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By knowing its nature he can learn to stand free from it, and once this freedom has been gained he will also know how to work on it when required by circumstances. When the astral plane is seen for the first time through the 'opened eye', it will give the impression of a kaleidoscopic world in a state of utter confusion and for the greater part only vaguely discernable through a foggy atmosphere, blurring the constantly changing forms and intermingled colours. This is the meeting ground of innumerable uncontrolled forces resulting in apparently total chaos. The astral is the plane of illusion, of glamour, and of a distorted presentation of reality. Every individual in the world is to some extent working in astral matter, resulting in innumerable urges and cravings. It is the outpouring of this host of human desires into the astral cauldron, which results in the phantasmagoria of astral scenes and illusions. This conglomeration of interacting forces arising from humanity also includes numerous other forces, and all these jointly act upon and influence the human being. The response to these impulses will depend on the calibre of the lower vehicles, and more specifically on the condition and quality of the etheric centres. Through this illusory labyrinth the aspirant has to find his way, snatching at every clue which promises to be of help, and after many years of experience he learns to distinguish between truth and glamour, the real and the unreal. Every individual who in the course of time succeeds in liberating himself, who begins to see more clearly, and who releases himself from the glamour of illusion, contributes towards the realization of the Divine Plan. The pairs of opposites meet and interact on the astral plane, and this is the terrain where the potent pull of the great dualities are felt, where the interaction between the soul and the personality takes its course, and also where numerous lesser dualities play their part. Light and darkness struggle for dominance, and so do pleasure and pain, good and evil, poverty and riches, health and disease, heat and cold, and so many more. The light which man has discovered within himself makes him more aware of the dark; through the good which attracts him, he sees the evil which is in the line of least resistance; the activity leading to pain simultaneously permits him to visualize the contrasting pleasure, and thus he experiences something of both hell and heaven. And so the wretched aspirant becomes aware of these dualities, and is constantly pulled hither and thither between the two ... READ MORE ...
By knowing its nature he can learn to stand free from it, and once this freedom has been gained he will also know how to work on it when required by circumstances. When the astral plane is seen for the first time through the 'opened eye', it will give the impression of a kaleidoscopic world in a state of utter confusion and for the greater part only vaguely discernable through a foggy atmosphere, blurring the constantly changing forms and intermingled colours. This is the meeting ground of innumerable uncontrolled forces resulting in apparently total chaos. The astral is the plane of illusion, of glamour, and of a distorted presentation of reality. Every individual in the world is to some extent working in astral matter, resulting in innumerable urges and cravings. It is the outpouring of this host of human desires into the astral cauldron, which results in the phantasmagoria of astral scenes and illusions. This conglomeration of interacting forces arising from humanity also includes numerous other forces, and all these jointly act upon and influence the human being. The response to these impulses will depend on the calibre of the lower vehicles, and more specifically on the condition and quality of the etheric centres. Through this illusory labyrinth the aspirant has to find his way, snatching at every clue which promises to be of help, and after many years of experience he learns to distinguish between truth and glamour, the real and the unreal. Every individual who in the course of time succeeds in liberating himself, who begins to see more clearly, and who releases himself from the glamour of illusion, contributes towards the realization of the Divine Plan. The pairs of opposites meet and interact on the astral plane, and this is the terrain where the potent pull of the great dualities are felt, where the interaction between the soul and the personality takes its course, and also where numerous lesser dualities play their part. Light and darkness struggle for dominance, and so do pleasure and pain, good and evil, poverty and riches, health and disease, heat and cold, and so many more. The light which man has discovered within himself makes him more aware of the dark; through the good which attracts him, he sees the evil which is in the line of least resistance; the activity leading to pain simultaneously permits him to visualize the contrasting pleasure, and thus he experiences something of both hell and heaven. And so the wretched aspirant becomes aware of these dualities, and is constantly pulled hither and thither between the two ... READ MORE ... 