by Sal Rachele

April 27, 2005

Dear fellow lightworkers,

This article will hope­fully cla­rify some of the pit­falls we face along the path on our way to mas­te­ring the fourth dimen­sio­nal prin­ci­ples of crea­tive thought, ima­gi­na­tion, karma and time.

The fourth dimen­sion is our cos­mic “scratch pad” for lear­ning to be co-​​creators with God. The Uni­verse gave us an entire dimen­sion in which to try out our abi­lity to create. We were given a mind and ima­gi­na­tion as tools for the crea­tive pro­cess. And that’s not all folks! We were also given a series of realms, or sub-​​planes in which to place our creations.

In order to fully unders­tand the realms of crea­tion, we were given the abi­lity to immerse our­sel­ves in those realms. That means that ins­tead of remem­be­ring that these worlds are merely a painter’s can­vas upon which to draw our thoughts and ideas, we began to believe these worlds were the tota­lity of our being.

A simi­lar thing hap­pe­ned when we ente­red the third dimen­sion; we began to believe we WERE these phy­si­cal bodies. So now many of us believe we ARE these minds. It was easy to get trap­ped in the 3D world of bodies, with their ins­tincts, sexual appe­ti­tes, focus on sur­vi­val, etc. Yet, get­ting free of that is easy com­pa­red to the traps of the mind. So let’s review the aspects of this vast men­tal realm – the trai­ning place for gods-​​to-​​be. And let’s take a look at the hows and whys of get­ting stuck and unstuck.

Desc­rip­tion of the Sub-​​Planes

That which is com­monly called the fourth dimen­sion is actually bro­ken down into the follo­wing sub-​​planes: The lower astral, the middle astral, the upper astral, the men­tal, the ethe­ric and the cau­sal planes.

The lower astral is a repo­si­tory of our den­sest thoughts and crea­tions. This is where we find frag­ments of our­sel­ves that were split off in anger, rage, terror and grief. This is the “hell” refe­rred to in reli­gious wri­tings. Every time we disown a part of our­sel­ves in anger or guilt, that frag­ment is cast into the lower astral realm. Anything we focus on inten­sely beco­mes a thought form and takes on a life of its own. That is because we are crea­tors and what we put on the can­vas of our minds beco­mes real within the realm in which it was created.

The more we focus on a par­ti­cu­lar thought or idea, the more real it beco­mes. As it beco­mes more and more real, it beco­mes a power­ful force to be rec­ko­ned with. This force can take on a shape and appea­rance, and can move and inte­ract with other thought forms. Nega­tive astral enti­ties are frag­ments of souls that have been disow­ned and hur­led into the depths of the nether­worlds or pur­ga­tory, other names for the lower astral plane. The pri­mary frag­ments of these souls may be human beings living in the outer 3D world without the know­ledge that parts of them­sel­ves remain trap­ped in this world of mind and imagination.

The middle astral realm is the place where we usually go at night during the dream state. These worlds have a rea­lity within the cons­tructs of the fourth dimen­sion, and entire cities and worlds exist within these realms, com­plete with their own coor­di­na­tes, rules and prin­ci­ples. For exam­ple, I have visi­ted on many occa­sions the middle astral city of San Fran­cisco. It looks very simi­lar to the phy­si­cal city of San Fran­cisco. Within the astral realm, pla­ces are con­sis­tent and can be drawn on a map and navi­ga­ted, just as the phy­si­cal city can be navi­ga­ted. The oceans and bays are roughly in the same pla­ces, though often lar­ger or sma­ller. Buil­dings are also lar­ger or sma­ller, some having a phy­si­cally corres­pon­ding form and some purely astral. If you are a lucid drea­mer, you will pro­bably recall the details of this world. Human figu­res within the middle astral often look waxy and arti­fi­cial. If you look into the eyes of an astral being while drea­ming, you may see only the whi­tes of the eyes, or the iris without the pupil. Figu­res may shim­mer or shine and tend to float or hover.

The upper astral world is the realm of out-​​of-​​body expe­rien­ces and is where many souls expe­rience the “sil­ver cord.” These are also the realms where many souls go in-​​between incar­na­tions, and often dis­co­ver loved ones, or frag­ments of loved ones. Here, one can review the phy­si­cal life and resolve issues the­re­from. If a soul lea­ves the body and ends up here, it is tem­po­rary until that soul has com­ple­ted wha­te­ver unre­sol­ved mat­ters are at hand. Upon com­ple­tion of the life les­sons, the soul is then brought into the ethe­ric realms to be coun­se­led and gui­ded by angels, archan­gels and mas­ters from the higher realms.

The ethe­ric realms are beau­ti­ful and full of light and magic. Many a stu­dent on the path has con­fu­sed the ethe­ric realms with the celes­tial hea­vens. The celes­tial pla­nes vibrate at a much higher and more refi­ned level and can only be reached once a soul has mas­te­red the fourth dimen­sio­nal aspects of self. In the ethe­ric realms, thought beco­mes mani­fest ins­tantly. Here is the realm where you can have anything your heart desi­res, brought to you on a sil­ver plat­ter, if that is your wish. This world is gui­ded by fae­ries, elves, gno­mes, devas, angels, archan­gels and mas­ter teachers. These are spi­rit folk that, unlike the astral sel­ves, are pri­mary frag­ments (sove­reign beings). Time and space still exist in the ethe­ric realms, but are dis­tor­ted and com­pres­sed. Many earth-​​bound souls remem­ber being in the ethe­ric realms before coming into embodiment.

The men­tal realms are where we go when we visua­lize, medi­tate and pro­ject our­sel­ves psychi­cally. All of the psychic and spi­ri­tual gifts uti­lize the men­tal pla­nes as a means of crea­ting rea­lity. This is the scratch pad of the cons­cious mind. This is the realm we use to create our phy­si­cal rea­lity. Every time we take an action, it is pre­ce­ded by a thought. This thought enters the men­tal realm and ener­gi­zes the ele­ments and ato­mic par­tic­les the­rein. As more energy is put into the thought, the mind directs the body to act on the thought and hence, outer crea­tion takes place.

The cau­sal pla­nes are the highest level of the fourth dimen­sion. This is where souls explore and learn about karma and past and para­llel life­ti­mes. The cau­sal pla­nes are tied directly to the cycle of soul incar­na­tions and serve as a bridge into the higher pla­nes. One can go to the cau­sal pla­nes in medi­ta­tion and makes chan­ges there that affect all the other sub-​​planes. A tiny change within a cau­sal world can result in a big change in the phy­si­cal, astral or ethe­ric worlds. Very few earth-​​bound souls ever reach the cau­sal plane while still on the cycle of reincarnation.

Once a soul mas­ters all these levels of the fourth dimen­sion, he/​she learns to trans­cend the fourth dimen­sion alto­gether and enter the realms of love, spi­rit and the celes­tial. We will talk about this in another article.

For many souls, it takes a very long time to trans­cend the fourth dimen­sion. This is because we become attached to our thoughts and their resul­ting crea­tions. We become mes­me­ri­zed by the bright colors, fee­lings and impres­sions of these realms. Like a good novel or movie, we get caught up in the drama and for­get we are sit­ting in a seat rea­ding a book or watching pic­tu­res move on a screen.

If we have any unre­sol­ved emo­tio­nal issues, these will tend to get mag­ni­fied in the astral and men­tal realms, beco­ming all-​​consuming until all we can think about is the pain, grief, loss, anger, fear or terror of trau­ma­tic events.

The first step in get­ting free is recog­ni­zing that we are stuck, and asking our God Pre­sence to pre­sent a path to us for libe­ra­tion. Our willing­ness to lis­ten ONLY to the voice of God within us and those beings that are 100% alig­ned with our God Pre­sence will carry us safely out of these realms and into the realm of true Crea­tion. Once we reach the fifth dimen­sion and above, we become true Gods, having clai­med our right­ful place in the Heav
ens.

I hope this article has sti­mu­la­ted your crea­tive urges and ope­ned you to grea­ter insights.

–Sal Rachele

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