June 8, 2024
Worlds and Beings Exist Beyond What We Can Perceive With Our Physical Senses
reference: Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, The Hidden Forces of Life, Ch. 5 Occult Forces, pp 109-110
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1
00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:05,080
Explorers of the world came
across situations and beings
2
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:09,040
with whom they had no prior
contact and found some of them
3
00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,800
to be extremely dangerous, while
others seem to be neutral or
4
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:18,200
even positive.
Over time, as the range of
5
00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,760
exploration increased, more
previously unknown beings were
6
00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,560
encountered.
All of this has occurred within
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:32,200
the range of human perception
until more recently, exploration
8
00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,640
took on a new meaning and
humanity began to explore outer
9
00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:42,200
space and microscopic life in
particular.
10
00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,920
The study, conducted under the
extraordinary magnification
11
00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,680
powers of the electron
microscope, propelled a new
12
00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,520
understanding of the life forms
that abound unseen in our
13
00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,720
environment.
These life forms can be either
14
00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:03,400
helpful and symbiotic to human
beings or extremely harmful to
15
00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,000
our existence.
As we explore outer space, we
16
00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,560
are beginning to see that
certain meteorites, planets,
17
00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,920
moons, and star systems
apparently have the building
18
00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,200
blocks of organic life, thus
raising the expectation that
19
00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,640
eventually we will discover life
forms in the physical universe
20
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:30,720
outside our immediate Ken.
It is not certain, however, that
21
00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,000
all beings function on the same
biological basis or frequency
22
00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,320
levels that normally create the
kind of physical forms we are
23
00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:43,440
conditioned to observe.
We can appreciate that beings
24
00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,080
that are more subtle than
physical human beings are both
25
00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,760
capable of existing and of
interacting on some basis with
26
00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,040
human beings.
To the extent that human
27
00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,680
individuals are able to enter
into various other domains, such
28
00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,520
as some of the vital domains, as
they undertake what is generally
29
00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:09,680
known as astral travel, there is
a further opportunity for such
30
00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,160
interchange to occur.
The weight of reporting by
31
00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,200
people throughout history and
across the entire world, and
32
00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,240
people who have various types of
out of body experiences, near
33
00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,840
death experiences, and
encounters with beings or
34
00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,800
entities that interact with
them, leads us to conclude that
35
00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,280
these things are real, even if
not palpable to our external
36
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,360
senses.
As we develop greater
37
00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,880
sensitivity, As we gain better
instrumentation in our
38
00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,600
scientific research.
As we gain access to new powers
39
00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,520
of awareness through the
evolutionary process, we can
40
00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,400
expect to be able to document
and support this conclusion
41
00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,040
based on compounded experience
over time.
42
00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,320
Every day, scientists are
expanding their understanding of
43
00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,400
the nature of existence.
The further they dive into
44
00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,280
matter, the more they conclude
that energy and eventually
45
00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,320
consciousness are the stuff of
existence and that matter is not
46
00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,280
actually self existent but a
formation shaped by
47
00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,880
consciousness through the
condensing of energy.
48
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,560
Albert Einstein stated quote.
One thing I have learned in a
49
00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:34,960
long life that all our science
measured against reality is
50
00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:40,080
primitive and childlike.
We still do not know one
51
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,800
thousandth of 1% of what nature
has revealed to us.
52
00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,560
It is entirely possible that
behind the perception of our
53
00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,440
senses, worlds are hidden of
which we are unaware.
54
00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,880
End Quote.
The mother observes quote.
55
00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:04,040
And there there are as many and
even many more things to see and
56
00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,480
observe than in our poor little
material world, which belongs to
57
00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,640
only one zone of this infinite
graduation.
58
00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,680
You meet all sorts of things in
these domains, and you need to
59
00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,760
make a study as profound,
perhaps still more profound than
60
00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,640
in the physical world, to be
able to know what is happening
61
00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,920
there, to have relations with
the beings who live there.
62
00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,080
It is obvious that as one goes
farther, as it were, from the
63
00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,160
material world, the forms and
consciousness of those beings
64
00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,640
are of a purity, beauty, and
perfection much higher than our
65
00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,200
ordinary physical forms.
It is only in the nearest vital
66
00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,080
world, the one which is, so to
say, mixed with our material
67
00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,160
life, though it lies beyond it,
and there is a zone where the
68
00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,160
vital is no longer mixed with
the material world.
69
00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,440
Of that material vital, one can
say that in some of its aspects
70
00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,040
it is even uglier than things
here, for it is filled with a
71
00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,000
bad will which is not
counterbalanced by the presence
72
00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,120
of the psychic being, which in
the physical world amends,
73
00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,200
corrects, puts, right, directs
this bad will.
74
00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,320
But it is rather a limited zone,
and as soon as one goes beyond
75
00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,880
it, one can find and meet things
that are not favorable to human
76
00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:37,040
life beings, not on the same
scale as human existence, but
77
00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,640
having their own beauty and
grandeur, with whom one may
78
00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,120
establish relations which may
become quite pleasant and even
79
00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,040
useful.
End Quote reference.
80
00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,560
Shrioro Bindu and the Mother,
The Hidden Forces of Life,
81
00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,760
Chapter 5.
Occult Forces, pages one O 9 to
82
00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:58,520
110.
00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:05,080
Explorers of the world came
across situations and beings
2
00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:09,040
with whom they had no prior
contact and found some of them
3
00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,800
to be extremely dangerous, while
others seem to be neutral or
4
00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:18,200
even positive.
Over time, as the range of
5
00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:22,760
exploration increased, more
previously unknown beings were
6
00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:26,560
encountered.
All of this has occurred within
7
00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:32,200
the range of human perception
until more recently, exploration
8
00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,640
took on a new meaning and
humanity began to explore outer
9
00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:42,200
space and microscopic life in
particular.
10
00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,920
The study, conducted under the
extraordinary magnification
11
00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,680
powers of the electron
microscope, propelled a new
12
00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:54,520
understanding of the life forms
that abound unseen in our
13
00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,720
environment.
These life forms can be either
14
00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:03,400
helpful and symbiotic to human
beings or extremely harmful to
15
00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,000
our existence.
As we explore outer space, we
16
00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,560
are beginning to see that
certain meteorites, planets,
17
00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,920
moons, and star systems
apparently have the building
18
00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:20,200
blocks of organic life, thus
raising the expectation that
19
00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:24,640
eventually we will discover life
forms in the physical universe
20
00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:30,720
outside our immediate Ken.
It is not certain, however, that
21
00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:35,000
all beings function on the same
biological basis or frequency
22
00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:39,320
levels that normally create the
kind of physical forms we are
23
00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:43,440
conditioned to observe.
We can appreciate that beings
24
00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:47,080
that are more subtle than
physical human beings are both
25
00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,760
capable of existing and of
interacting on some basis with
26
00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,040
human beings.
To the extent that human
27
00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,680
individuals are able to enter
into various other domains, such
28
00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:04,520
as some of the vital domains, as
they undertake what is generally
29
00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:09,680
known as astral travel, there is
a further opportunity for such
30
00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,160
interchange to occur.
The weight of reporting by
31
00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:18,200
people throughout history and
across the entire world, and
32
00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:22,240
people who have various types of
out of body experiences, near
33
00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:25,840
death experiences, and
encounters with beings or
34
00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:30,800
entities that interact with
them, leads us to conclude that
35
00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,280
these things are real, even if
not palpable to our external
36
00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:38,360
senses.
As we develop greater
37
00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:42,880
sensitivity, As we gain better
instrumentation in our
38
00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,600
scientific research.
As we gain access to new powers
39
00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:51,520
of awareness through the
evolutionary process, we can
40
00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:55,400
expect to be able to document
and support this conclusion
41
00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,040
based on compounded experience
over time.
42
00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:04,320
Every day, scientists are
expanding their understanding of
43
00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:08,400
the nature of existence.
The further they dive into
44
00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:12,280
matter, the more they conclude
that energy and eventually
45
00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:17,320
consciousness are the stuff of
existence and that matter is not
46
00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:21,280
actually self existent but a
formation shaped by
47
00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,880
consciousness through the
condensing of energy.
48
00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:29,560
Albert Einstein stated quote.
One thing I have learned in a
49
00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:34,960
long life that all our science
measured against reality is
50
00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:40,080
primitive and childlike.
We still do not know one
51
00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,800
thousandth of 1% of what nature
has revealed to us.
52
00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,560
It is entirely possible that
behind the perception of our
53
00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:53,440
senses, worlds are hidden of
which we are unaware.
54
00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,880
End Quote.
The mother observes quote.
55
00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:04,040
And there there are as many and
even many more things to see and
56
00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:08,480
observe than in our poor little
material world, which belongs to
57
00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,640
only one zone of this infinite
graduation.
58
00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,680
You meet all sorts of things in
these domains, and you need to
59
00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:21,760
make a study as profound,
perhaps still more profound than
60
00:04:21,760 --> 00:04:25,640
in the physical world, to be
able to know what is happening
61
00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,920
there, to have relations with
the beings who live there.
62
00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:35,080
It is obvious that as one goes
farther, as it were, from the
63
00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:39,160
material world, the forms and
consciousness of those beings
64
00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:44,640
are of a purity, beauty, and
perfection much higher than our
65
00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:49,200
ordinary physical forms.
It is only in the nearest vital
66
00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,080
world, the one which is, so to
say, mixed with our material
67
00:04:53,080 --> 00:04:57,160
life, though it lies beyond it,
and there is a zone where the
68
00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,160
vital is no longer mixed with
the material world.
69
00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:05,440
Of that material vital, one can
say that in some of its aspects
70
00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:10,040
it is even uglier than things
here, for it is filled with a
71
00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,000
bad will which is not
counterbalanced by the presence
72
00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:18,120
of the psychic being, which in
the physical world amends,
73
00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:23,200
corrects, puts, right, directs
this bad will.
74
00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,320
But it is rather a limited zone,
and as soon as one goes beyond
75
00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:31,880
it, one can find and meet things
that are not favorable to human
76
00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:37,040
life beings, not on the same
scale as human existence, but
77
00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,640
having their own beauty and
grandeur, with whom one may
78
00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:45,120
establish relations which may
become quite pleasant and even
79
00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:49,040
useful.
End Quote reference.
80
00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:53,560
Shrioro Bindu and the Mother,
The Hidden Forces of Life,
81
00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:57,760
Chapter 5.
Occult Forces, pages one O 9 to
82
00:05:57,760 --> 00:05:58,520
110.
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