The Graded Worlds

There are millions of worlds on earth and billions on different planes and planets of existence. When you die, (the law of analogy dictates), it is possible you might do some awesome travelling to visit magnificent places that are 'out of this world'!

"If we regard the gradation of worlds or planes as a whole, we see them as a great connected complex movement; the higher precipitate their influences on the lower, the lower react to the higher and develop or manifest in themselves within their own formula something that corresponds to the superior power and its action. The material world has evolved life in obedience to a pressure from the vital plane, mind in obedience to a pressure from the mental plane. It is now trying to evolve supermind in obedience to a pressure from the supramental plane. In more detail, particular forces, movements, powers, beings of a higher world can throw themselves on the lower to establish appropriate and corresponding forms which will connect them with the material domain and, as it were, reproduce or project their action here. And each thing created here has, supporting it, subtler envelopes or forms of itself which make it subsist and connect it with forces acting from above. Man, for instance, has, besides his gross physical body, subtler sheaths or bodies by which he lives behind the veil in direct connection with supra-physical planes of consciousness and can be influenced by their powers, movements and beings. What takes place in life has always behind it pre-existent movements and forms in the occult vital planes; what takes place in mind presupposes pre-existent movements and forms in the occult mental planes.

First, each plane, in spite of its connection with others above and below it, is yet a world in itself, with its own movements, forces, beings, types, forms existing as if for its and their own sake, under its own laws, for its own manifestation without apparent regard for the other members of the great series.

Next, as a consequence, it follows that only a limited part of the action of the vital or other higher plane is concerned with the earth-existence.

A certain number succeed in precipitating their results in a more complete and successful creation, so that if you compare this creation with its original in the higher plane, there is something like a close resemblance or even an apparently exact reproduction or translation from the supraphysical to the physical formula. And yet even there the exactness is only apparent; the very fact of translation into another substance and another rhythm of manifestation makes a difference.

No doubt, the subtle physical is closest to the physical, and most like it. But yet the conditions are different and the thing too different. For instance, the subtle physical has a freedom, plasticity, intensity, power, colour, wide and manifold play (there are thousands of things there that are not here) of which, as yet, we have no possibility on earth. And yet there is something here, a potentiality of the Divine which the other, in spite of its greater liberties, has not,"
Sri Aurobindo. Riddle of This World (Kindle Locations 125-128).

Joh_14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

"Bhagavad Gita 6:41-3 A fallen yogi, gaining entry into the world of the virtuous, remains there for many years; afterwards he is reborn on earth in a good and prosperous home. 42 Or he may reincarnate in a family of enlightened yogis; verily, a birth that is much harder to gain on earth! 43 ... he recovers the yogi discrimination attained in his former existence, and tries more strenuously for spiritual success.

"Advanced Yogis who have not attained the final perfection get an opportunity to live a prolonged afterlife on beautiful astral planets. At the expiration of a certain karmic period, they are reborn on earth to enjoy simultaneously both spiritual and material happiness and thus to march toward liberation.

... Stanza 41 describes how the first type (the lukewarm yogi failures) fares in the next world. Such yogis visit other planets inhabited by the virtuous and stay there happily as long as their meritorious karma holds out.

... Advanced but still imperfect yogis who are disappointed in this world are given a chance to experience the happiness available in the bright astral spheres, or are allowed to reincarnate on other planets of the physical universe that boast better conditions of existence than does out earth.

... As worms live in the soil, fish in the water, birds in the air, and man on the surface of the earth, so inhabitants of other physical worlds live under influences far different than those of our planet. Beings who dwell on certain stars for instance, absorb life energy directly, they do not breath air like earthly beings.

... fallen yogis those advanced and then became lukewarm in their spiritual efforts, feel tired of this earth plane because they have failed to achieve supreme realization. If they happen to die in that state of discontent, they are drawn by their spiritual longings to harmonious astral worlds that offer temporary solace.
Yogananda, Royal Science of God Realization Pg 647

It is not by “thinking out” the entire reality, but by a change of consciousness that one can pass from the ignorance to the Knowledge — the Knowledge by which we become what we know. To pass from the external to a direct and intimate inner consciousness; to widen consciousness out of the limits of the ego and the body; to heighten it by an inner will and aspiration and opening to the Light till it passes in its ascent beyond Mind; to bring down a descent of the supramental Divine through self-giving and surrender with a consequent transformation of mind, life and body — this is the integral way to the Truth.
Sri Aurobindo. Riddle of This World (Kindle Locations 241-245).

"A typical inhabitant of the higher planets has a life span of 10,000 celestial years, where each day and each night equals six earthly months (SB 4.9.63p). However, many demigods live for a much longer period. Thus demigods such as Indra hold official positions in the universal administration for the span of one manvantara, or 71 X 12,000 celestial years, and their total life span is much longer. The demigods have the power to assume any desired form (SB 8.15.32p) and to appear and disappear at will before ordinary human beings. Thus SB 9.21.15 says that demigods such as Lord Brahmä and Lord Çiva appeared in human form before Mahäräja Rantideva, and SB 1.12.20p says that that Indra and Agni appeared before Mahäräja Çibi in the form of an eagle and a pigeon. There are also many passages in the Bhägavatam that describe how demigods possessing higher levels of karmic merit can appear and disappear at will before lesser demigods. For example, Indra’s guru, Båhaspati, made himself inaccessible to Indra after Indra offended him (SB 6.7.16).

The Vedic literature maintains that we live in a hierarchically structured universe occupied by 400,000 species of humanlike form and some 8,000,000 nonhuman species. These living beings inhabit a graded system of worlds such as Bhü-maëòala, which possess variegated geographical features. The thesis of this book is that these worlds are literally real, even though they are almost entirely inaccessible to ordinary human senses. We have tried to relate this idea to modern mathematical thought by describing the universe as a multidimensional system. We can ask, If this description of the universe is correct, then is there anything that humans could expect to observe that would tend to corroborate it? First of all, we could not expect to readily see the demigods, for human beings generally do not have the karmic qualifications required for this. (See Section 6.c.1.) This means that we also cannot expect to gain access to the regions where the demigods are active, such as the slopes of Mount Meru, since this would surely entail being able to see the demigods themselves. We might expect to interact with beings lower than the demigods but slightly higher than ourselves in the cosmic hierarchy. However, since these beings are higher than ourselves, we could not expect to fully control these interactions. We might expect that they would have access to us but that we would not have access to them or their abodes.

The beings between humans and demigods range from powerful types of ghosts to demonic entities such as Yakñas and Räkñasas, and to more attractive beings such as Vidyädharas, Cäraëas, Siddhas, and Gandharvas. Interactions with these various beings might take various forms, depending on their own interests and on our level of consciousness. These interactions are likely to involve mystic powers, since these beings are all well-endowed with such powers. They must involve higher dimensional transformations, because the abodes of these beings are invisible to our senses. They may also involve remarkable flying machines, since such machines are often ascribed to these beings in the Vedic literature. We propose that these ideas about what we might expect to see in the Vedic universe are consistent with the evidence provided by psychical phenomena, UFO reports, folklore, and reports of miracles. This broad body of evidence is consistent with the Vedic world picture. However, none of this evidence is compatible with modern science, and all of it is rejected by the scientific community. We suggest that the Vedic world view is broadly supported by empirical evidence, but this evidence can never be respectable until the Vedic world view itself is restored to a respectable status."
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No Beginning and No End - The Gordian Knot / Torus / God

The double rotation spelling ROTATOR is symbolic of the corresponding flow of energy that happens along the surface of a torus; as you can see in the animated image, the torus both unfolds and enfolds perpetually.

The Gordian Knot also takes on a very mystical meaning in sacred geometry. This knot can actually be made from a Torus Tube (which resembles a donut shape), known in physics as the perfect shape. The Torus Tube was used as a symbol for the unity of the consciousness with the universe. Although the Gordian Knot goes on for eternity, with no beginning and no end, there are three clear ovals shaped by this continuous line. These three shapes represent the Holy Trinity and its union, as well as the three forces (positive, negative and neutral) that comprise the universe.

“He who holds the keys to the secrets of Death is possessed of the keys of Life.” Master K.H., The Mahatma Letters
“The end of birth is death; the end of death is birth.” Krishna, The Bhagavad Gita