... from these principal supraphysical beings, there are numerous types of elemental beings swarming in the subtle-physical and the lower vital planes bordering the atmosphere of the earth itself. The list of their names is quite a long one: gnomes, sylphs, nymphs, undines, dryads, salamanders, brownies, elves, imps, and so many others. The account of the supraphysical beings does not end even here... that of our physical world, the bodies of the beings of the supraphysical worlds are constituted of substances corresponding to the worlds of their own. There are hierarchies governing these supraphysical beings, depending on their relatively higher or lower status of development. Readers interested in knowing more about these things are advised to go through the illuminating essay "Lines of the Descent... worlds and forces are, of course, beyond the cognisability of the normal undeveloped consciousness of man. Also, readers need not nurture any doubt even about the existence of many types of supraphysical beings in the world. And this too is true that a man, after his physical death, does not vanish into nothingness but can quite normally move in these supraphysical planes of existence. But one ...
... question of Hindu-Muslim unity and offered us a solution as well. Who are these beings? Or, what are they? Do supraphysical beings exist in fact? And do they come and disclose their identity before men in this manner? It is a very obscure and complicated affair indeed. Supraphysical beings do exist. But the supraphysical world is not of a single piece. There are worlds upon worlds in a regular series ...
... yet not his - breaking the silence, announcing its identity - perhaps Danton, or Bankim, or Theramenes! - and speaking in English. What did it all amount to? Certainly, supraphysical beings do exist; and some supraphysical beings - or portions or emanations of them - might achieve entry into a ready human medium, make compromises with the materials (body, life, mind) comprising the medium, and try ...
... temples, images, a priesthood, a mass of unintelligible rites and ceremonies, the daily repetition of Sanskrit mantras and prayers, some of them of a prehistoric creation, a belief in all kinds of supraphysical beings and forces, saints, gurus, holy days, vows, offerings, sacrifice, a constant reference of life to powers and influences of which there can be no physical evidence instead of a rational scientific ...
... nothing about it, they explain everything one wants. The Mother Questions and Answers (1955): 30 November 1955 There are forces, and subliminal experience seems to show that there are supraphysical beings embodying those forces, that are attached in their root-nature to ignorance, to darkness of consciousness, to misuse of force, to perversity of delight, to all the causes and consequences of ...
... physical, so there is an inner hearing other than that of the external ear, and it can listen to voices and sounds and words of other worlds, other times and places, or those which come from supraphysical beings. But here you must be careful. If conflicting voices try to tell you what to do or not to do, you should not listen to them or reply. It is only myself and the Mother who can tell you what you ...
... religion. This active and ready power of intuition also gave him the sense of supraphysical forces behind the physical, and his instinct and a certain subliminal or supernormal experience of supraphysical beings with whom he could somehow communicate turned him towards the discovery of effective and canalising means for a dynamic utilisation of this knowledge; so were created magic and the other early ...
... discordant, defective or perverse forms and powers of life-mind and life-force which we find in the terrestrial existence. There are forces, and subliminal experience seems to show that there are supraphysical beings embodying those forces, that are attached in their root-nature to ignorance, to darkness of consciousness, to misuse of force, to perversity of delight, to all the causes and consequences of ...
... We can very well understand that every sadhaka has his weaknesses of nature and has to confront and tackle them in course of his sadhana. But what is this strange story of some disembodied supraphysical beings coming to confuse the sadhaka? Is it at all true to fact?" But this is not peculiar to Ramakrishna alone. When we go through the lives of past Yogis and mystics of various ages and countries ...
... secondary aspect in the seeking for the one and only Divine. But the passage referred to by Professor Sorley 3 is concerned with something else—the little godlings and Titans spoken of there are supraphysical beings of other planes. It is not meant to be suggested that they are real Godheads and entitled to worship—on the contrary it is indicated that to accept their influence is to move towards error and ...
... and only Divine. But the passage referred to by Professor Sorley (page 56 [ of the first edition ]) 26 is concerned with something else—the little godlings and Titans spoken of there are supraphysical beings of other planes. It is not meant to be suggested that they are real Godheads and entitled to worship—on the contrary it is indicated that to accept their influence is to move towards error and ...
... beings? Or, what are they? Do supra-physical beings exist in fact? And do they come and disclose their identity before men in this manner? It is a very obscure and complicated affair indeed. Supraphysical beings do exist. But the supraphysical world is not of a single piece. There are worlds upon worlds in a regular series, from the most gross to the most subtle; above the physical is the subtle-physical ...
... Letters of Sri Aurobindo. Page 7 of spiritual values. Yoga, as I have said above, is a con- tact or union with the Infinite and Eternal, and not with any merely supraphysical beings and forces. It is a direct movement of the consciousness and being of man through a series of self-purifications and self-enlargements towards the Truth of existence and its unconditioned ...
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