Astral Planes
Abstract:
The astral planes denote a rarefied sphere of existence which eludes a narrowly material understanding of the cosmos. My subsequent thoughts on the astral are a product of the intuition and logic of my imagination. They are related to this ancient and esoteric philosophy which is not so recognized by traditional science. Although when you wax away the superficies of the physical universe it is quite ghostly with all this entails. Particle-wave behaviour and the abstract light field coincide with the rather undetectable astral planes. These may be said to be an ultra-refined derivation of what we normally regard as energetic vibrations. The astral is on a continuum between gross matter and pure abstraction or nothingness.
The astral has been said to be the place where our nightly dreams are born, and all worldly invention is first conceived. The material and astral planes are one and the same, though the dualistic mind experiences them as separate. The astral may be where all energy flows together in unison; in measures too short to be captured by nanometres. Nanometres as a metric must fall short when applied to these oscillatory vibrations, too subtle and fine to map with our current instruments.
Time is a construct when, in fact, there is one constant or eternal state. The astral dimension is of very fast vibrations by comparison with spacetime. As the physical vibrations quicken to an infinite velocity, the cycle is complete; a perfect eternal centerpoint is reached which would appear to be wholly still, though it is very vibrant and generative. It is responsible for the genesis of all forms which must operate according to the divergences of the frequencies (vibrations) and their sets and subsets of velocity. The fastest vibrations would correspond to the astral; whereas the slowest to the densest matter.