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5 Planes of Existence
Introduction
Five Planes of Manifestation
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SEASONS, FIVE
A symbol of the five planes of manifestation
within the cycle of life.
"And that Pragâpati who became relaxed is the year; and those five
bodily parts of his (i.e. hair, skin, flesh, bone, and marrow) which
became relaxed, are the seasons; for there are five seasons, and
five are those layers." - Sata. Bráh., VI. 1, 2, 18.
The Archetypal Man, being perfected in the cycle of involution,
thereafter suffered a reversed process and became segregated for the
cycle of evolution. The five planes (physical, astral, mental,
buddhic, and atmic), which had received their qualities and
potencies in involution, were now to evolve the same in multiplicity
of forms. The five planes are the five layers or regions of the
universe and soul.
"And those five bodily parts of his, the seasons which became
relaxed, are the regions; for five in number are the regions, and
five those layers; when he builds up the five layers, he builds him
up with the regions." - Ibid., VI. 1, 2, 19.
The inner Self is built up as mastery over the lower planes is
achieved. The lower conditions are the means by which the Self is
manifested in the soul.
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