Cosmic Planes & Human Principles -
From 'Consciousness'
Publication by Geoffrey Farthing
| NO. | COSMIC PLANES Common Names |
--- HUMAN PRINCIPLES --- | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SANSKRIT NAME | ENGLISH NAME | DESCRIPTION | ||
| 7 | AKASHA Spirit-Substance |
ATMA | SPIRIT | Ultimate Dynamism Life or Spirit (Astract) Seat of Consciousness |
| 6 | ALAYA Universal Soul |
BUDDHI | VEHICLE OF SPIRIT | Plus Spirit = Life Effective. The Monad. Inherent in everything. Prime Duality. |
| 5 | MAHAT Universal Mind |
HIGHER =====MANAS===== LOWER |
HIGHER MIND | Orientates towards (7) and (6) Astract though, Intuition, Unity. |
| LOWER MIND | Orientates towards (1) and (4) Personal Mind, Ordinary Thoughts. |
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| 4 | KAMA Universal Energy |
KAMA | DESIRE Passion |
Driving Energy. Will at lower octave. The Motivator. Has higher and lower octaves. |
| 3 | Formative Principle Within-Without |
LINGA SARIRA |
ASTRAL BODY |
Non-physical |
| 2 | LIFE FORCE in Everything |
PRANA | LIFE FORCE | Vitality |
| 1 | PRAKRITI Densest Substance |
STHULA SARIRA | PHYSICAL BODY | Means of perception and action at physical level. Vehicle for expression of all human faculties. |