A 'jivatman' is a pure spiritual invisible energy particle with enormous Intelligence. However, it becomes a material particle by virtue (or vice?) due to its association of the gross body (the earth), thereby becomes a dirt-covered entity (jiva). The jiva is associated with a number of invisible forces such as manas,buddhi, ahankara, and chitta (called anthah-karana/inner instruments). Thus, what was a free unborn, eternal, immortal pure soul freely roaming in space riding the radiant waves of energy from distant stars (like the sun rays) enters the earth and becomes an embodied, entrapped soul- jivatman. Once it enters the earth and gets entrapped in the soil, water, and food, it finds very difficult to extricate itself. It can get extricated, liberated, emancipated, liberated only when it seeks divine interference and prays for liberation, mukti or moksha.
The process of embodiment is very simple. It is explained in the Gita (Verse Bhumiraapoanalo...). The moment the energy particles from a distant star (as indicated in our horoscope as the birth star/janma nakshatra) it enters the sky (space), air, fire, water and earth (soil) and acquires all their qualities in essence. Thus the jivatman is a body of the five elements (pancha mahabhuta). In fact, the major elements are Hydrogen and Oxygen (water) and, to some extent carbon, calcium, sodium, iron, and compounds like the chlorides, sulfides, nitrates, hydrates, and other elements in small proportion. The basic unit called the 'living cell' (jiva kosha) that goes to make the tissues, organs and the body consists of amino acids, vitamins, enzymes, ribose and di ribo nucleic acids, coupled with genes, chromosomes, harmones, etc. in mostly invisible waves and vibrant energy forms. But for these, where is the body called the 'humans'?
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