Ведическая вселенная # 2: верхние планетные системы

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Description:
As explained in a previous video, the model of the universe described in the Puranas, the parts of the Vedic literature that deal with spiritual knowledge, doesn’t describe the universe we experience with our sense perception, but rather the way the universe is experienced by higher beings.

The model of the universe described in the Puranas is focussed in describing the different planetary systems, giving us a map of the different realms of the cosmos and the standard of consciousness one has to develop to access each of them. Although described as disks, these different planetary systems are more like different levels of consciousness that one has access to according to his purity and advancement in spiritual knowledge.

In other words, the Vedas give us a map that helps to understand where we are, and what is the path to reach the desired destination. The material universe is incredibly big and complex, and a soul can follow innumerable different paths, transmigrating from one body to the next in the wheel of samsara. By understanding this process, we can chalk a brighter path for ourselves, and help others. The secret to understanding this explanation is to not try to match these different locations with different stars and galaxies, but to try to understand the different levels of consciousness of the inhabitants there.

It’s explained that every soul has an eternal relationship with Krsna, a spiritual identity that is eternal and unbreakable. This identity is the true ego, or the real identity of the soul. How the soul can go from this position of eternal bliss to the perpetual struggle in the material world is a mystery. However, when this happens, the journey of the soul inside the material realm starts in the Karana ocean, on the border between the spiritual plane and the material energy.

Descending from an almost pure state, the soul takes his first birth in Satyaloka (or Brahmaloka), the most elevated planet inside this material universe. There he lives a very long life, full of knowledge and free of miseries. In fact, it’s described that the only suffering the inhabitants there experience is compassion for the inhabitants of the lower planets, that don't enjoy the same standard of living.

The souls that become furter entangled with matter take birth in one of the upper planetary systems, situated directly below Brahmaloka: Tapoloka, Janaloka or Maharloka. These are subtle planetary systems where high pious souls live. The ones that are very pure and attracted to meditation live in the first two, while the ones that are attracted to discipline and pious deeds for the benefit of others live in the third.

Again, the soul has the choice of going up or down. The ones that are serious about self-realization may attain liberation and go back to the spiritual planets, or even take another birth in Brahmaloka, but others that become yet more entangled with matter go down, taking birth in Swargaloka, the celestial planets.

In these planets, pious souls live in great delight, having the opportunity of satisfying their sensual desires. The women there are called apsaras, and are just like angels, with exquisite beauty and irresistible feminine charms, while the men are extremely strong, intelligent and handsome.

The problem with Swargaloka is that because of the practically unlimited opportunity for sense gratification, most souls use their time there to simply enjoy heavenly delights, instead of pursuing the path of self-realization. Therefore, after a long life there (10.000 celestial years, or 3.600.000 years of our time) the soul falls again.

Having exhausted his pious credits completely, the soul takes his next birth on this Earthly planet. It’s described that the souls fall down to this realm with the rain. They get thus transferred to different plants that grow grains. Taking shelter in these grains, the soul is transferred to the semen of a man, and finally to a fetus when there is conception. This is the place we are now.

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