The Astral World

According to some people the Astral world, the formless world, the invisible world, the Heaven and the Hell the dream world etc, symbolize the most essential part of the universe. They are also called the “Home of God”. These different names originated because of the difference in the cultures, customs and spiritual experiences.

The world “astral” actually is a Greek word, which means. “Related to a star” and it originally describes the Heavers of the Greeks and the Abode of their gods. Under normal circumstances the limitations of our five physical senses keep us away from seeing into the astral world. That is because that world is made up of an energy, which is invisible to us, owing to the fact that it is vibrating at a higher rate than the energy that comprises the material world.

Clairvoyants and well-trained occultists have developed numerous methods to become aware of this astral travel. The clairvoyants, since ancient times are in connection with the astral world. The clairvoyants and occultists have the power to see the future events and to communicate with the dead. If an occultist or clairvoyant possesses high energy, he can easily shift from material to astral perception through a conscious act of will. The astral world works on its own supernatural laws. It is also subject to constant change, just as the physical world is. Astral world also looks similar to the physical world.

In other words, the astral world is a real place but we sense its manifestations in our imagination. In due course of life the thoughts and experiences of ego, violence, hatred, false attitude and lust etc. entrap human mind. These make a human being spiritually blind. In order to have a clear view of the astral world, first of all we have to remove all the ill sills or desires from the soul. Only after doing so, we can reach closer to the divinity and can visualize the astral world. In Sanskrit it is referred to as Arupa or Formless world. In astral world the soul does not bear any resemblance to its physical form, which once it had. In formless world these souls exhibit pulsating and radiant light. After spending some time on the astral plane, the soul eventually feels itself attracted again to the physical world because it has not yet freed itself completely from its physical ties. Again to soul is ready for reincarnation.

Astral and Physical world are closely interwoven with each other. But judged by general human mental level, it is said to be a hypothetical concept. But we can support its existence through an example:

We all now days watch cable T.V. Network at home. The cable wire can carry any number of channels of different languages. How amazing and wonderful it is that from a single wire we can see the motion pictures with sound in different languages at the same point of time. Cable wire is a small diameter wire, which is suitably arranged with wire network. If we explain to a technically ignorant person how this small cable wire works, naturally he finds it difficult to believe it, he will not agree with the concept that a small diameter wire could perform this function. The only question in his mind will be how this wire can accommodate hundreds of channels with such a clear perception at a given time. But all his queries could be answered by saying that this cable wire carries the electronic signals, which are interpreted by the electronic instruments in television and show programs. Still after listening to all the answers, his queries about the function of the cable wire might again make him mentally confused because he cannot see the signals. Naturally he finds it difficult to believe. Just in the similar way, the astral world is connected with the physical world but can be seen only through spiritual awakening. Due to incomplete knowledge, at present, most of the mankind believes itself to be only a physical body whereas long ago mankind possessed a much greater knowledge and awareness of the astral world. Astral world is also said to be the world of the deceased, which means people who have died recently. It is our illusion that we call them deceased or dead. Actually they are still living as they were in the physical world. Although now in the astral world. The souls in the astral want only peace and harmony. Astral world is also a place of transformation for the soul. At this very place a soul judges its activities of physical life on earth and on careful analysis prepares again for the next birth, which could be better than the previous one. During this process of transformation a soul tries to remove all the layer of ill wills and desires.

In the astral world, we can also find fairies and shadows of deceased people who have died. The negative attitude of the soul makes its transformation quite slow. The aura of the earth once used to shine for its humanitarian feeling, But now it is getting bloody day by day. The earth is sick and tired of feeding human beings, who kill each other and continuously send out negative vibrations into the environment. The feeling of hatred is making the planet sick. Man must learn to love his planet and spread the thoughts of peace and harmony among all living beings, Souls work harmoniously with the astral and the physical world. It is difficult to assess the boundaries of astral world as to from where does it start and where does it end. The divine souls in astral world have given a lot to mankind. Religions are the biggest gifts. The divine souls are also fighting their battle against the negative forces on earth.

The Astral world also possesses the record of the past civilizations on earth. It contains the divine plan for the future of the earth. An important part of the astral world exists in Himalayas, where different kinds of divine planning as executed for the establishment of the spiritual righteousness in the physical world.

Divine Souls

When a soul takes the form of a human being or in other words when a child is born, he has a golden chance to work for the achievements of goal of God-realization. There are numerous ways through which God can be realized. It can be realized through love, meditation, prayer, and selfless work etc. On becoming self realized the soul is free. Now the soul merges with the divine. At this stage it also attains the status of a divine soul. After this it works for the divine planning so that more and more people realize God.

The divine soul does not have any attachment to Religion, cast, color or place. Every human being on this earth is dear to it. The divine soul bestows its love and kindness not only on human beings but on animals and plants also. The divined should keep watch over this world. Whenever human beings go astray from the way of God-realization, these divine souls come into action. To accomplish this task sometimes these souls come in the form of human bodies like Buddha, Christ, Moses, Zoroaster, Krishna etc.

The other phenomenon is super-imposition by the divine souls.  Sometimes these divine souls select particular human being on this earth on the bases of divine qualities. Then these divine souls guide that man for the establishment of peace and harmony. During super-imposition the divine soul entraps the mind of the concerned individual and makes use of his body as a vehicle to carry out its work. The only objective of the divine souls is to create divine human beings on earth so that man can lead a life of complete divinity.

From the book "Global Citizen and One Nation" by SIDHARTHA Published by I-Universe