The Four Worlds

Before I go into this, one warning.... this is yet another tool. In terms of Reality, all this stuff below is wrong because it does not accurately describe what cannot be described in words. However, it is still useful information to be used as a pointer to the things that cannot be described. So read on.

Creation exists on four basic levels: the physical, the emotional, the mental, and the spiritual. All four of these things make up everything that we can interact with. In actuality, these four levels are the product and the basis of our interaction with Consciousness. (I'll clarify that another time.)

One way to think about these levels is to describe them as separate existences. Borrowing a term from Kaballah, I call them the Four Worlds.

The physical world, for example, is the one we are all familiar with. It has solid objects, laws of physics, finite boundaries and rules, etc. It can also be described by scientific experiments, although the actual number crunching and logic of science takes place in the mental world.

The emotional world is a step above that. By "above" I mean it is closer to Consciousness, and therefore it can be seen as holier or more real, however you like to define it. Picture the source of Consciousness pouring itself into the world of form. As this liquid trickles down, it gets further and further away from the source. As it does that, it changes and becomes less and less like the source. The final destination is the physical level, and thus that level is least like the source. The emotional level is just before that, so it's a tiny bit more like the source.

This emotional world contains, well, your emotions. Everything that is emotional has its roots there. As a level by itself in isolation, it contains other things you may have heard of, like the Astral, the Ethereal, and other stuff. This is because even though I'm describing only four worlds here, in fact, each one of the four has subsets. As you go up in levels, you don't just tick suddenly from one to the next. Each level gradually blends into the next, like the different layers of earth's atmosphere do as you go up in a space craft.

Probably about half the "nasties" that you've heard about in myth exist on the emotional level, i.e. ghosts, demons, egos, etc. Most of the other half exists on the mental level. Humans are special because they exist on all four levels simultaneously, and not many other beings do that. In fact, I can't think of any right now. Angels come close, but I don't think they can do all four simultaneously. I think they pick one at a time. However, suffice it to say, most of this crap exists in the imagination, except that the imagination exists on the emotional and mental levels and in some senses is therefore closer to the source than your physical parts.

In any case, the mental level is where you do all your number crunching, like I mentioned before. This is the realm of logic and reason. However, it is also a very creative realm because you can think of lots of things that certainly aren't logical or reasonable, can't you? Most of the things that exist here are called "thought forms", and they are entities in and of themselves, sometimes created by us, i.e. by our thoughts. Thought forms will usually dissipate quickly, but they can be fed and nurtured and take on life of their own if given enough energy. People fall prey to these all the time when their persistent obsessive thoughts move them to do irrational or violent things.

Then finally there is the spiritual level. If going up the levels is like changing channels on a TV set, flipping from the physical channel, to the emotional, to the mental, then when you get to the spiritual channel, the channel disappears. The TV disappears too. Everything goes silent and still and just is. This is the level that is closest to Consciousness. When things first emanate out of Consciousness, they go through here.

So if you think about it, this lays out the process of creating something. First, Consciousness conceives of the thing. Then that conception filters down to the spiritual level and inspires you. Then, you have an idea. The light bulb goes off and a mental picture forms in your head of what you want to make. Then you get excited about it. You become enthusiastic and driven emotionally to create this thing. Then you do it. That's creation.