Spiritual Gravity

(Excerpt from "From India to the Truth")

There is a third Law, which works in conjunction with the other two Laws that we examined in the preceding essays. This is the Law of Spiritual Gravity. In order to understand the working of this Law, we will have to look far beyond the limits of the physical universe, inasmuch as that is possible to survey with the power of our intuition.

That is to say, we must seek beyond the bounds of material substance with our intuitive perception. This is not very easy for many, as most people believe that only what they can see exists, i.e. only what they can perceive with the help of their physical senses. But what they fail to realise is that these senses are already very limited and that even within the physical world they are unable to perceive everything. For instance, the human eye is not able to perceive microscopic organisms, nor is it able to examine what takes place on other planets, unless it uses instruments that are precisely adapted to the nature of the realms that it is trying to observe. It needs these aids, otherwise its vision is limited to a very small range of perception.

Hence we should be able to accept that there is, at the very least, something beyond this physical universe. If we cannot do that, then our concept of Creation is merely limited to this physical universe with nothing else besides it. If that is the case, then there cannot also be a God, because we have chosen to believe in and accept only that which we can see, hear, taste, smell and feel, i.e. only that which we can perceive physically. At this particular point, all seekers of the Truth must come to a halt. If there is no God, then what is the point of seeking? We might as well go on our way, living solely to gratify our materialistic desires, and forget about everything else. All arguing about spiritual things then becomes absolutely useless and we are merely wasting our time, because there is nothing else to really live for.

These words are therefore only for those who can easily accept that there is a definite substance beyond the nature of this physical world. It is only in this manner that one can understand the concept of a Primordial Source from which Creation came into being. The various scientific theories about the coming-into-being of the Universe fail to take this into account, because they assume that there is no God. But there is a God, Who is obviously not of the same nature as we are, otherwise we would be able to see and perceive Him. This is in accordance with the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, for only similar species can connect to and recognise one another. God is Perfect beyond all imagination, since with Him there is no possibility of imbalance and injustice. But we, being so far removed from Him through the difference in species, cannot perceive Him.

Now between this our physical universe and the Primordial Source, there are a great many "realms" or "planes of existence", each of which is actually a complete universe. All of these planes comprise Creation!

Creation is thereby divided into many planes of substance. This physical universe or "earth-plane" is just one of the numerous planes of existence. There are forms of life on every such plane, just as there are on this earth-plane. However, the consistency of the substance differs between these different planes. This difference is conditioned by the nature of their respective densities.

The material world in which we live, for instance, is dense and coarse in nature. The spiritual world, on the other hand, is very light and luminous. Let us then imagine the same process of gravity, which we can see operating in our physical universe, extended in its working to all the various spheres of existence. We will then conclude that the lighter planes stand at the summit of Creation and that the denser planes sink to the bottom of Creation.

It becomes easier to think of all this if we imagine the concept of "radiation". As science has proved beyond all doubt, all matter is simply a consequence of radiation. Every object, every fluid, every perceptible and imperceptible substance has a definite radiation. There are also different levels of radiation in Creation, which have taken on form as the various planes of Creation. All matter is itself one particular species of radiation that is fundamentally dense in nature. It can also be further classified into many sub-species. On the other hand, the Spiritual Realm is the highest and lightest kind of radiation in Creation. It comprises the Heavens, where many luminous beings dwell.

Some may consider this far-fetched, but in reality, it is not so. We need only look back into the legends of our ancestors and note how many of the gods and goddesses are supposed to live in the Heavens above. This means nothing more than that they dwell in a higher sphere or plane that is lighter in density than the physical, which is therefore anchored above this earth-plane. Again, in the Bible, we find it stated that Jesus Christ ascended into the Heavens after His Resurrection, which means that He went back up the various planes of Creation to the point of His Divine Origin.

When Creation was formed, it separated out into planes, each of varying density - the lighter at the top and the heavier sinking to the bottom. This is the effect of the Law of Spiritual Gravity.

This process can be compared to a fractional distillation column, where crude oil separates into different kinds of hydrocarbons based on the density of its constituents. The lightest methane gases separate out first at the top where the temperatures are the highest, while denser hydrocarbons like bitumen distil out only at the cooler bottom of the distillation plant. This process roughly depicts the operation of the Law of Spiritual Gravity.

We should not think that this Law is perhaps an extension of the phenomenon of gravity that we observe on earth. In fact, it is the other way round: what we see today operating as the laws of physics are nothing but a reflection of the higher Primordial Laws instituted by God.

This, too, would be considered far-fetched by many people. But if we believe in God, then we know that He has instituted all the Laws of Creation, which manifest here on earth as the Laws of Nature. Therefore even the visible and measurable process of physical gravity must be an extension of the Law of Spiritual Gravity.

According to this Law, anything that is material or tied to matter is dense, while all that is spiritual or connected to the spiritual is light. Materialists and intellectuals only connect themselves to the material world and are therefore ethereally bound to it. Their souls become dense because they chain themselves to matter. After passing over into the beyond, they are still tied to the World of Matter, to the lower ethereal planes of Creation, and are unable to ascend upwards since they are weighed down by their own volition. Consequently they will have to return to the earth to retrieve what they missed before so that they can continue on the upward path.

On the other hand, genuinely spiritual people connect themselves to the Luminous Heights. Hence their souls become more luminous and spiritually light. Being spiritual has nothing of course to do with being religious! At the present time, these two concepts are unfortunately mutually exclusive. True spirituality goes hand in hand with keeping the flame of one's intuition alive in order to work for the genuine benefit of all mankind, whereas religion focuses more on upholding doctrines, rituals and traditions.

Such devout people, who are concomitantly striving for purity, will always be helped from Above and simultaneously connected with the more luminous spheres. As a result, when they do pass over into the beyond, their inner "lightness" will uplift them to the more luminous realms.

Hence the well-known Archimedes' Principle operates far into the spiritual spheres, because it is the effect of the living Law of Spiritual Gravity!

This is such a natural process that everyone should be able to picture it quite vividly. However, on the very account of its perfect naturalness and simplicity, many will also reject these statements as incredulous, because they have closed themselves to all deeper thinking about higher things. Consequently only those who are prepared to reflect with their intuition will be able to comprehend the process as it really takes place.

He who connects himself with that which is base, who knows only the gratification of the flesh, be it through his indulgence in the vices of society or even through his belief solely in material things, becomes spiritually dense. He constantly ties himself to this world through his own desire for a purely material lifestyle. The Law of Reciprocal Action brings him a spiritually "heavy" karma that automatically binds him to the material world through the Law of Spiritual Gravity. He becomes unable to free himself for a long time to come.

But he who strives towards the Luminous Heights, who keeps his thoughts, words and deeds pure, in whose soul not a trace of guilt can be found, since he offers his love to his Maker and to all creatures, will not be weighed down and bound to the base material world. At the moment he is called away from his earthly existence, his soul, spiritually light, will float above all the denser planes, ascending swiftly into the Luminous Realms, where he may dwell in the eternal Love of God!

Most of us are a long way from this goal. But if we strive with all our might to cast aside our personal weaknesses and build upon our spiritual strengths, then we will - in time - attain this goal!