Understanding the Seven Worlds and Bodies of Consciousness
So then, there are different classifications and all of these are useful for understanding certain aspects. This division into 7 worlds is particularly useful to us because it allows something that for us is to transform a more or less intuitive knowledge into something scientific. It is much clearer. We speak of the physical body: clearly we have a physical body and with this physical body we relate in the physical world. In the physical world we use this physical body to utilize, move, relate with objects that, with the matter of the physical world that possesses, essentially, three degrees, three states of aggregation: solids, liquids and gases. This is essentially how it is. Also in the physical world we saw that there is a vital aspect that is more subtle, although it is still classified as physical matter - there is a more subtle matter that we call etheric, which is vital matter and we also have a double of the physical body that we call the vital or etheric body, which is the body that allows us to assimilate vital energy. We spoke of globules, of vital energies, of breathing that is associated, of vital currents, of centers of vital forces. Beyond this body, we saw that we have emotions and with these emotions we relate, we use these emotions through a body that is through the astral or emotional body. Essentially, this is the aura that clairvoyants speak of. When we have an experience of clairvoyance, generally what we see is this energetic body which is the astral body. So, we saw all possible colors, we made a dictionary about what each color means. I don't know if you remember. These are subjects that we can review from time to time. What we said is that there are seven planes, sub-planes, of the physical world, 7 states of aggregation of matter in the physical-etheric world: because we saw solid, liquid, air and then ether and chemical, vital, luminous and reflector. We also have 7 states of aggregation of this astral matter. That is, 7 typologies of feelings. We saw, for example, that the heaviest passions are the equivalent to the solids of the physical world, simply in the emotional, emotive world. Aspirations are the equivalent to air, to gases. Therefore, there is also here a classification into 7 states of aggregation. And what we saw the other time is that there also exists a mental world and this is a very important world for us. That is, for what we want to do afterwards, from a practical point of view. We saw that our mind uses two different typologies of thought: a thought that we call concrete, formal, that is, through images, or discourses, or thinking through words. This thought that we call concrete is related to the mental body. We spoke of this mental body when we spoke of thought forms. That is, of the ideas that we form over time and created as energetic images in us that constitute filters and through which we see everything that appears outside of us. For example, a pessimistic person over years, years, years... when born generally does not have, it is not necessary that they already have this mental form, but over the years continues actively thinking the same things which is a mental form. Therefore, all the things that they see, they see through filters that prevent them from seeing objectivity, they see everything that is outside them through their mental form. This mental form is also something that wants a life. That is, for example an alcoholic, a person who likes to drink, with their passions, with their concentration, with their attention, part of their life transfers this idea like a parasite that continues to feed off their life. Until, if they do nothing, if they don't cut it, it can incarnate in them. That is, they are no longer themselves. They no longer have their personality, their individuality. It is this desire to drink that manifests totally, at least in some moments and some phases of their life. The Self disappears and only this side of passion manifests. Because it is a form of thought developed by desire, by the subconscious, without the help of the Self, that is, of the will. So this mental body can be something very beautiful or very ugly. It depends. Clearly they are thoughts... if you want to see what are the mental forms that you have in your astral or mental body it is simply to relax, close your eyes, wait and see what are the first thoughts that appear. In the moment of greatest...