The Soul must travel through three different levels of existence, with their corresponding bodies/vessels, for the necessary experience before returning to its eternal Oneness with Creator. On all three levels of existence the Soul must clear accumulated karma before progressing to the next level. These levels to be mastered consist of the physical world, the Astral plane and the Causal level of life.
The following is a
teaching given by the ascended Master, Sri Yukteswar Giri, to his, then
student, Paramahansa Yogananda whom is now, himself, a great Master.
Shortly after his passing over, Sri Yukteswar manifested to Yogananda to
deliver the following information to be shared with humanity.
AN ASTRAL PLANET
As prophets are sent on Earth to help mankind work out their physical karma, so I have been directed by God to serve on an astral planet as a saviour. This planet is called "Hiranyaloka" or "Illumined Astral Planet". There I am aiding advanced beings to rid themselves of astral karma, and thus to attain liberation from astral rebirths.
The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed spiritually; all of them have acquired, in their last incarnation on Earth, the meditation-given power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death. No one can enter Hiranyaloka unless he/she had experienced during their previous terrestrial life, the states of "Subikalpa" (realisation of oneness with Spirit) and "Nirbikalpa samadhi" (superior state with liberation from earthly karma).
Hiranyaloka inhabitants have already passed through the ordinary astral spheres, where nearly all beings from Earth must go at death; there they destroyed many seeds of karma connected with their past actions in astral worlds. None but advanced devotees can perform such redemptive work effectively in the astral spheres. -- (This is because most persons, enjoying the beauty of the astral world, do not see any necessity for strenuous spiritual effort.) -- Then, in order to free their Souls fully from all traces of astral karma, these aspirants were drawn by cosmic law to be reborn in new astral bodies on Hiranyaloka, the astral Sun of heaven, where I am present to help them. There are also nearly perfect beings on Hiranyaloka who have come from the superior Causal World.
THE HUMAN SOUL ENCASED
You have read in the scriptures that God encased the human Soul successively in three bodies -- the idea, or Causal body, the subtle Astral body, seat of mankind´s mental and emotional natures; and the gross material body. On Earth a man is equipped with his/her physical senses. An Astral person works through their consciousness and feelings with a body made of "lifetrons" or Prana. A Causal-bodied being remains in the blissful realm of ideas. My work is with those Astral devotees who are preparing to enter, or re-enter the Causal world.
(This article/teaching is from "Autobiography of a Yogi".)
AN ASTRAL PLANET
As prophets are sent on Earth to help mankind work out their physical karma, so I have been directed by God to serve on an astral planet as a saviour. This planet is called "Hiranyaloka" or "Illumined Astral Planet". There I am aiding advanced beings to rid themselves of astral karma, and thus to attain liberation from astral rebirths.
The dwellers on Hiranyaloka are highly developed spiritually; all of them have acquired, in their last incarnation on Earth, the meditation-given power of consciously leaving their physical bodies at death. No one can enter Hiranyaloka unless he/she had experienced during their previous terrestrial life, the states of "Subikalpa" (realisation of oneness with Spirit) and "Nirbikalpa samadhi" (superior state with liberation from earthly karma).
Hiranyaloka inhabitants have already passed through the ordinary astral spheres, where nearly all beings from Earth must go at death; there they destroyed many seeds of karma connected with their past actions in astral worlds. None but advanced devotees can perform such redemptive work effectively in the astral spheres. -- (This is because most persons, enjoying the beauty of the astral world, do not see any necessity for strenuous spiritual effort.) -- Then, in order to free their Souls fully from all traces of astral karma, these aspirants were drawn by cosmic law to be reborn in new astral bodies on Hiranyaloka, the astral Sun of heaven, where I am present to help them. There are also nearly perfect beings on Hiranyaloka who have come from the superior Causal World.
THE HUMAN SOUL ENCASED
You have read in the scriptures that God encased the human Soul successively in three bodies -- the idea, or Causal body, the subtle Astral body, seat of mankind´s mental and emotional natures; and the gross material body. On Earth a man is equipped with his/her physical senses. An Astral person works through their consciousness and feelings with a body made of "lifetrons" or Prana. A Causal-bodied being remains in the blissful realm of ideas. My work is with those Astral devotees who are preparing to enter, or re-enter the Causal world.
(This article/teaching is from "Autobiography of a Yogi".)
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