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5 Planes of Existence
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Five Planes of Manifestation
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ISVARA OR KAPILA
A symbol of the Higher Self,-the Logos.
"Isvara shines like the sun, irradiating all spaces above, below,
between. Thus this potent and adorable deity alone presides over the
various origins of things." - Svetas. Upanishad, V.
"That which dwells in all living things, inside the living things,
and all living things know not, whose body all living things are,
which actuates all living things from within,-that is thy Self (Isvara),
the internal ruler, immortal. That which dwells within mind, inside
the mind, and the mind knows not, whose body the mind is, which
actuates the mind from within,-that is thy Self, the internal ruler
immortal." - Brihad. Upanishad.
"The self-existent Isvara has suppressed the senses that go out
towards the things of sense. These senses then go out, not inwards
to the Self. Here and there a wise man with the craving for
immortality has closed his eyes and seen the Self. The unwise follow
after outward pleasures and enter into the net of widespread death;
but the wise, who know what it is to be immortal, seek not for the
imperishable amidst the things that perish." - Katha. Upanishad, IV.
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The indwelling Self or Christ is the power within all things which
causes them to evolve. The Self within the minds of men makes for
righteousness and the control of the desires.
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