
                  The Astral Planes and Other Worlds Of Spirit

                                  By Marc Macy

From The Isis Connection, #95-1 (January 9, 1995):

The  spirit realms are generally described as dimensions or planes
distinguishable by  the  different  densities  and vibratory  rates  (or
frequencies)  of  the substances they contain,   and   the   various
dimensions   are   said  to interpenetrate, existing in the same space.
Different people have divided these infinite realms into different numbers of
vibratory regions (often seven, nine or twelve), and various names have been
used by different  people  to  differentiate among  these  regions. For most of
us living in the physical world and preoccupied by its material  comforts,
those  are heady  concepts.  So  it  may  be  easier  to  visualize the
spiritual planes aligned concentrically.

The  physical plane ( the world around us, our conscious reality)  is  composed
of   comparatively   dense,  slowly vibrating matter.

The astral planes are generally divided into  the  lower, middle, and higher,
although each division actually contains many, many divisions of varying
vibratory  rates.  After  we have shed our physical body, most of us reportedly
"wake up" in our astral body living in the specific  astral  plane  in which
substance  is  vibrating  at  the  same  rate as the substance of our astral
body. This is sometimes  called  our home frequency.

During our lives on Earth and beyond  we  determine  our vibratory  rate  by
out  thoughts,  attitudes and spiritual understanding. Fear and resentment
produce  low  vibrations, while  love  produces  very  high vibrations, while
orthodox closed -  mindedness   (whether   religious,   scientific  or
political)  produces  low vibrations. Attachments to worldly things creates low
vibrations, while calm detachment in  the Eastern tradition produces high
vibrations.

The lower astral planes are described as a dark,  dismal world  reminiscent  of
the Christian purgatory or hell. Some people of low vibration thoughts and
attitudes, after dying, are  pulled  toward and trapped near the physical plane
in a state of confusion. There being no gravity nor sense of time nor  space
in  the worlds of spirit, they might reside here for years or for centuries of
Earth  time,  not  even  aware that  they  have  died,  yet  totally
bawildered,  creating problems of Earth in many ways. Some 20-30 percent of
people go here when they die.

The middle astral planes are a pleasant realm where 60-70 percent of us wkae up
to be rehabilitated after our  earthly education in "school of head knocks."

The higher astral planes are a wonderful  realm  called Heaven by Christians,
the Summerland by spiritualists. About ten percent if us will wind up here
after we die.

The   mental   causal  planes  are  a  realm  of divine inspiration free of
earthly desires and conflict. The beings in these discnsions cause many of the
artistic and technical breakthroughs on Earth by sending  silent  messages  to
its inhabitants.

The celestisl planes, beyond the comprehension of  most people,  are  said  to
be the home of the Christian God, the Buddha, and other great beings.

The Mid-Astral Planes

We'll focus now on the mid-Astral planes because that is where  the most of us
will go after we die and because it is from that region that all ITC images and
messages  are  sent to  Earth.  This  pleasant  realm  is  a buffer zone
between Heaven and Earth, a place for worn-out souls  fresh  out  of the
school  of  hard  knocks  here  on  Earlh  to  rest and recuperate  before
moving  on   toward   higher   spiritual realities.

The astral planes  are  much  like  Earth,  though  more mental,  less
physisal. In the spirit worlds thoughts create reality, so as thousands of
people leave Earth and enter the astral planes, the worlds in those subtlcr
planes take on an Earth-like appearance. Researchers in many countries  report
messages  from  "the  other  side" describing concert halls, museums,
hospitals, schools and homes  much  like  those  on Earth   --   but  often
much  more  magnificent -- all  set in landscapes of trees, flowers, mountains,
meadows and  rivers that.  again,  are  like  thc  landscapes here but much
more lovely and breathtaking.

While  the  ultimate  destiny of every soul lies in the "higher" or subtler
planes  in  and  beyond  the  celestial frequencies,  a typical lifetime on
Earth as a non-spiritual or moderately spiritual person drags our soul down to
low frequencies. After we die, our Earthified soul would feel as out of plase
in the higher realms as the proverbial bull  in a  china  shop.  The  astral
planes  provide  a buffer zone between a dense Earth plane rife with
deception,  fear  and violence,  and the higher, subtle realms of pure love,
Light and  wisdom.  The  astral  planes  provide   very   pleasant surroundings
for resting up before moving on.

Not  everyone moves on right away, however. Some departed souls like the astral
planes so well  that  they  choose  to stay  for  centuries.  Others reportedly
return to Earth for one reason or another to experience another  lifetime  in
a new body.

It has long been known that a new arrival in  the  spirit worlds,  after  a
life  on  Earth  with  a  typical western spiritual education, is initially
lost and bewildered by the almost  unimaginable  series  of new and strange
experiences. Often there is an overriding  sadness  regarding  the  loved ones
left behind such grief is completely natural -- on both sides of the veil --
but the new arrival must  get  on  with the business of starting a new life.
Excessive and prolonged grief by family members presents a tie that tends to
hinder the  new arrival from concentrating on the job of starting a whole new
life. It literally pulls the spirit of  the  newly deceased  into  low
frequencies near the Earth and holds it there.

Life can be quite varied,  depending  on  where  in  the spirit  worlds  one
winds  up.  Here are a few scenarios by those who have made the transition and
reported back through ITC equipment in Luxembourg:

Here  in the mid-Astral planes there are a great variety of people-in-spirit.
Some still sit around the  campfire  as they used to do in their (primitive)
earth life. Others meet in  modern  halls  of  congress  surrounded   by
technical equipment.  They  give  lectures  about  life after physical death.
Still others do not even know that they have died.

Some residents have been living for over a century. Some live in castles,
fortresses or beautiful mansions, others in tents or teepees - whatever makes
them comfortable.

New  arrivals  have  the  opportunity  to  get  to  know people-in-spirit  of
all  ages  of human history and to meet unfamiliar, intelligent beings of  non
earthly  origin.  How readily  a  newcomer  can  accept  the  many new and
unusual things, is one fastor, determining how quickly he or she may move on to
the subtler dimensions.

There  is  no  real  need  to  eat, as we breathe in our nourishment. The
astral body absorbs everything it needs for its health and well-being from its
surroundings. There is no need for sex, of course, as there is no pregnancy in
spirit. Still,  sex  as  well as eating can be enjoyed in the astral planes by
those who made it a  major  part  of  their  lives while  on  Earth.
Eventually  there  will be more important things to do.

Astral  worlds  are  typically  clean,  pure   and  well organized.  All
planets are inhabited and have ample lakes, rivers, and oscans. There are no
pests or predators. Climate is  always  spring like with occasional
prezipitation in the form of glowing snowflakes or multicolored, shiny
raindrops.

Worlds in the middle astral planes  are  shared  by  new arrivals from Earth,
goblins, animals, fish, nature spirits, giants and spirit beings. The
environment glistens.

New arrivals are usually drawn to an  astral  family  of people  uith  whom
they  are  compatible  spiritually - and mentally.  Adults  can   materialize
babies   using  their willpower  to  bring  shape  to condensed living forms
provided by higher beings for that purpose.

In the astral planes we suddenly find  ourselves  without the  physical body
that needs to be fed, clothed, shellered, exercised and rested everyday with
several hours  of  sleep. Suddenly we have true freedom. The astral body is
impervious to temperature and wind. When the body is cut or hurt it is healed
instantly at will.

The Home Of Timestream

The TimeStream sending station is  lovated  on a  planet called  Marduk  with
three  suns, so it is never completely dark. It orbits one sun and receives
light  from  two  other nearby   stars.   TimeStream  sits  alongside  the
River of Eternity, the  only  river  on  the  planet.  The  River  of Eternity
flows  100  million  kilometers  across the entire planet the dceptst spot in
the river  being  17,000  meters, the widest spot 3,700 meters.

Also  along  the River are comfortably furnished houses. Children arriving on
the astral planes are nurtured by loved ones  who  already live there. The
children grow and develop to age  25-30.  Residents  come  from  several
planets  and include  gnomes,  giants, dwarfs. About 60 billion humanoids live
there. There  are  animal  species  unknown  on  Earth, including   brightly
colored  birds  and  butterflies. The temperature is very mild People arrive
there with the same psychological  and emotional nature they had when they
died, although shortcomings and imbalances can be overcome through rapid
learning.

The  planet with its Riverine communities was created by human minds, yet is
as  much a  reality  to  its  spiritual residents  as  our  Earth  is  to us.
Vegetation ranges from microscopic algae to giant trees. Many buildings are
made of wood.

Inhabitants  of  the  mid-Astral  planes are assisted by higher beings in
creating landscapes they are familiar with. While  this  reality  may  seem  a
bit "fabricated" to us, Swejen Salter is quick to point out that everything  in
the astral  planes  can  be seen and touched by people in astral bodies, just
as physical things are fully experienced in our material  world. Also, Eastern
mystics have pointed out for centuries that the "solid" world of our
day-to-day  reality is  completely  "fabricated"  and illusory as well. The
only true reality is in the godhead, cosmic Source, according  to the masters
of all time-proven religions.

Moving on up

As people move upward (or inward) from the middle to the higher  planes. their
astral bodies become lighter, subtler, and of higher-frequency substance. When
they reach the rapid vibrations of the mental-causal planes, their astral
bodies disappear. The mental body is not really a body  at  all  and can be
described as a glowing mass of energy.

Some  people  who  advance  into the mental-causal planes lose their interest
in the affairs of Earth  and  move  onto bigger  realities.  Other  people
return  frequently to the astral planes, donning astral bodies  as  they
descend,  so that  they  can be involved in earthly projects such as ITC.

The above article is from M. H. Macy,  Continuing  Life Research,  P.O.  Box
1035, Boulder, CO 80301. Subscription $28 a year, or $12 per issue - each each
is  approximately 45  pages.  They are involved in research of life after death
and their booklets are results of their "conversations"  with those   who  have
passed  over  via  electronic  means of transcommunication,    i.e.
telephone,    computer,  rape recorders,  answering machines, television. If
you contact them mention you heard of them here in T.I.C..

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Instrumental TransCommunation (ITC)

 The aim of instrumental transcommunication (ITC) is to link us on Earth with
higher beings in such a way that we receive information from these enlightened
beings.  This is not an easy feat because of the difference between their world
and ours...between their subtle mind-bodies and our physical mind-bodies.

...

During ITC communications there is far less guesswork.  The recipient must be
ready mentally and spiritually to receive information on his or her television,
computer and other electronic devices, and then the information will be 80-100
percent pure, consistently, when received on Earth.  In other words, with ITC
either the information received from the spirit worlds is reasonably pure, or
else there is no information received at all.

The obvious advantage of ITC is its reliability once the information starts
coming across.  The drawback is that it takes a high degree of spiritual and
psychic development to get the average person "ready" to be a good recipient.

Today there are hundreds of spirit beings working with TimeStream both to help
people become spiritually ready for ITC work and to help send images and
messages to Earthside experimenters once they are ready.

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