The Inner Recesses of Our Mind

If an individual, who has not as yet reached the stage of psychical and spiritual discernment whereby he is given the evidence of the higher sense on the question of the survival of the soul, finds his reason demanding something akin to proof, let him turn his mental gaze inward instead of outward, and there he will find that which he seeks. For, at the last, as all philosophy teaches us, the world of the inner is far more real than is the world of the outer phenomena. In fact, man has no actual knowledge of the outer—all he has is the report of the inner upon the impressions received from the outer. Man does not see the tree at which he is gazing—he perceives but the inverted image of that tree pictured upon his retina. Nay, more, his mind does not even see this image, for it receives only the vibratory report of the nerves whose ends have been excited by that image. So we need not be ashamed of taking mental stock of the inner recesses of our mind, for many of the deepest truths are recorded there.

Yogi Ramacharaka

The soul does not perish when the body dissolves

The soul does not perish when the body dissolves.

Beautiful Verses

There is one glory of the Sun

And another glory of the Moon,

And another glory of the Stars;

For one star differeth from

Another star in glory.

1 Cor. xv, 41

For all our worldly vice

The mystic seal is broken,

The works of God displays 

Unto the world a token,

In these the latter days.

When ev’ry generation

Shall learn, that Christ the Lord,

Has purchas’d their salvation 

With His precious blood.

But still mankind must suffer 

For all their worldly vice,

While they, through the atmosphere,

Pass to eternal bliss;

Where with the Great Redeemer 

They evermore will sing 

Their praise to the Creator,

And Great Eternal King.

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The Other Side of Life

That which we call death is but the other side of life.

Yogi Ramacharaka

The world of spirit has its own set of apparatus

Physical apparatus is intended for physical objects only—the world of spirit has its own set of apparatus, which alone is capable of registering its phenomena.

Yogi Ramacharaka

Life persists while Nature works her changes

All occultists recognise in the transformation stages of the caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly a picture of the transformation which awaits every mortal man and woman. For death to the human being is no more a termination or cessation than is the death-sleep of the caterpillar. In neither case does life cease for even a single instant—life persists while Nature works her changes.

Yogi Ramacharaka

Death is a lie.

Strictly speaking, from the Oriental point of view, there is no such thing as death. 

The name is a lie—

The idea—

An illusion growing from ignorance. 

There is no death—

There is nothing, but life. 

Life has many phases and forms, and some of the phases are called death by ignorant men. 

Nothing really dies—

Everything experiences a change of form and activity. 

—Yogi Ramacharaka

Never the spirit was born.

Never the spirit was born;

The spirit shall cease to be never.

Never was time it was not;

End and beginning are dreams.

Birthless and deathless, and changeless,

Remaineth the spirit forever;

Death hath not touched it at all,

Dead though the house of it seems.

Edwin Arnold in his translation of the Bhagavad Gita

The Seven Angelic Aerial Orders

Author, J. G. H. Brown, A Message from the World of Spirits, describes the seven angelic aerial orders of the planets under the rule and power of Michael, First Ruler of the First Aerial Order of the Sun, and Governor of all the aerial spheres—

Dark as the deeds of mortal man appear,

Yet he fulfils the mission of his life;

The spirit who conducts him from this sphere 

Creates him tumult, sorrow, pain, and strife.

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After the spirits have passed by progression through all the classes in the atmospheric regions through which they are conducted by the spirits under the rule of Corbynn, they then pass into the regions of space, or the second sphere of immortality, which is in like manner divided into compartments, and is under the rule of Orion and the spirits under him, and though the space is thus divided, yet the spirits appear to mingle indiscriminately together, and so dwell in perfect harmony, none knowing anything beyond the spheres they inhabit. The next sphere of spiritual existence beyond the regions of space is that of the angelic aerial spheres of the several planets, which consists of seven specific orders under the rule of a powerful spirit at the head of the first order. These are the seven angelic aerial orders of spirits, whose occupation consists in prompting the evil actions of the human race according to their various grades and stations.

Having given the assertions of spirits who inhabit the first and second spheres, and such spirits having been well-known in society whilst living, the author was again commanded to insert a revelation from a spirit who inhabits the third sphere, or the angelic aerial orders of the planets, and thus show to the world the state of existence after the spirits have passed by progression into that sphere. When the spirit appeared, he was attired in a loose blue and scarlet garment; his countenance bright and cheerful; his head bare; in one hand he held a kind of branch, and in the other he held a scroll, which was opened without hesitation, and displayed the following striking revelation—

I am Rossimeiel, of the fifth class, of the fourth legion, of the seventh aerial order, under the swift and solar orb of Mercury, or fourth heaven, and who, whilst living upon the earth, was well-known in the age in which I lived, on account of my political career, being then known as Lord William Russell, who departed from mortal life to immortality by suffering the full penalty of the law under the then reigning power, in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, on the 21st day of July, 1683, for a charge of conspiracy. After my death I experienced the same horrors as other spirits have described while passing through the atmospheric regions, in which I remained double the period of my material life; when I then passed to the regions of space, where I enjoyed happiness amongst old associates, some of whom I recognised as having been former enemies, but all angry feelings had subsided. As others have described this sphere, I am only commanded to declare my experience in the sphere I now inhabit. I continued in the regions of space, for a time I am unable to explain, until the period I emerged into this sphere, where I remained for a time unoccupied, without knowing by what means I left my last place of abode. At this juncture, which is now more than fifty-six of the present worldly years ago, my worldly name was discontinued, and I then received the name of Rossimeiel, which I, henceforth, have been commanded to acknowledge, and I was sent to the earth, invisible to all, to watch the emerge into life of an infant, who has since lived in a high sphere, and whose career has been chequered with successes and defeats, but whose life is now of short duration. Disgraceful incidents of frequent occurrence have marked his career, which accord with my own worldly life, and his days will end unenviable by all. When it occurs the full truth of these assertions will be proved by that circumstance. I have full knowledge of what transpires in the world below, and have full knowledge of all the actions of those who exist under the control of the spirits in my own sphere, but have no power to act, only by permission from the ruler of my order. So, in like manner, are the spirits who inhabit all the spheres conducted. Whatever acts are committed by the human race upon the earth the spirits in these spheres are aware of. For though these acts are evil and prompted by the spirits of this sphere, yet they are only permitted to prompt to a certain degree, as a higher spirit from the celestial abodes is always present, and his power exceeds the power of the spirits in my sphere. Nor are we permitted to thwart any act which the good spirit permits to be achieved, whether good or evil, for we receive our instructions from on high, and must conduct the human race accordingly. Nor can the ultimate end of our instructions be thwarted; thus showing to the world that mankind are utterly creatures of circumstances, according to their grades and stations in life. Therefore, worldly law is an abomination to Him who holdeth the destiny of all upon His powerful arms; nor were the laws enforced by His ordination; still men are aware of their existence, and it is to their advantage to keep them until He who sees their wrongs hears their cries, and witnesses the oppression of those who have placed themselves in power over them will raise His powerful arm to avenge His people, and crush that power to the dust. When all generations shall know that He is the Lord, and will henceforth dwell in peace and harmony with each other, without a fear of eternal punishment. But I am commanded to exhort all men to refrain from the follies and vices of life, and thus decrease the terrible punishment they will experience after death; decrease the period of their progress, and so, on emerging into the sphere I now inhabit, they may attain a higher class in the order to whatever planet they may belong. For though I have reached this sphere, and can recognise those who departed before and after me, yet I have left many in the sphere below me who departed years before me, whose worldly deeds were viler and more ambitious than my own.

A Message from the World of Spirits, J. G. H. Brown, Holyoake & Co., London, 1807