The Metaphysical Look at of Loss of life and Daily life Right after Demise Element four

At moments the soul undergoing transition is led across rivers with the assist of an escort. In Greek myths, Charon, the boatman, was assigned the task of guiding souls to the Otherside. Hermes, performing as psychopompos, led deserving souls to Olympus. The ushabtis, or statuettes buried with the lifeless amongst historic Egyptians, could conceivably represent escorts or soul-bearers, apart from the usual interpretation of students of them getting servants in the afterlife. In other religions, the escort of the soul is the Angel of Death, the grim reaper wielding a scythe as depicted in one particular of the playing cards of the Main Arcana of the Tarot--though the common Christian sees that becoming not as an escorter but as an avenger. Muslims call this Angel of Loss of life, "Izrail." There is a likelihood that escorts of the soul do not often fetch departing souls from the Otherside. They may, in fact, also appear from our actual physical dimension aiding souls in their transition. What we are intimating is that the mastery of astral projection or lucid dreaming in fact gives the mystic or psychic the electrical power to act as psychopompos, or guidebook of the soul. Our possess individual experience might recommend this, as we will relate underneath, even so, we are not implying right here that we have individually mastered the art of occult mobilization, or attained a spirituality of a high degree:

We (I, me, myself) as soon as experienced a dear pal who was a Theosophist. Despite the fact that there were decades of physical a long time among us, we were fairly close. 1 day, we received a contact informing us of her demise. Her passing was unexpected and unforeseen. Wondering what her condition was like in the bardo, that night time we made the decision to be by her side to offer guidance. And so with affirmations, extreme brain-programming, and a strong need, we spontaneously attained a projection with out strenuously heading by means of the common steps as taught in occult publications and schools. Moments later, we had been by her side, foremost her to a specified spot, to a particular non secular information or grasp with whom in the astral condition we ended up nicely acquainted with. When we achieved our vacation spot, we stated to her: "from hereon you are on your personal. We shall meet up with again." Soon after bidding her farewell, we had been as soon as again back in our actual physical body.

All together the projection, we were lucid and aware--mindful that a component of us was asleep in mattress while yet another factor, was energetic in another planet. This is 1 of the signs indicating that the knowledge was not a aspiration. Soul-journey as we have mentioned prior to, is a thriller to the average religious devotee. Eventhough mystics, prophets and saints have alluded to this particular occult capability possessed by gentleman, the average person even now continues to be unconvinced and skeptical as to its fact or from another viewpoint they worry it as a satanic reward. Even so, at the very least the Bah'i'i faith firmly states the possibility for one particular to experience the afterlife even though however nonetheless alive and embodied on earth. Many modern day saints these kinds of as Padre Pio ended up adepts of soul-journey.

Soul-vacation, or astral journey is a organic manner of rest for the incarnating soul from the vicissitudes of daily daily life. This normally takes place by means of rest, but could be induced by way of a variety of signifies. It is through this occult college that expertise of the different proportions may possibly be obtained. Historical Greeks ended up common with the art of astral projection. In their myths there are a lot of references to heroes visiting the underworld, this kind of as Hercules, Aeneas, and Odysseus, or sorceresses this sort of as Medea accompanying Jason, the captain of the Argonauts in his adventures--despite the fact that she in her astral physique. These myths almost certainly refer to the astral elements of the magic formula initiations of the historic Secret Faculties.


The Occult Custom

Ahead of describing the loss of life process from the occult and metaphysical position of check out, we should to have some knowledge of man's occult anatomy, for man's hidden composition and physiology engage in an critical role in the release of the soul from its confinement to the kind and the disintegration of the actual physical body and they are, therefore, a pertinent element to our comprehending of transition. It is also of some relevance to know the framework of the numerous planes or proportions. We shall, as a result, take into account these two important subjects briefly just before speaking about the approach of changeover from the occult point of view.


The Microcosm

Gentleman, the microcosm, possesses a number of bodies, rules, or cars. In accordance to Theosophy, these principles/bodies are seven in quantity: Monad, Atma, Buddhi, Higher Mental/Causal, Reduce Mental, Astral Physique, and Etheric/Bodily. Christianity divides man's components into physique, soul and spirit. The notion of gentleman possessing numerous bodies is also to be located in Hinduism, the Qaballah, and Islam and is in fact primarily based on the teachings of the Ageless Wisdom it is to be discovered underlying all spiritual traditions in one type or an additional. The Initiates of ancient Egypt, for instance, had a obvious understanding of man's delicate anatomy as we can see from the pursuing proposed correspondence with the Theosophical program:

Actual physical Human body - Khat

Etheric Physique - Khaibit (shadow)

Astral Entire body - Ka (double)

Decrease Mental - Ba (heart-soul)

Causal Entire body - Sahu (religious human body)

Greater Mental - Ren (identify)

Buddhi - Khu/Ab (religious soul)

Atma - Sekhem (electrical power)

Monad - Khabs

In typical cases, the bodies straight involved in the loss of life method and in the afterdeath state are of the very first 5-the actual physical human body, etheric, astral, reduce mental, and causal. In particular circumstances it might entail the 1st two or a few.

Every entire body or basic principle has vitality-facilities completely created and operating, or in the approach of unfoldment. These vitality-facilities are referred to as chakras in Hindu occultism and there are seven of main relevance. In the bodily physique the endocrine glands and the plexi correspond to these chakras. The pursuing are the Hindu phrases for these chakras as well as their correspondence to the glands and their place:

Muladhara - gonads - base of spine

Svadishtana - spleen/pancreas - naval

Manipura - adrenals - photo voltaic plexus

Anahata - thymus - heart

Vishuddha - thyroid - throat

Ajna - pituitary - centre of eyebrows

Sahasrara - pineal - crown

Each and every car of consciousness possesses chakras, some of which are not performing to its entire possible or entirely-designed as nevertheless in the average human being. Chakras are channels and transformers of power. They get the inflow of energies originating from larger spheres and distribute individuals energies to a decrease principle. The frequencies or traits of these chakras are connected with one's evolutionary advancement this account for the numerous colors attributed to them by different authorities who typically seemingly contradict one particular another. These chakras vibrate at a price determined by the quality of the indwelling soul. For the duration of transition the soul escapes through one of these portals. One's evolutionary development decides the place the soul would make its exit. In accordance to occult teachings, it is favorable for the soul to be released via the crown chakra or other increased facilities escape by way of the lower facilities results in a transition to a single of the reduce worlds. Normally talking, the average man or woman evacuates the physique, in the approach of changeover, by way of the solar plexus chakra. This is simply because the manipura chakra is linked with the characteristics of self-centeredness, and is the typical expression and polarization of the typical man or woman. Aspirants and servers of humanity often arise out of the heart chakra, as this chakra is related to an growing enjoy for all sentient beings. Enlightened, non secular souls pass out of the physical kind by means of the crown chakra. This key center is associated with pure, lofty ideas and inner thoughts, with a sense of oneness and identification with all beings. It is this crown chakra that Hopi Indians considered to be the exit of the soul at demise. Occultism declares that the position of exit signifies the realm that the indwelling soul would sojourn, whether or not it be in the decrease regions of "hell," or in the upper localities of "heaven."

Connecting the various bodies with each other, like beads on a string, is the sutratma. This sutratma is often referred to as the "silver wire." This expression arrives from one of the textbooks of the Old Testomony.

"Or ever  What does it mean when you dream about rats  be loosed, or the golden bowl be damaged, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel damaged at the cistern." (Ecclesiastes 12:six)

Although the indwelling soul is incarnated in the bodily sort, the sutratma continues to be intact, connecting the reduce form to the greater ideas. It capabilities mainly as a channel for divine daily life forces--the energies emanating from the Monad. In slumber and in the astral point out, when the recognition-principle roams about in the increased dimensions, this twine serves as a connecting  website  link among the materials human body and the astral sort. So extended as this wire exists intact, the soul is certain to the actual physical physique. When the wire is severed, as takes place in the loss of life process, the soul loses its connection with the physical body. A particular person may possibly be in a coma, or in a cataleptic point out with a resemblance of loss of life, but so extended as the wire endures, it is constantly achievable for life to return--it is attainable to "raise the dead," so to talk.

Yet another stage to think about concerning man's occult anatomy which is appropriate to our discussion of the procedure of changeover are the seed-atoms. These atoms are vortexes of energies which collectively talking, may possibly be regarded as the information of the unfolding soul, or as the soul's "guide of existence." They correspond to "Kiramun-i-Kaitibun," the recording angels in sufi teachings. Occultism teaches the existence of a few seed-atoms--the mental, astral and the actual physical seed-atom. These atoms register all of the ideas, emotions and actions of the incarnated soul. They are records of the top quality and character of the soul, and could be believed of as the memory book of all the encounters of the soul's earlier incarnated life. They, consequently, also have the data of one's karmic heritage. It ought to be noted that although Buddhism teaches reincarnation, they do not believe in a "self" that reincarnates. To Buddhists, that which reincarnates are the karmic traits of the recognition-principle. Even though we will not take into account the question of what survives and reincarnates, it is intriguing to know that these "karmic attributes" correlate with the contents of the seed-atoms.

The psychological seed-atom is related with the soul's consciousness and mental world of feelings and concepts. In the bodily body it resides in the pineal gland. One's inner thoughts, unfavorable and constructive, are registered in the astral seed-atom. The liver is the temporary house of this seed-atom. The bodily seed-atom abides in the heart. It is linked with the daily life-principle inside of the physique. In the loss of life process, the seed-atoms arise out of the bodily entire body in sequence, as we shall see presently.

In accordance to occultism in standard, in the starting of a manvantara, or cycle of manifestation and development, the 1st Trigger emanated from Itself streams of energies of varying densities or Spirit vibrating in a total spectrum of frequencies. These energies, structured electronically in substantial and lower densities, are the various proportions, planes, realms, or mansions of the manifested Cosmos. In the Qaballah, these dimensions and planes are referred to as the four worlds and the sephiroths. According to theosophical teachings, there are 7 planes that worries man's current evolution. These 7 planes are collectively referred to as the cosmic physical plane. Although there are higher planes, we will not contemplate them, as they have extremely tiny to do with man's evolution, and are far over and above our status as human souls.

The seven planes, in theosophical teachings are named: Logoic, Monadic, Atmic, Buddhic, Psychological, Astral, and Physical. Particular Sufi teachings refer to these various planes as: "Alam-i-tabi-at," "Alam-i-surat," "Alam-i-ma'na," "Alam-i-malakut," "Alam-i-jabarut," "Alam-i-lahut," and "Alam-i-hahut." Each and every of the seven planes pointed out are subdivided into 7 lesser realms making 49 in all. The different heavens and hells (realms of pleasure and suffering) which the human soul sojourns and dwells are to be located in the Mental and Astral regions. In the upper regions of the Mental subplanes is to be discovered what is called the Causal airplane. This is paradise appropriate where most souls go to relaxation just before reincarnating in the physical dimension. Tibetan Buddhism refers to the Physical, Astral and Psychological planes as the six worlds: the entire world of gods (Devaloka), of Titans (Asuraloka), of hungry ghosts (Pretaloka), of hell, of animals, and of people. These descriptive realms symbolically refer to human behaviour and evolutionary growth with a predominating attribute vice: for instance, satisfaction, envy, greed, hatred, ignorance, and wish. These 6 worlds are the abodes or heavens--or hell, as the circumstance might be--of souls of assorted non secular improvement. Beneath we give the evolutionary degree of souls in correlation with the six worlds that they vibrate in harmony with:

Causal-Higher Psychological Planes - Entire world of gods - Saints, masters . . .

Reduced Mental Planes - Planet of Asuras - Philosophers, heroes . . .

Greater and Mid-Astral Planes - Entire world of Pretas - Typical male

Reduce Astral Planes - Planet of Animals - Purgatory, short-term abode of common gentleman.

Sub-Reduced Astral Planes - World of Demons - Hell, momentary abode of evil and wicked males.

Actual physical Plane - Globe of Individuals - Physical entire world, all types of souls.


Transition and the soon after demise condition

We have already mentioned the a variety of related areas of man's occult anatomy that are straight concerned in the demise method. We shall now see how they suit jointly in the soul's birthing method into another realm. It should be observed, even so, that there are variations in the loss of life process. We shall be considering the regular method of dying for the common individual, but prior to we do, allow us think about how occultism advocates the approach of help to the dying.

Occultism teaches the requirement for absolute quietness bordering the dying. The moanings and wailings of relatives and pals need to be held at a least and away from the existence of the a single undergoing changeover. The dying's feeling of notion is heightened for the duration of transition and is focused strongly on the bardo, and, therefore, it is imperative at this stage that absolutely nothing disturbs the dying person. To do so would distract the soul from liberating by itself in the early phases of the bardo and stop it from getting reborn in a larger realm. It is stated that orange gentle in the room of the dying aids the awareness-theory to preserve consciousness so that it would not miss the Distinct Light-weight of the 1st phase of the bardo. Oneness and identification with the Distinct Mild is what brings about liberation for the soul--liberation from the requirement to reincarnate. Sandalwood incense and chanting of mantras also aid the dying to remain focussed and mentally warn. In the Tibetan tradition, specific direction is given verbally to the dying pilgrim, that it may possibly recognize the different stages of the bardo and what it need to do after they are encountered and seasoned. Occultism advocates similar assistance to the dying, since the basic purpose underlying equally techniques are a single and the identical, that is, the liberation of the soul from an unlucky rebirth in a single of the lower locations of the cosmos which triggers evolutionary stagnation. The tactics for aiding the dying as effectively as dying fruitfully is properly worth understanding--particularly to working towards metaphysicians.

What is crucial to discover is the preserving of one's mind and consciousness at a lofty level by way of continuous meditation and mental reflection in each day daily life. This polarizes the consciousness in the head chakra and facilitates the recognition of the dawning mild in the very first phase of the bardo. Dying consciously is a lot more useful than dying in an unconscious manner for the previously mentioned explanation.

Surprisingly enough, relying on our viewpoint, very developed souls are informed of the time and onset of their death. This inner being aware of is derived from intuitive impressions from the Oversoul, or Greater Self. Such initiates are knowledgeable of the procedure of death and they transit in total awareness without having a break or a hiatus in their consciousness. Some even attain what is referred to as "the Rainbow Human body." This is the transformation or the absorption of actual physical particles of the physique into one's spiritual gentle in the course of transition, leaving no vacant corpse behind. This is alluded to in the biblical passage concerning the prophet Enoch, the place it is mentioned that he walked with God "and was not."

People obtaining noticed the Clear Mild and have united with it, or obtained the divine gnosis known as "marifatullah" in Esoteric Islam encounters different esoteric/exoteric signs months and times prior to the demise process:
[Note: The table of the esoteric/ exoteric indications might be observed as at first printed at our website]