When Yogananda’s Guru Sri Yukteswar resurrects and comes to Yogananda, He gives him much information about other lives lived on other planes of existence. Sri Yukteswar describes to Yogananda the eyes of astral beings living on astral planes. The astral being has three eyes. Two of these eyes are placed on the face as the eyes of a human being are placed. The third eye is placed vertically in the center of the forehead. This is the eye through which astral beings primarily see. This is the third eye. This is the eye that sees with feelings and with intuition. […]

The individuated consciousness, the soul, has evolution on three different planes of existence: The terrestrial, the astral and the causal. First, evolution is on the terrestrial planes like the Earth. There are many lifetimes for the individuated consciousness projecting as a human being. These lifetimes are governed by Natural Law to ensure that the soul stays in the stream of evolution. This is done through Karma. There is Karma that the individuated consciousness comes into a particular lifetime with. This Karma must be worked out in this particular lifetime. The soul keeps coming back as a human being until it […]

Being has two modes: The Absolute and the relative. The Absolute Field is Divine Being, Universal God; It is Pure Consciousness, unmanifest, unbounded, never changing and eternal. The relative field is Being made manifest. It is of phenomenal forms and perishable in nature; It is bounded by space, time and causation; It is ever changing and it is eternal. This is the duality of Being: The Absolute and the relative. Maharishi teaches in the tradition of the Ancient Vedic Masters: Purnamada, Purnamidam. This is full and That is full. These are the two Realities of life; The two Fullnesses of […]

Natural Law emerges as vibrations, or sounds, from the Field of the Absolute That is Wholeness. These sounds emerge in a sequential manner: With reference to the sound that has come before; And with reference to the Wholeness of the Absolute. Mantra, Brahmana; Sound, gap between the sounds that is Wholeness. These sounds of Natural Law manifest Creation by collapsing into energies and matters of the infinities of universes. It is the function of Natural Law to manifest Creation; To maintain Creation in the stream of evolution until its fulfillment; And to dissolve Creation. Creation emerges from Wholeness; Evolves through […]

Maharishi’s teaching on God Consciousness is very beautiful and very moving. God Consciousness develops from Enlightenment. Enlightenment is holding two states of consciousness simultaneously: Consciousness of Self alongside consciousness of the relative field. Being established in your Self is gained, in time, with a Meditation Practice that transcends the relative field; That uncovers Self; That gains Union with Universal God. When established in one’s Self, Union with Universal God is permanent. Then a need grows to know Who the Creator is; To know Who created this magnificent world of the infinities of Universes with all the different planes of existence […]

There are many truths about our Universe: Time goes by, all perishes, change is never ending…… These truths are all relative truths, truths of the relative field. The created world, the infinities of Universes: This is the relative plane of life. There is Absolute universal truth that lies beyond the relative field. Maharishi teaches in the tradition of the Ancient Vedic Masters out of India, a tradition that is thousands of years old and has stood the test of time. He teaches that the truth of all truths is Divine Being. Divine Being is the Absolute truth of the Absolute […]

To self actualize is to realize the full potential of self. What is the full potential of self? It depends on how you define self. Do you define your self as your mind and physiology here in the world? This is the relative self. The relative self, like all the created relative field, is limited and bounded by space, time and causation. It is perishable and ever changing. To define self as your relative self does not give you the full potential that is yours. Your real nature is Absolute Self; The Self That is unbounded and unlimited; That is […]

You influence the collective consciousness. The most subtle part of your identity here in the world, in the relative field, is your individuated consciousness. The aggregate of all individuated consciousnesses is the collective consciousness. Your individuated consciousness projects your mind and your physiology. The starting point for your evolution in this lifetime is determined by the level of evolution of the individuated consciousness from all your previous lifetimes. Your level of evolution determines the quality of your vibrations. Every thought, word and action of yours have vibrations that reverberate throughout the collective consciousness. The qualities of your vibrations can have […]

What is Enlightenment? Maharishi teaches that Enlightenment is knowing who you are; Knowing your Self. He teaches there are two Realities of Life. There is the world we live in, the created world, that is the relative field with its infinities of Universes. The relative field is always changing, of phenomenal appearances and bounded by space, time and causation. We experience the relative field with the consciousness of waking, dreaming or sleeping. Our idea of who we are might be our name or family, or perhaps the work we do. These are limited and incomplete definitions of who we are. […]

We experience the relative field, the created world in which we live, with the consciousness of waking, dreaming or sleeping. The state of the nervous system with the consciousness of the relative field is its regular state. There are Higher States of Consciousness where the nervous system is organized differently. Pure Consciousness is the experience when the relative field is transcended in your Meditation Practice. The Transcendent, your Self, is the first Higher State of Consciousness. In the Transcendent, your nervous system has a corresponding state of restful alertness. There is no consciousness of the relative field. You are not […]