Saul/Deano,
I believe I recall the Swami saying in a taped interview that the
entire physical/material manifestation was only 25% of creation.
Don't know if this also in writing somewhere. So some of the
things mentioned as being actually seen may not have
been on the physical realm.
AGTSP!
Mike, NYC
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Mike, Yes, Bhaktivedanta Swami says this many times in his writings and assorted conversations and lectures. Here's the concept in a nutshell according to the Vedic version: The totality of reality (although infinite and ever-expanding from a certain perspective) is composed of a material world (where we are now) and an anti-material world, or spiritual world. The anti-material realm comprises 3/4 of the totality of reality, while the material realm comprises 1/4 or 25%. The qualities of both worlds are diametrically opposite in that, while the material world and it's inconceivable manifestations are temporary, the anti-material world and it's inconceivable manifestations are eternal, full of knowledge and bliss. The material realm is driven by time in the form of past, present and future while the spiritual realm is driven by the eternal present. It is most probable that he, Bhaktivedanta Swami, being a liberated soul free from the influence and limitations of matter, could see things we mere mortals cannot. This I explained in a previous posting regarding the divine vision of great purified yogis and spiritualists. As consciousness becomes purified and free from the fetters of gross (and subtle) matter, everything becomes revealed. Saul (aka Sunanda)
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Subject: [allplanets-hollow] Creation...
Saul/Deano,
I believe I recall the Swami saying in a taped interview that the
entire physical/material manifestation was only 25% of creation.
Don't know if this also in writing somewhere. So some of the
things mentioned as being actually seen may not have
been on the physical realm.
AGTSP!
Mike, NYC
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