July 8, 2024
Those Who Observe and Reflect Can Recognise the Higher Planes and Worlds of Existence
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1
00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:06,440
Modern day scientists,
researchers and philosophers are
2
00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,160
beginning to explore the
mysteries of life and as they do
3
00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,800
so they are beginning to
recognize the existence of
4
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:19,880
domains, planes, worlds and
universes that the external mind
5
00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,120
of humanity has avoided or at
least resisted.
6
00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,360
Now scientists speak of parallel
universes, anti universes,
7
00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,840
quantum states in which all
possible outcomes exist until we
8
00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,920
actually observe a specific one
and bring it into actuality.
9
00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,880
It has long been known that
vibrations outside the specific
10
00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,160
range of our perceptions
nevertheless can and do impact
11
00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,000
our lives.
Anyone who has suffered a
12
00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,880
sunburn has had a direct
experience of this fact.
13
00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,360
These impacts are not solely
related to physical forces but
14
00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,600
also affect our emotions and our
minds.
15
00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,520
The effects of the moon cycles
and seasonal changes are now
16
00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,080
well established factors in
dealing with emotional and
17
00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:17,200
mental changes we experience.
Some scientists have determined
18
00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:22,000
that matter is not just energy,
as Einstein showed in his famous
19
00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,920
equation E equals MC squared,
but is actually a form of
20
00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,720
consciousness.
We can no longer simply dismiss
21
00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,480
the idea of multiple planes of
existence.
22
00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,920
This provides support to all
those individuals throughout
23
00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,880
history who have had supra
sensory experiences of other
24
00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,760
worlds were beings.
What used to be dismissed out of
25
00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:53,640
hand as crazy talk is now the
stuff of scientific research and
26
00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,200
validation.
As a result, serious study of
27
00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,400
manuscripts such as the Tibetan
Book of the Dead have become
28
00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,560
part of the forward-looking
elements of humanity as we work
29
00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,880
on gaining a greater
understanding of our lives, our
30
00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:16,160
existence and the universe
within which we exist, Sri
31
00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,960
Aurobindo writes Quote.
All our spiritual and psychic
32
00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,160
experience bears affirmative
witness, brings us always a
33
00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,640
constant and in its main
principles an invariable
34
00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:33,760
evidence of the existence of
higher worlds, freer planes of
35
00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,720
existence.
Not having bound ourselves down
36
00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,200
like so much of modern thought,
to the dogma that only physical
37
00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,880
experience or experience based
upon the physical sense is true,
38
00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,480
the analysis of physical
experience by the reason alone
39
00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:57,120
at verifiable, and all else only
result of physical experience
40
00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,640
and physical existence, and
anything beyond this an error,
41
00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,720
self delusion and hallucination.
We are free to accept this
42
00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,920
evidence and to admit the
reality of these planes.
43
00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,800
We see that they are practically
different harmonies from the
44
00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,680
harmony of the physical
universe.
45
00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,720
They occupy, as the word plane
suggests, a different level in
46
00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,560
the scale of being, and adopt A
different system and ordering of
47
00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,400
its principles.
We need not inquire for our
48
00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,800
present purpose whether they
coincide in time and space with
49
00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,760
our own world, or move in a
different field of space and in
50
00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,880
another stream of time.
In either case it is in a more
51
00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,000
subtle substance and with other
movements.
52
00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,760
All that directly concerns us is
to know whether they are
53
00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,160
different universes, each
complete in itself and in no way
54
00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,600
meeting, inter crossing or
affecting the others, or are
55
00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,760
rather different scales of 1
graded and interwoven system of
56
00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,160
being parts, therefore of one
complex universal system.
57
00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,440
The fact that they can enter
into the field of our mental
58
00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,360
consciousness would naturally
suggest the validity of the
59
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,800
second alternative, but it would
not by itself be altogether
60
00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,520
conclusive.
But what we find is that these
61
00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,240
higher planes are actually at
every moment acting upon and in
62
00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:37,200
communication with our own plane
of being, although this action
63
00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,040
is naturally not present to our
ordinary waking or outer
64
00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,520
consciousness, because that is
for the most part limited to a
65
00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,680
reception and utilization of the
contacts of the physical world.
66
00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,200
But the moment we either go back
into our subliminal being or
67
00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,000
enlarge our waking consciousness
beyond the scope of the physical
68
00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,240
contacts, we become aware of
something of this higher action.
69
00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,360
We find even that the human
being can project himself
70
00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,840
partially into these higher
planes under certain conditions,
71
00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,720
even while in the body.
A fortiori must he be able to do
72
00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,960
it when out of the body, and to
do it then completely, since
73
00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,640
there is no longer the disabling
condition of the physical life
74
00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,000
bound down to the body.
The consequences of this
75
00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,760
relation and this power of
transference are of immense
76
00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,160
importance.
On the one side they immediately
77
00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:42,600
justify, at any rate as an
actual possibility, the ancient
78
00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,800
tradition of at least a
temporary sojourn of the human
79
00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,360
conscious being in other worlds
than the physical after the
80
00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,280
dissolution of the physical
body.
81
00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,240
On the other side, they open to
us the possibility of an action
82
00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,960
of the higher planes on the
material existence which can
83
00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,680
liberate the powers they
represent, the powers of life,
84
00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,840
mind and spirit for the
evolutionary intention inherent
85
00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:17,840
within nature by the very fact
of their embodiment and matter.
86
00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,160
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
and the Mother.
87
00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,320
The Hidden Forces of Life,
Chapter 6.
88
00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,240
Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
Forces, pages 142 to 144.
00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:06,440
Modern day scientists,
researchers and philosophers are
2
00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:10,160
beginning to explore the
mysteries of life and as they do
3
00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:13,800
so they are beginning to
recognize the existence of
4
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:19,880
domains, planes, worlds and
universes that the external mind
5
00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,120
of humanity has avoided or at
least resisted.
6
00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:29,360
Now scientists speak of parallel
universes, anti universes,
7
00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,840
quantum states in which all
possible outcomes exist until we
8
00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,920
actually observe a specific one
and bring it into actuality.
9
00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,880
It has long been known that
vibrations outside the specific
10
00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,160
range of our perceptions
nevertheless can and do impact
11
00:00:48,160 --> 00:00:51,000
our lives.
Anyone who has suffered a
12
00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:54,880
sunburn has had a direct
experience of this fact.
13
00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,360
These impacts are not solely
related to physical forces but
14
00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,600
also affect our emotions and our
minds.
15
00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:08,520
The effects of the moon cycles
and seasonal changes are now
16
00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:12,080
well established factors in
dealing with emotional and
17
00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:17,200
mental changes we experience.
Some scientists have determined
18
00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:22,000
that matter is not just energy,
as Einstein showed in his famous
19
00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:27,920
equation E equals MC squared,
but is actually a form of
20
00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:31,720
consciousness.
We can no longer simply dismiss
21
00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,480
the idea of multiple planes of
existence.
22
00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:38,920
This provides support to all
those individuals throughout
23
00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,880
history who have had supra
sensory experiences of other
24
00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,760
worlds were beings.
What used to be dismissed out of
25
00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:53,640
hand as crazy talk is now the
stuff of scientific research and
26
00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,200
validation.
As a result, serious study of
27
00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,400
manuscripts such as the Tibetan
Book of the Dead have become
28
00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:06,560
part of the forward-looking
elements of humanity as we work
29
00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,880
on gaining a greater
understanding of our lives, our
30
00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:16,160
existence and the universe
within which we exist, Sri
31
00:02:16,160 --> 00:02:20,960
Aurobindo writes Quote.
All our spiritual and psychic
32
00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,160
experience bears affirmative
witness, brings us always a
33
00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:29,640
constant and in its main
principles an invariable
34
00:02:29,640 --> 00:02:33,760
evidence of the existence of
higher worlds, freer planes of
35
00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,720
existence.
Not having bound ourselves down
36
00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,200
like so much of modern thought,
to the dogma that only physical
37
00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:46,880
experience or experience based
upon the physical sense is true,
38
00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,480
the analysis of physical
experience by the reason alone
39
00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:57,120
at verifiable, and all else only
result of physical experience
40
00:02:57,120 --> 00:03:01,640
and physical existence, and
anything beyond this an error,
41
00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,720
self delusion and hallucination.
We are free to accept this
42
00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,920
evidence and to admit the
reality of these planes.
43
00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:14,800
We see that they are practically
different harmonies from the
44
00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:16,680
harmony of the physical
universe.
45
00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:21,720
They occupy, as the word plane
suggests, a different level in
46
00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:26,560
the scale of being, and adopt A
different system and ordering of
47
00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,400
its principles.
We need not inquire for our
48
00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,800
present purpose whether they
coincide in time and space with
49
00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:39,760
our own world, or move in a
different field of space and in
50
00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:44,880
another stream of time.
In either case it is in a more
51
00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:48,000
subtle substance and with other
movements.
52
00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:52,760
All that directly concerns us is
to know whether they are
53
00:03:52,760 --> 00:03:57,160
different universes, each
complete in itself and in no way
54
00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:01,600
meeting, inter crossing or
affecting the others, or are
55
00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:05,760
rather different scales of 1
graded and interwoven system of
56
00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:11,160
being parts, therefore of one
complex universal system.
57
00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,440
The fact that they can enter
into the field of our mental
58
00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:18,360
consciousness would naturally
suggest the validity of the
59
00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,800
second alternative, but it would
not by itself be altogether
60
00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:27,520
conclusive.
But what we find is that these
61
00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:32,240
higher planes are actually at
every moment acting upon and in
62
00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:37,200
communication with our own plane
of being, although this action
63
00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,040
is naturally not present to our
ordinary waking or outer
64
00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,520
consciousness, because that is
for the most part limited to a
65
00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:50,680
reception and utilization of the
contacts of the physical world.
66
00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:56,200
But the moment we either go back
into our subliminal being or
67
00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,000
enlarge our waking consciousness
beyond the scope of the physical
68
00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:04,240
contacts, we become aware of
something of this higher action.
69
00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:08,360
We find even that the human
being can project himself
70
00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,840
partially into these higher
planes under certain conditions,
71
00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,720
even while in the body.
A fortiori must he be able to do
72
00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,960
it when out of the body, and to
do it then completely, since
73
00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:25,640
there is no longer the disabling
condition of the physical life
74
00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:30,000
bound down to the body.
The consequences of this
75
00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,760
relation and this power of
transference are of immense
76
00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:37,160
importance.
On the one side they immediately
77
00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:42,600
justify, at any rate as an
actual possibility, the ancient
78
00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:46,800
tradition of at least a
temporary sojourn of the human
79
00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:51,360
conscious being in other worlds
than the physical after the
80
00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,280
dissolution of the physical
body.
81
00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:59,240
On the other side, they open to
us the possibility of an action
82
00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,960
of the higher planes on the
material existence which can
83
00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:07,680
liberate the powers they
represent, the powers of life,
84
00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:12,840
mind and spirit for the
evolutionary intention inherent
85
00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:17,840
within nature by the very fact
of their embodiment and matter.
86
00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,160
End Quote Reference Shriorobindo
and the Mother.
87
00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,320
The Hidden Forces of Life,
Chapter 6.
88
00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:32,240
Hidden Worlds and Evolutionary
Forces, pages 142 to 144.