The Material Universe, the Causative Plane and the Forces of Manifestation

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When we look at existence from
the individual standpoint, we

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see a number of solid forms
interacting with one another.

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We do not see how they came into
existence other than the

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physical, material, practical
methodology we can observe which

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fails to give us the causative
factors or significance.

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We do not see the forces that
play through each of these

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forms, and we experience most of
our life as originating within

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each form.
Somehow this view is

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unfortunately so limited and
framed as to prevent us from

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gaining a complete or true
understanding of existence.

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In the Taitarya Upanishad, a
young seeker was instructed to

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practice concentration of
thought.

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He began with the idea of the
material physical nature being

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the basis of things.
But as he carried out his

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concentration, he eventually
recognized that matter is

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dependent on prana, or the life
force for its existence, and in

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turn the life force is dependent
on mind.

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And then, in turn, comes the
causal plane of existence, which

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itself eventuates from the
nature of existence.

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Consciousness, bliss in an
ultimate realization.

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Western science has been
following a similar curve of

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enlightenment.
Scientists now recognize that

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matter is a condensed form of
energy.

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All forms are developed through
some intelligence that utilizes

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certain principles and rules to
create and operate the

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interaction of all physical
forms and forces.

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Now scientists, as they push
into the quantum world, are

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beginning to recognize that
there is consciousness that

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stands behind and acts as the
original power that develops all

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the forces and forms of mind
life and the physical reality of

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the universe.
The forms are created through

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various expressions of what we
call radiation, the streaming of

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energy, which is identified as a
wave form until it is actually

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observed, at which time it is
perceived as a point.

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Thus, everything in the universe
is apparently capable of being

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seen both as a wave and as a
particle.

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While it is easiest for us to
observe these things at the

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physical level, it is also true
that a similar process works on

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the vital mental and spiritual
levels of existence.

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The more subtle levels tend to
be closer to the causative

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plane, while the denser levels
are the result of that causative

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action.
Turning then to the individual

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forms and beings in the world,
we begin to appreciate that they

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are the result, not the cause,
and that they are reception and

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transmission points, a Nexus for
the movement and expression of

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these waves of consciousness and
the creative energy that arises

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from that consciousness to
create the universe and its

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virtually endless forms and
interactions, Sri Aurobindo

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notes, Quote They cosmic forces
move in masses, waves, currents

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constantly constituting and
reconstituting beings and

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objects, movements and
happenings entering into them,

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passing through them, forming
themselves in them, throwing

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themselves out from them on
other beings and objects.

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Each natural individual is a
receptacle of these cosmic

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forces and a Dynamo for their
propagation.

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Their passes from each to each a
constant stream of mental and

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vital energies, and these run
too in cosmic waves and currents

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no less than the forces of
physical nature.

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All this action is veiled from
our surface minds, direct sense

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and knowledge, but it is known
and felt by the Inner Being,

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though only through a direct
contact.

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When the Being enters into the
cosmic Consciousness, it is

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still more widely inclusively
intimately aware of this play of

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cosmic forces.
End Quote Reference Sri

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Aurobindo and the Mother, The
Hidden Forces of Life, Chapter 4

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Cosmic and Universal Forces,
page 82.