Astral Planes




Astral Planes, Its Meaning
and Ways To Interact With

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. [...] The next subtle plane beside physical is called
Astral Plane.

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 ...

From my own perception I would like to suggest to you, that
you are always keep critical mind to discern when interacting
with astral-plane, as many non-evolved entities in trouble and
confusion search interaction with humans. Help only, when you are
fully grounded and able to discern with your perception. For
mental people who are easily influenceable I strongly suggest, do
not intentionally search to interact with astral-plane and beings
at all.

Another book excerpt of The Complete Ascension Manual
written by Joshua David Stone:


Between Lifestimes --- [...] I am going to attempt
to give a glimpse of what goes on the astral, mental,
buddhic, atmic, monadic, and logoic planes of consciousness
after the death [or passaway] of a soul extension. Where a
soul extension goes after the death is determined by how it
had lived throughout all its past lives, including the most
recent past life, and how it dealt with its bardo experience.
It will gravitate like a magnet to the plane that is most
appropriate to its soul development. [...] The choices for a
soul extension first entering into the spiritual world are:

A quick return to Earth life
For the average person who has attained even the
smallest level of enlightment, an immediate return to
incarnation on the Earth would be unthinkable. The
average person gravitates to the middle astral plane.
Paramahansa Yogananda said that if a person has the
slightest degree of a spiritual belief in life, his
passin would be a pleasant one. [...] It is usaully
only the lower impulses of Earth life that draw a
soul back for immediate rebirth without some kind of
review and assessment period. This path is followed
very often.
Hell regions
There is a lot confusion as to whether there is
actually a hell region. The most fundamentalist
religions say there is, and that if you don't accept
Jesus Christ as your Saviour you will burn there
forever. Some metaphysical schools of thought say
there no hell region, it is just a state of mind. In
my opinion the truth is somewhere in the middle. Hell
is most definitly a state of mind. It is also a
location, but it is not as the fundamentalist
religions describe it. People are in hell when they
are run by the negative ego, by material and astral
desire, and hence are cut off from their own souls.
[...] Hell, however, is not a place of eternal
damnation. It is really just the very lowest level of
the astral plane. Some have referred to it as outer
darkness. [...] Soul extensions will stay there
indefinitly until they begin to take responsibility
for their actions, or until they can't take the
torture of their own deluded consciousness any longer
and cry out to God for help. Each time they cry out
to God for help, a guardian angel will come and offer
some aid and assistance. Over time, such a soul
extension will begin to emerge out of the darkness.
There is no eternal damnation in God's plan or
consciousness. God, in His infinite mercy and
forgiveness, gives all soul extensions, no matter how
deluded, a chance to return home.
Purgatory
The term purgatory is also a term that has been
confused by the fundamentalist religions. It has very
negative connotation and has been associated with
hell, but this is not true. Purgatory is a region
where soul extensions go who are not evil like those
in the hell regions, but rather just misled and not
educated properly on Earth. They are those who have
been misled in their education through unsound
religious practices, those who have been overtaken
bad habits, those who are atheists, those obsessed
with material desire and attachments, those who have
gone insane, and so forth. This would be the lower
astral region. It is often very difficult to awaken
such people to their spiritual path. There is a great
mass of humanity living in this region of
consciousness.
Lower, Middle and Upper astral plane
There is a borderland zone that is above the
purgatory and hell regions and that actually
superimposes itself on Earth life. Here are good
people who have found what they consider to be
contentment in areas close to the Earth. This
particular area is like an astral counterpart that
duplicates life on Earth, except it is still in the
astral plane. Life is so much like that of Earth it
is often hard to realize that once has even left. At
some point these soul extensions begin to yearn for
something better.

[...] It must be understood now that life after death
looks not much different from life on Earth. The astral and
mental and higher planes have whole thriving life with
cities, beaches, mountains, homes, streets, concerts,
libraries, social halls, clubs, churches, and temples just
like we have on Earth.
Many soul extensions, when they pass over, do not even
realize they are dead. They are in their astral bodies which
look just like their previous physical bodies. The unique
thing about life after death is that astral bodies travel
with the mind. If they want to go to the beach, they just
think "beach", and they are immediatly there. There
is no need to get in a car, train, or airplane to travel.
Very often when soul extensions pass over like this, they
will think of the family they have just left and they will
immediatly be with a given family member. What they don't
realize is that they are in another dimension, and their
family members can't hear or see them. This can be quite
confusing for people who haven't realized that they have
died.
There are some soul extensions who are so attached to the
material world that they don't allow themselves to go through
the tunnel to the other side and are stuck on the earthly
plane even through they are in their astral bodies. There are
called "Earth-bound souls". They may continue to
live in the same house they lived in before death. They don't
realize that it is their own consciousness that is keeping
them stuck on Earth and not allowing them to continue their
spiritual evolution.
There are some soul extensions who are able to get hold of
some vital force and play tricks on people who are still in
earthly bodies. [...] Many people, when they die, stick
arround and watch their own funerals before passing on the
astral plane. Those soul extensions of a more evolved nature
will gravitate to their higher astral realms and possibly to
the mental realm. Many soul extensions, when they pass over,
sleep for a long time before awakening on the inner plane.
This is especially true of those who have experienced
lingering illness or uncontrollable grief and of those with a
strong desire to continue life in the physical body.
For further description look at Bardo Experience ...



There could be much more added on description about astral
plane and its meaning, but as said above, you may focus your
spiritual attention to higher realms, also when the higher realms
may look unreachable to you somehow.