Life In 4D (The Astral Realms) Part II

We continue with more on the nature of the astral realms as related by guru Sri Yukteswar to his disciple, Yogananda, in "The Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramhansa Yogananda.

[QUOTING]

“The earth is dark with warfare and murder in the sea, land and air, but the astral realms know a happy harmony and equality. Astral beings dematerialize or materialize their forms at will. Flowers or fish or animals can metamorphose themselves, for a time, into astral men. All astral beings are free to assume any form, and can easily commune together. No fixed, definite, natural law hems them round – any astral tree, for example, can be successfully asked to produce an astral mango or other desired fruit, flower, or indeed any other object. Certain karmic restrictions are present, but there are no distinctions in the astral world about the desirability of certain forms. Everything is vibrant with God’s creative light.

“The astral body is not subject to cold or heat or other natural conditions. The anatomy includes an astral brain, or the thousand-petal lotus of light, and six awakened centers in the sushumna, or astral cerebral-spinal axis. The heart draws Cosmic Energy as well as light from the astral brain, and pumps it to the astral nerves and body cells, or lifetrons. Astral beings can affect their bodies by lifetronic force or by mantric vibrations.

“The astral body is an exact counterpart of the last physical form. Astral beings retain the same appearance which they possessed in youth in their previous earthly sojourn; occasionally an astral being chooses, like myself, to retain his old age appearance.

“Unlike the special, three-dimensional physical world cognized by the five senses, the astral spheres are visible to the all-inclusive sixth sense – intuition. By sheer intuitional feeling, all astral beings see, hear, taste and touch. They possess three eyes, two of which are partly closed. The third and chief astral eye, vertically placed on the forehead, is open. Astral beings have all the outer sensory organs – ears, eyes, nose, tongue and skin – but they employ the intuitional sense to experience sensations through any part of the body; they can see through the ear, nose, or skin. They are able to hear through the eyes or tongue, and can taste through the ears or skin, and so forth.*

* Examples of such powers are not wanting even on earth, as in the case of Helen Keller and other rare beings.

“Man’s physical body is exposed to countless dangers, and it is easy to be hurt or maimed; the ethereal astral body may occasionally be cut or bruised but it is healed at once by mere willing.

“Beauty in the astral world is known to be a spiritual quality, and not an outward conformation. Astral beings therefore attach little importance to facial features. They have the privilege, however, of costuming themselves at will with new, colorful, astrally materialized bodies. Just as worldly men don new array for gala events, so astral beings find occasions to bedeck themselves in specially designed forms.".

[END QUOTING]

End Part II

[BG:] Can you begin to get a glimpse of what awaits those who choose to accept the Grace that is being offered to all and to become the pioneers of a New Race? The dawn of a New Earth beckons. Who will answer The New Call?

All Love,

~~ g