- Causal plane
Causal plane is a term used in
Neo-Theosophy , some contemporaryVedanta , theNew Age , (especially some channelled communications), and sometimesOccultism , to describe a high spiritual plane of existence. However there is great variation between the different definitions.Neo-Theosophy
The Neo-Theosophy of
Annie Besant andC. W. Leadbeater replacedBlavatsky 's "Higher Manas" principle with the "Higher Mental", "Abstract Mind" (as opposed to Lower Mental or "Concrete Mind"), or Causal Body. The equivalent cosmic plane is the Causal Plane. A detailed description of the Causal Plane, along with the Causal Body, is provided by A. E. Powell, who has compiled information in the works of Besant and Leadbeater in a series of books on each of the subtle bodies.The Neotheosphical concept of Causal Plane proved very influential both in India (via the Adyar branch of Theosophy) and in the New Age, via
Alice Bailey .Contemporary Hinduism
Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami incorporates Theosophical ideas into the traditional Hindu Vediccosmology , when he describes three worlds of existence (triloka ) as "Bhuloka" orphysical plane , "Antarloka" or the subtle orastral plane , and "Sivaloka" ("World of Siva") or the causal plane or Karanaloka, the world of the Gods and highly developedsoul s. About this latter he says:"The causal plane is the world of light and blessedness, the highest of heavenly regions, extolled in the scriptures of all faiths. It is the foundation of existence, the source of visions, the point of conception, the apex of creation. The causal plane is the abode of Lord Siva and His entourage of Mahadevas and other highly evolved souls who exist in their own self-effulgent form--radiant bodies of centillions of quantum light particles."
He further says that this region, present as the clear white light that illumines the mind, can be accessed through the three higher
chakras , thevishuddha ,ajna andsahasrara :(" [http://himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/dws_mandala-09.html Dancing With Siva] ", pp.125-131)
Astral travel
Although Neotheosophy presents the sequence Physical-Astral-Mental-Causal, in the jargon of some astral travelling teachings, the causal plane is the one just above the astral plane. According to the Astral Voyage website (see [http://www.astralvoyage.com/projection/Glossary.html glossary] ) this is the region where memories and karmic patterns are stored, and where a practitioner can access information regarding the past and future.
Michael cosmology
The complex metaphysics of the Channelled entity Michael includes a description of the universe in terms of seven planes. These are the Physical plane, the Astral plane, the Causal plane, the Akashic plane, the Mental plane, the Messianic plane, and the Buddhaic plane. Here the Causal plane is the third plane of creation, and its medium is concrete intellectual energy. In
The Michael Teachings , this is Michael's plane of existence. (see Shepherd Hoodwin, "The 7 Planes of Existence,") []ee also
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Subtle body
*Causal body References
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Shepherd Hoodwin , [http://www.michaelteachings.com/7planes.html The 7 Planes of Existence] , excerpted from "The Journey of Your Soul"
*Arthur E. Powell "The Causal Body and the Ego" online [http://www.theosophical.ca/CausalBody1.htm part 1] , [http://www.theosophical.ca/CausalBody2.htm Part 2]
*Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , "Dancing With Siva : Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism", 1996, xxxv, 1008 p., ill., Sixth Edition, First Printing, 2003 Himalayan Academy [http://himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/ online]External links
* [http://www.experiencefestival.com/causal_plane Causal Plane] and [http://www.experiencefestival.com/causal_plane_dictionary Causal Plane dictionary] - quotes of essays from Global Oneness
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