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5 Planes of Existence
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Five Planes of Manifestation
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PRAGAPATI, THE LORD OF CREATURES
A symbol of the creative aspect of the
Supreme, which goes forth primordially as Divine Truth producing
Spirit and Matter in the cycle of manifestation, and eventually
taking form as the Archetypal Man.
"Some call Pragâpati the Father with five feet (the five seasons),
and with twelve shapes (the twelve months), the Giver of rain in the
highest half of heaven; others again say that the Sage is placed in
the lower half, in the chariot with seven wheels and six spokes." -
Prasna Upanishad, I. 11.
The “five feet or seasons" signify progression on the five planes of
the universe, and the "twelve shapes or months" represent the twelve
divisions of the great cycle of time and life, during which the Self
accomplishes his course. The Divine Wisdom dispenses Truth from
above; he is also the indwelling Self in the lower nature, seated in
the causal-body related with the seven globes of the planetary
chain, and the dual aspects of relativity of the three lower planes.
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