WHAT LEAVES AT THE TIME OF DEATH ?

    This question has ben asked by everyone -young and old  and sick and heathy  and male and female  and in all cultures . One does have some answers in each culture but they deal with not what leaves but what happens after death . Th Abrahamic religions have  one way of thinking - they have concept of waking up and getting reward or punishment. While Hindus have Reincarnation. I have a hard time accepting that the GOD will allow us the human beings only one chance to either pass or fail . So I believe in reincarnation. ( For those interested may want to get my book Law of Karma , Reincarnation and Genetics available on Amazon- books under SHIRISH KIRTANE).But that is not what I am talking about I am asking as to what is the difference in ALIVE person and a DEAD body . 

    The answer that I have is simple. We have 3 bodies namely the STHUL SHARIR GROSS BODY , SUKSHMA SHARIR OR SUBTLE OR ASTRAL BODY  AND THE KARAN SHARIR OR CAUSAL BODY . The physical body or the gross body or the STHUL SHARIR is what we all see  and can touch etc. But the Subtle body also called Astral body - SUKSHMA SHARIR is not seen but we are familiar with it . It is the mind -intellect - feeling -emotions etc.  and these we can not see or touch  and so the term SUBTLE body. The Causal body is one which is the cause for these 2 other bodies. The unit of Causal body, Subtle body and Physical or Gross body -along with CONSCIOUSNESS  is what we have when we are alive .As one can see Gross or Physical body cannot do anything if it does not have other 2 bodies and the Consciousness . So at the time of death this unit leaves . The Consciousness pervades EVERYTHING and so it does pervade the dead body too. But the Subtle body and causal body cannot express or do anything without the Physical body  and same with Physical body . It can not do anything when the other 2 bodies are not there . The Consciousness 'trapped' or Reflected ' in other 2 bodies is called JIVA or LIFE. So, when someone dies the Physical body is there but the Subtle body and Causal body and the reflected consciousness has left.