Hi Bets, I was just reading about those who choose illness over sudden death, such as a heart attack or accident. the benefits are there for some to choose this long illness process as it was explained to me the soul is gradually withdrawing by releasing some of the sheathing around the body.
in olden days they would explain the seven bodies of man associated with the seven energy vortex's associated with the seven interpenetrating layers of consciousness, they also called these sheaths.
first theres the etheric sheath containing life vitality. then the emotional sheath is what we generally explore astral realms while obe and this is why astral travelers will say I was in a body form while obe.  the mental realms are explored with the mental body composite, each layer has its own physics, type of particle thats always in the air and can be magnetized for our use in each physical life.

during a long illness some aspects or thought forms, or personality traits, therefore gradually start to release their hold on a person and by they time they are ready to set sail, they pass the more easily and quickly through the astral territory without having to work through so much baggage we pick up here.

In Leadbeaters book he calls this "astral life" which is where you find some floaters occassionally working off some of their baggage, what I call it. He doesn't call it that. I did. on the other hand the accidental death or sudden death requires a longer stay in the astral domain then this other person who took a long time to die and therefore released some of their thought forms, quirks, what not, nothing that is intrinsic to the soul is released, but death itself appears as a purifying agent, like entering the fire to get to the other side. fire purifys.
maybe thats where the idea of burning in hell came from? oh man, I love the heat! haha!

where does these suble parts go lr

yes Bets, u saw something similar to what I saw only yours were fish shaped, mine were tiny cylinder shaped, like molecules and they were moving inside the wall, as a part of the wall fabric, but I knew they were basic energy molecules which go into the makeup of every so called solid object, they moved back and forth in a pattern, I cannot say they were alive with consciousness, anymore than an omeba had consciousness. if you think about it, life is in movement all the time, even objects are moving then, because everything is this energy in slowed down vibration.

the 7 bodies, from what I'm reading George is described in esoteric literature; we use all of them as vehicles of consciousness. our "beingness" inhabits these bodies.

as units of consciousness, as souls, we draw unto ourselves a form, and we call this the physical body. but there are 6 more subtle vibrating bodies we can utilize as we evolve.

However our soul itself was created by the love of god giving us free will to return to him the love he gave us. We did not create ourselves then. we are made up of the same stuff, cosmic intelligent particles which was first cause/energy. Intelligent and with divine purpose, we were created, all equal, under god. The only thing we create here is our personalities and deeper than that, we create our character traits with our thoughts. these were called fruits of the soul in the bible, while Monroe will indicate a fruit of the soul as loosh. its the same thing.

If we were as evolved as JC, what would happen is our body would turn into light particles as I assume his did so, as they could not find his physical body after he resurrection. cool huh? He had purified all his bodies for ascension.

but you'll have to ask him of the process...