Spheres of Existence Beyond - Astral plane -I

In this article I`ll observe some basic questions related to astral planes, or what is the image of “afterlife” for earth souls.
Here I`m answering the questions: What are astral planes? How does afterlife look like for different souls? What we experience in the transition time to other side or in process of dying.

I.             Astral plane:

This is the plane immediately connected with the earth plane, or the dense physical reality we live in. We experience this plane every day through our state of sleep, meditation, dreaming, imagination or visualisations. Astral plane is strongly connected to our believes, feelings, subconsciousness, emotions, and with our Ethereal and Astral body, which consist of lighter and higher vibrational energy.

It`s interesting to know that our Astral body is connected to the physical body always through thin cords. We use our astral body in the night, when we sleep, or when we make meditation or Astral travel. In this way our Astral body keeps the physical body safe and in special state or absence”. Astral body resembles the physical body, but it can look younger and with higher frequency, which makes it better version of the body.

Astral Plane is divided to 9 Astral sublevels, each of them containing different information of astral and different ethereal beings.

Of course all Astral planes are invisible to the human eyes, and vibrate in another frequency than earth plane. Some of the lower astral planes inhabit various types of ghosts, spirits or entities, that were incarnated or not. { ref. please see my article: What are ghosts? I } 

The Sub-Astral – (my angels also call it Dark or Black astral - Demons, ghosts, entities, spirits 

There are three levels, that can be called Sub-Astral, or Dark astral – and which are “below” and consist of kinds of dark non-incarnated beings, like demonic entities, ghosts, demons. They are mostly not incarnated (as humans), and have another purpose of existence. In some very rare cases though they could incarnate.

For now I wont go into more details in these levels, as I have separate article dedicated to demons and entities from Astral plane.

The Sub-Astral Spirit of Deceased Souls, ghosts

Another three levels from Astral are inhabited by deceased incarnated beings, that are passing through that plane, but for some reasons couldn’t go further to the Light. They had not enough power of mind, or were trapped in the Astral levels. These beings we also refer to as “ghosts”, or spirits. They can be felt by extra sensitive humans or clairvoyants, as they are very close to the earths energy. Most of them were overly attached to the physical plane -like different kind of attachment to people, objects or money, which made them unable to connect with their Spirit guides. So they didn’t go to the Accelerated golden tunnel of Light, which is the main purpose of all human beings. These are spirits of deceased. They can often live or merge together with the dark faeries realms. These souls live in a similar to earth or fantasy-like conditions and environment. But they don’t have advanced spiritual lessons (as humans) and don’t have angelic presence.

{ The Astral plane -Void or Collective consciousness of Earth/ Physical plane

Another three halls (planes) are filled with Void or dark matter, where is actually collected all material consciousness of Earth and humanity. Here are living in form of clouds or transforming fogs, and energy diffusions all dark thoughts and feelings (which have energy cords and look as spider webs often) of collective Soul of humanity. Here could live also the collective evil, dark thoughts or twisted psychology of all earth eras and history periods. They are mostly related to moments of energy downfalls in humanity consciousness – like the invention and use of Atom bomb or different war weapons and techniques and chemical weapons, or atrocities of humans against humans or against nature. Here would be Nazi ideas, Related to demonic world other inhuman ideas, which are far from the omnipresent God Spirit in human.

This is one of the lowest Astrals, no other beings live here, but it`s like a soup of void and fogs; This territory is something like an archive of the humanity. (like Akashic records but with opposite sign).

The medium Astral plane are the souls of the deceased and different kind of ghosts and imprints of energy.

The Upper Astral (or Silver Astral plane) 

This plane is close to us and our physical plane, is inhabited by so called shadow-sides (or Astral bodies) of all beings, already living on Earth – but in state of sleep, deep meditation, state of connection to Astral – like clairvoyant, or mediums, and dream state. These are all astral bodies from present and near past – future of the earth. So you can see some forms of angelic presence (guardian angels, astral guardians, or faeries), as well as Astral fluid bodies and thoughts in this Upper astral plane.

The main colours of astral levels are dark – dark blue, grey, silver, all shades of silver and sparkles, moonstone light, dark silver. In these levels you can also see and receive information (if you are a medium), about past lives of person, his aura colours, his chakras and Astral body and patterns, his future options and choices. This plane is amazing as it is visible in it the whole web of cords and energies of the Planet. This level is the actual Blueprint of the Earth, and one way how the spirits and angels see us here, and how we view ourselves in state of meditation or connecting with other creatures.

All planes are actually 12 – they are like big spheres, and they are divided further into 12 more sub-levels – or 144 levels total. Each of the 12 sub-levels are divided into 10 more smaller spheres-planes (or discs of reality), so they are totally 1440.

The levels and planes are related to the pattern of the bodies in human aura, after the physical body. They are also related to the kabbalistic Sephirot and tree of Life.

The first level is called Astral Plane- as I have described already.

All Spheres/ Planes are:

I. Astral Plane first ( equal to the space between and under the sephirot Malkut -Kingdom of the Tree of life in Kabbalah). This sphere includes 6 sub-levels called Sub -Astral. (1. Sub Astral of Demons, ghosts and dark entities; 2. Sub-Astral of deceases souls, trapped souls, dark souls that were incarnated or not incarnated; 3. Sub-astral -void, collective subconsciousness, thought patterns of humanity; level of dark fairies; 1. Medium Astral – Soul of the deceased in history of earth, plus collective unconscious mind patterns and believes. Different kind of ghosts and spirits can abide too. 2. Medium astral of deceased souls, some entities and dark fairies; 3. Medium astral of deceased souls, souls psychologically tested and committed suicide or act of murder or ancestral crime.)

Thank you for tuning in, children of Light! 

Please continue to read the next part about Spheres and planes beyond ....

Nina Lea-nour
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Kabbalah Portions -II

  In this portion I ll observe the meaning of the Tree of Life and shortly the ten sefirot. What is the meaning of the Tree? What are sefirot, where do they come from?

    I. All the worlds are concealed from men by initial plan of God –Ein Sof the infinite Light. Since the beginning there was just Light filling the whole space. It was only God alone abiding. Then he had the first inner motion – the will to create. God created the first world – imagine it like a sphere inside another sphere, inside another…until time, space and physical reality are created.

     God created a constriction in the middle of His Ein Sof, in such way an empty space or void occurred. As there was no place for creation, the divine force made a space. This given space expanded, and created the Spiritual worlds  -in Kabbalah tradition they are four. Even so the spiritual worlds are encompassed by the Infinite Light – Ein Sof, as God essence is still in the center and on the edge (ends) of the last sphere. In such way the physical world is far away from the center, but also far and in the same time close to the edge of infinite Light – which is outside the World as we perceive as physical”. The worlds are: Atzuluth (emanation, concealed potential of God, masculine principle), Beriah – first creation, feminine principle, Imma –woman, 3.Yetzirah – formation of worlds of good and evil spirits, angels that are helping humans, human emotions, 4. Assiah – action, movement, expansion of worlds – manifestation of spiritual in physical reality and our world. Assiah has spiritual and physical sphere.

Each of this worlds is a huge sphere of Light, that fills the space, and all of them are in the spiritual plane, except the last sphere of Assiah. Each of the worlds encompasses principles, creates angelic presences and angelic hierarchies, and expands infinitely. These worlds are not static, but they continue to move and expand. They contain little spheres of Divine emanation of Light. This light is the plan of existence of Creator, send to all living beings – in form and in shape, in physical bodies or spiritual. In such way the worlds contain the allegorical image of Tree of Life and seforot – the main concept in Kabbalah.

II. Tree of Life ~ Etz ha Chayim

    The tree represents the divine emanations of God and his creation from nothing (ex nihilo). This is the nature of revealed divinity and human soul. The tree consists of ten Spheres called Seforot (numbers, counting), and 22 paths connecting them in well formed shape. Each of the sefirot is emanation of divine qualities, that should be recognized and reached by humans to highest possible degree. In order to do that, the human needs to ascend through spiritual paths – which are the 22 connections.

The Tree is symbol of map of Creation and explains in depths the full meaning of creation and God, with his concealed and revealed aspects.

Most things in the world are concealed from the five senses of humans, as humans are just advanced animal world. They have barrier of their human senses, that prevents them from seeing and observing and accepting the spiritual reality. That’s why there is a barrier between the Sefirot Malchut (Kingship) and all others above. The Tree of life is amazing mirrored view of the universe. Its roots are spiritual worlds and are up in the “higher realms”, its branches and leaves are in the physical reality and our Earth. But the ultimate goal of Kabbalah (and God) is to achieve the desire in each human to be closer to Creator and become creator himself. That means he starts to fill in with divine Light slowly, and his desire for giving (bestowing) love, kindness, strength, beauty (all divine qualities of sefirot) becomes higher. Humans desire to “receive” is also there as we are vessels of Divine light, but the desire decreases with increasing of will of giving.

III. Sefirot – emanation of divine Light Ein Sof ~

10 sefirot are symbols of the divine qualities, or spiritual principles, that should be observed and achieved by men. Tree is representation of process how universes and worlds begin to exist and expand. The space above the first Sefira –Keter is named in Jewish scripts “Ain Sof Aur” – Light without end. Keter is a thought – singularity of the Limitless light. This is the primordial Light. The next is Chochma – wisdom, in which Space and time started to spread. Before that they didn’t exist. This is pure dynamic energy that expands with speed faster than Light. Binah is primordial feminine energy, represented by primordial Waters. Binah receives the energy of Chochmah, nourishing it. Binah is beginning of Time. These three sefirot are the first primordial energies of the Universe – they are Supernal sefirot.

What is the role of the man?

Human beings are seen as the fruit of the Tree of Life, through which the eternal divine essence and energy can express and experience finite form in physical world. The process now is reversed – the human is obliged to trace his existence and aims to reunite again with all divine essences, until it reaches the Infinite Light –Crown, and become one with the Creator. This is the aim of existence.

All sefirot – divine emanations, qualities are:

I.                   Keter – Crown

II.                 Chochma – Wisdom

III.              Binah – understanding

IV.              Chesed – Kindness, love

V.                Gevurah – Severity, Judgment

VI.              Tiferet – Beauty

VII.           Netzah – Strength

VIII.         Hod – Glory, Splendor

IX.             Yessod – Foundation

X.                Malchut – Kingship

As I ll observe later, each sefira has corresponding aspects – angelic being, color, crystal, metals, number, planet, even part of the body. 

nina Lea-nour *

Kabbalah Portions -I

  Kabbalah Self-study I

   Worlds of Light, how Ohr Ein Sof (the infinite divine Light) expands and creates the worlds (Olam). In tradition of Kabbalah the concept of Spiritual worlds (worlds of divine Light) is quite important. The light is perceived as spread of divine qualities and divine essence from the creator to the Creation (worlds). First world was created as a vessel of Light, that expands with divinity.

I.               Willing to receive Ohr Ein Sof – (quality of fullness with Light) – Atziluth. This world means Emanation, the light is totally filled the vessel (kli). The divine light is united with the Source-Creator. Related Sephira here is Chochma (Wisdom). Everything looks as oneness in this Olam Atziluth. Light and creator are one, inseparable, but still the created Vessel exists.

II.                 Willing to bestow Ohr Ein Sof – quality of need for emptiness – The vessel returns the received Light, as an act of need to bestow. But as the vessel does not have this ability, it simply stops to receive and pushes away the divine Light. Here is the second Spiritual world – Beriah – world of Creation. The vessel now creates the empty space inside itself. This is called “creation from nothing”. Nothing was inside infinite light – or void, empty space. Briah is the divine Throne. This world is connected with the spiritual sphere (sefira) Binah (Understanding), also Divine intellect, “Higher garden of Eden”. Here is the first created space where Archangels live since the beginning of creation – they are made of direct divine Light from the source Ein Sof. They are eternal and unchanged. The letter correspondence in Briah is “hei” in Tetragrammaton. The element here is Water, soul level – Neshamah.

III.              Olam Yetzira – Formation – willing of the vessel (worlds like cups) to bestow and to receive in the same time. This is the stage where creation received shape and form. Basic elements are formed here. This world is connected to the divine Sefirot – Chesed, Geburah, Tiferet, Netzah, Hod, Yesod. All of them have desire to receive and to give in the same time. They are called “microposopus”. Its known as the seat of emotions. In Yetzira good and evil exist as concepts and active forces to deal with. They are also measurements on the achieving personal qualities and perfection. In this world souls and angels abide, we know the world by direct communion or prayer to God, or by studying Torah. Finite and non everlasting angels live here, unlike infinite archangels in Briah. Correspondences in this world are: letter “vav” in name of Tetragrammaton. The element Air, the soul level – ruach, emotions and speech, Seraphim, “Lower garden of Eden”.

IV.              Olam Assiah – world of Action – This is the level of completeness. The creation now does not receive direct light in its Vessel from Ein Sof. The Light source is comprehended not by given senses, but with thought and intimate communion. This is spiritual level, but the Light here is again “concealed”, as the function of creation itself is to “create”. In other words –creation wants to become similar or closer to the qualities of Creator, by process of creating “worlds”. Assiah is world of sefira Malchut (Kingship). It is divided into 2 parts – spiritual world of angels – helpers of physical created creatures; and 2. physical manifestation of creation (assiah Gashmi) (our world including humans). Correspondences are: the final letter is divine name “hei” in Tertagrammaton, sefira Malchut, element Earth, soul level –Nefesh (soul garment of action), The Shechinah. Here the spiritual Assiah is ruled by Ofanim, they help humans and fight evil. The main angel here is Sandalphon. In Assiah there are 10 heavens and all the physical creations. World of actions, making and Effects. Corresponding to Pentacles in Tarot.

V.                Adam Kadmon – this is the world of human primordial Soul (or human as potential), that is still united with the creator –Ein Sof. Adam Kadmon is different from Adam ha Rishon (the physical manifestation of human and humanity). As it is still transcendental, abiding in the full light of God, it is not part of the worlds of Light. It is before creation and still emanation of God, not creation process. This is world of infinite potential, associated with sefira Keter (Crown), that stands above all Tree of Life.

( from – study on Lurianic Kabbalah, and general concepts) 

nina Lea-nour *