The 5 Sheaths & Their Properties #276

Utilizing Lord Kapila’s original twenty-four tattvas as its basis, the various philosophy schools inside of the darshana of Shaivism have fashioned an umbrella of subtle principles over the top, a sort of frosting on the cake of Indian philosophy in general. But much more than a sweetening, the upper twelve tattvas cover a range that had remained hitherto unexplored by most inner travelers of the terrain of consciousness. What was revealed as a result came in the form of vibrational fields too subtle for the mind to fathom through rationale and speculation. Contact with such ultimately living principles as Ishvara and Sadasiva brought to the fore the very meaning of direct darshan with higher deities that stretched far beyond mere visualization. Even a basic study of these spandas alerts the mind to their existence, opening up close relations in the near future.

Another look at the dharmic teaching of the three worlds — Bhur, Bhuvah, and Svaha (or svar, or suvah) is given here, along with the revelation of the then newly discovered inner world of Mahah, or fourth world, that was perceived by the great rishi, Mahachamasya. Suffice to say, that as cycles of time move forward, and consciousness comes and goes in various forms and bodies, so much of what was once seen and known fades to the background of human awareness. It is then that great souls are born on earth to unveil what has become hidden in consciousness, exposing the existence of internal realms and the presiding deities that abide there.