There are three realms to existence. The most superficial is the physical, the deepest is the transcendental, and the intermediate is the psychoenergetic. The psychoenergetic is what is commonly called energy or electromagnetic. The personality exists on that level. In fact, everything has a personified correlate on that level. The personified correlates make up what is called the astral realm. Even tension in the shoulder can be viewed as an astral quality, a negative being, a rakshasa, for example. Remarkably, the world can be interfaced with on that level, yet it is a dangerous path born of duality and polar opposites. It is the realm in which good carries within it the affirmation of its antithesis. It is a realm in which one can get lost for lifetimes. Yet it is a very real aspect of life. If one is capable of navigating those waters wisely, the astral realm can add meaning to life.
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What does it mean to navigate those waters wisely? It means to see beyond that realm, not just intellectually or emotionally, but also physiologically. To be awake to that level which dwells beyond the astral, beyond duality, beyond the field of polar opposites.
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When awake to that level, one knows that the transcendent, God, has no polar opposite. There is only the transcendent and lack of awareness of the transcendent. In that sense there is such a thing as absolute good (God), yet there is no such thing as absolute evil (D-evil). Evil is nothing more then lack of awareness of ones own true nature.
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Until the transcendent is perceived clearly (this is a state of physiology, not a perspective) notions of God are astral echoes of God. Echoes of truth perceived as truth hold truth at bay. Direct experiences of emotions regarding God fall far short of the direct experience of God. The path to God is one of humility.
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In its purist sense, everything is rooted in the transcendent. However, common practices of all of these things are astral echoes of that Truth. Thereby, they hold the practitioner in the clutches of the astral. Do you believe you can practice such things without loosing part of yourself to them? Perhaps you would do well to think again. The relative is sticky. Aspire to the highest.
