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5 Planes of Existence
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Five Planes of Manifestation
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ASCETIC; SELF-RESTRAINED MAN
A symbol of an individuality who, after
liberation from all below the higher mind, departs from his house,"
that is, rises above the causal-body, and continues his progress
upward through the buddhic plane.
"Having performed the Ishti, sacred to the Lord of creatures (Pragâpati),
where he gives all his property as the sacrificial fee, having
reposited the sacred fires in himself, a Brahmana may depart from
his house as an ascetic, . . . after giving a promise of safety to
all created beings.... Making over the merit of his own good actions
to his friends, and the guilt of his evil deeds to his enemies, he
attains the eternal Brahman by the practice of meditation."-Laws of
Manu, VI. 38, 39, 79.
Having renounced as lower all that he has attained and is now
possessed of, and putting his trust in the supreme sacrificial Law,
the liberated ego turns his attention to the atma-buddhic energies
within, and aspires beyond the causal-self; firm in his resolve not
to use his powers in frustration of the Divine scheme. To higher and
lower plane activities, in schemes of manifestation which in him are
to go forth, he bequeaths his acquirements. Then, freed from all
relativity, he passes into the Supreme.
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