved is not well understood though the soul (the part of our consciousness that resides in physical form) seems to go through a process of enveloping itself in a number of protective energetic containers, our Light Bodies.
The Light Bodies are co-centric, like the layers of an onion. Each one is connected with an energy centre (chakra) located along the spine. Each one has special functions. It is the purification of these Light Bodies that allows us to experience higher states of consciousness.