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In the world of Nirvana (in all the worlds of nirvana), the body and consciousness are one. The body-consciousness in the world of Nirvana is called the True Ego.
The causal body, coupled with the True Ego, is also called the spirit of a person. The astral body, coupled with the spirit, is also called the soul of a person. The essence of a person is his soul. The essence of the soul is its spirit. And the essence of the spirit is the True Ego.
The words spirit and soul are often used as synonyms. In addition, the word spirit is also often called the mystical ascending energy: kundalini, the holy spirit. Sometimes the word spirit refers to any vital, mental or mystical energy in general.
Matter of the Universe
What is called matter in philosophy and the three gunas are essentially the same thing.
World of phenomena. What is meant by matter in science (physics) is the matter of the world of phenomena, guna rajas.
Astral world. Like the matter of the physical world, we can also talk about the matter of the astral world. Astral matter in Hinduism is sometimes called drachma, drachma vibrations, vibrations of drachma, guna tamas.
Causal world. Like the matter of the physical world, we can talk about the matter of the causal. Causal matter is mystical light, guna sattva. Causal stores information about everything. Information in the causal exists in the form of mystical light.
World of Nirvana. According to the concept, Nirvana is inseparable, therefore it is not accepted to single out any components of it. It is customary to study Nirvana from the point of view of unknowability, universality, indivisibility, constancy, eternity, absoluteness. In the world of Nirvana, they place Absolute. There is also a clarification that the Absolute and the world of Nirvana are identical.
According to the law of conservation of matter and energy, neither energy nor matter can flow from one dimension to another. Causal, astral and reality interact with each other by the mechanism of identification.
Parallel universes (double universes, parallel realities, double realities) do not exist. The past cannot be changed.
Typical division of the worlds
God – by this word we will call an intelligent being living in heaven. There are different levels of heaven. If you list the heavens in order from top to bottom, you get something like this.
? Absolute. The original highest authority. Brahman, Adi-Buddha, Atman. The absolute is indifferent to samsara. The true Ego of man is originally a part of the Absolute.
? Heaven of the upper causal world:
? gods who have transcended knowledge (fourth dhyana)
? gods who have transcended existence (third dhyana)
? gods who have transcended space (second dhyana)
? gods of boundless space (first dhyana)
? Heavens of the upper astral world:
? Clear heavens, formed by steadfastness (shanti), here dwells Trimurti (Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva), aka Ishvara, aka the Almighty from the "Revelation of John the Theologian";
? Heaven of Beauty, formed by praising (prashansa), here dwells Vishnu (early Hindu);
? Heaven of Light, formed by compassion (karuna), when a person is reborn, this world appears bright silver;
? Holy heavens are formed by Holy love (maitri), archangels live here, during rebirth this world seems bright golden. The Creator rules the holy heavens. The Creator, God the Father from the New Testament, Yahweh, Brahma (early Hindu), Ahura Mazda are one and the same. The early Hindu Brahma does not always see the gods above him, just as people, for example, are not able to see any gods at all. Because of this ignorance, Brahma and his entourage have the illusion that Brahma is the highest god in the entire universe. This misconception influenced the fact that the followers of the Abrahamic religions (with little clarity for themselves) endowed Brahma with the properties of the Absolute and worship him as the Absolute. The same, in principle, can be said about Allah in Islam. The idea of monotheism that one should worship the highest god alone is, of course, correct and progressive. However, the consequence of this idea of monotheism, that there are no other gods besides the highest god, is a mistake, a sad delusion.
? Physical world
? Heavens of the Physical world (earthly heaven, material heaven, "earthly atmosphere") is formed by contentment. Angels, guardians, fairies, devas, elves live here. In the earthly heavens, most of the gods consider the satisfaction of desires to be the meaning of life. The world is connected with the ajna chakra. The tamas energy prevails here. When a person is reborn, this world appears white, slightly tinted with various shades. In the sutras, the material heavens are often divided into six levels. The first heaven (first level) is the highest. Vashavartin is located above all in the first material heavens (Zeus, Ra, the Only Ruler or the Only God from the Old Testament can be equated with him), he lives the longest, the most powerful and happy and joyful and enthusiastic compared to all other devas. By worshipping Vashavartin and making donations to him, the other devas accumulate merit in this way. In the second heaven, Sunirmita is the ruler. The second heaven is the world of devas enjoying their magical creations, they can create anything for their own pleasure. The third heaven is the heaven of Tushita. These heavens are distinguished by a deep knowledge of the law of Truth. The fourth heaven is the heaven of Metempsychosis or the heaven of the god Yama. Some religions mistakenly raise the Pit too high, and some also equate it with the Devil. The word "pit" – although it means death, but the face is completely different. The god Yama (Emma, Ymir, Suyama, Varuna) is a judge who ensures that the new birth of souls takes place in accordance with their accumulated karma. The fifth heaven is the heaven of the Thirty-Three Gods. The ruler of this world is Indra (Shakra, Sakka). For his great ability to rule the world, he is also called a Capable God. The sixth heaven is the heaven of the Four Rulers. The four Rulers correspond to the four cardinal directions. The sixth heaven (sixth level) is the lowest material heaven.
? Asuras; superhumans, demigods, demons. The world is formed by pride. In the world of Asuras, pride is revered as a virtue. The world is connected with the Vishudda chakra. Rajas energy prevails here. When a person is reborn, this world appears red. In European culture, little is known about the levels of asuras and pretas, therefore, often, when describing various spiritual experiences, they are all en masse placed in one common world, the world of hell. Although this is a significant mistake. Asuras come to hell just as a service, but this does not mean that they belong to that level of hell. For comparison, we can give the following illustration: people come to the forest, which in fact is the animal world, but does not belong to the animal world. For comparison, we can give the following illustration: jailers in the world of people are the most ordinary capable citizens, despite the fact that they are physically in prison, in contrast to the prisoners deprived of free movement of this prison. So here are some asuras and some material gods, including the god Yama, including Mara, they visit hell as jailers, but not because they are tied to hell, but because they do their socially important work there: they wash the karma of souls that have fallen into this hell. A variety of aliens that often appear on our flying saucers are also Asuras. The supreme ruler of the asura world is the Devil. Devil, Mara, King Mar, Prince of Darkness – it's all the same. The devil is not the supreme ruler of the material world (Vashavartin), as is erroneously believed in some religions. Also, the Devil is not, as it is supposed to be in the vast majority of sources, a deva from either the higher or the lower material heavens. Such a delusion is mostly due to the fact that Mara, appearing in various visions to people, prefers to overestimate her real level, prefers to pretend to be the ruler of absolutely the whole world (he is not really the ruler of the world at least a little – this is a deliberate lie, deceit, bluff). To throw dust in the eyes, to pretend to be higher gods, Mara and his servants are driven by irrepressible pride, vanity. Mara is the greatest liar in the entire universe. It is no coincidence that he is also called Satan. Satan means a slanderer of the Truth. The one who says about the Truth, that it is not the Truth. And about not the Truth he says that it is the Truth. Also, Mara can quite easily pretend to be both the Almighty and the Absolute. It is also worth noting that the evil devil who revels in the suffering of souls is a character invented by the people and has nothing to do with reality. In fact, Mara only cares that, as soon as possible, the souls can wash off their bad karma. Usually, when a person dies, it is Mara who comes to him as the first guest, frightens him and invites the person to become the ruler of the world. That's a lie, he can't do it. Therefore, by the time of death, a person should memorize the phrase: “would you go”.
? People; the world is formed by love attachment. Love attachment in the world of people is revered as a virtue. The world is connected with the anahata chakra. Sattva energy prevails here. When a person is reborn, this world appears blue.
? Prety; hungry spirits. The world is formed by greed. In the world of prets, self-interest is revered as a virtue. The world is connected with the manipura chakra. Sattva energy prevails here. When a person is reborn, this world appears yellow like sand. Describing the world of pretas, European authors often call this world hell. What is the difference between the world of prets and the world of hell? Hell is pain: either from cold, or from hot, or from cuts, or from blows, or something else, but in any case it is physical pain. There is no such severe pain in the world of prets. The world of prets is also called the world of hungry spirits. It would be more correct to call this world a world of global dissatisfaction. If hell is a terrible world, then the world of prets is just a gloomy world. The world of prets is very similar to the world of homeless people in the trash. It is often found in the sources that the world of prets is placed below the level of the animal world. This is a mistake. It is connected, as already indicated a little earlier, with an incorrect interpretation, a confusion of geographical mutual location and spiritual level mutual location. In the scheme proposed here, the worlds are located not according to the geographical principle, but according to the principle of "what is higher, what is lower" on the spiritual level. And, therefore, prets are put above animals here. Insofar as prets, unlike animals, have primitive speech, have primitive consciousness, primitive reason. Moreover, according to the descriptions of this world, it can be understood that the Pretas even have public works. In one of the descriptions of this world, it was said that the guards forced the population to work. There was a road with a special surface. So this road was first built by several groups of prets, and then this road was dismantled. And this, at first glance, strangeness, was very "wisely" justified. Such a circular simultaneous construction and destruction of the road solved the problem of employment of the population. Despite the lower spiritual level than humans, illusionism technologies are developed in the world of prets, including those based on hypnosis and magic.
? Animals; the world is formed by ignorance. In the animal world, there is a law of struggle for survival. The world is connected with the svadistana chakra. The tamas energy prevails here. When a person is reborn, this world appears green. Some spiritual and philosophical schools recognize the animal world as a model of harmony, the highest perfection of a great creation. With a closer look at the structure of this world, such a view does not stand up to criticism. The main dissonance of this world, for example, is that the souls of those animals that are killed for food are forced to suffer.