[ethereal]

Originally Posted by Sunny

Ethereal! What a great post. Your words contain immense wisdom. I have a few questions:

When you say that the Christ Body is above the Buddhic Body and below the Atmic Body what do you mean? When you talk about demons from the astral realms what do you mean? I have never explored the concept of etheric/astral bodies. How do they relate to Hawkins' Levels of Consciousness? When you say there are other angelic beings, not just Christ Conciousness what do you mean? What is the difference between the Christ Body and Christ Consiousness? Do you have any links or book recommendations that will explain it?

When you say that the Christ Body is above the Buddhic Body and below the Atmic Body what do you mean?

There are various sheaths, or subtle energy bodies, that our soul identifies with as we incarnate into physicality. I think there are something like 7 of them, Ramana Maharshi talked a little about them, maybe you can do some Googling too -- frankly I don't know too much The Christ, Buddhic, and Atmic body are the last and subtlest sheaths, and as we evolve more and more we disidentify with the grosser sheaths and activate / identify with the subtler sheaths. Each of these bodies have their own chakra and energy systems, etc. But beyond that, I don't really know

When you talk about demons from the astral realms what do you mean?

It's a complicated topic. Suffice it to say, "hells" do exist in other dimensions, and in those dimensions are entities and energies who have refused God and are thus stuck in those realms. And for them, their greatest joy is to divert spiritual seekers like humans who still have the choice to choose God/spirit, and pull them off the path. Which is why highly spiritual people are prone to attacks from the astral realms sometimes, i.e. Erin's latest blog entry for example. If you keep your awareness up and avoid dipping into negative emotions, it should be ok though.

Dr. Hawkins have talked about a few experiences with the astral realms in his books, too. Someone who was normally at LOC 300, temporarily dropped to LOC 70 when a negative astral entity "possessed" his consciousness and tried to contact Dr. Hawkins.

Some channellers are channelling negative entities through the astral realm, and they don't even know it. You might know of some people like that.

There are "portals" from the astral realms where low energies are entraining people's consciousnesses. It's not as if entities and demons are flowing in to Earth, like those horror stories it's more like there are events, places, and things where negative energies tend to dominate people's consciousness -- violent video games and movies, occult rituals, magick and witchcraft, bullfighting and cockfighting, etc.

All this paints a pretty bleak picture, but it's best to remember that it's not about a "war" between good and evil, everyone has their own karma and free will to choose their own destiny. Good and evil are just two different realms, and you have the choice to go one way or another. Light and dark, good and evil don't fight each other -- so there is no need to save other people's souls and whatnot (and violate their free will!). Focus on raising your own LOC, and mankind's LOC will automatically rise.

I have never explored the concept of etheric/astral bodies. How do they relate to Hawkins' Levels of Consciousness?

Well, not much to say As you raise your LOC, the chakra systems in your etheric/astral bodies start to open up as well, and spiritual energy systems start to awaken and activate. Dr. Hawkins talks about the 3rd eye of the Buddhic body, which is the eye of spiritual discernment and opens at LOC 540.

When you say there are other angelic beings, not just Christ Conciousness what do you mean?

There are infinite # of dimensions and realms, and some of these realms are angelic and filled with angelic beings. They all wish to serve others and ease suffering whenever they can. For example, many of us here have guardian angels

Angels start from LOC 500+, and archangels at 50,000+ (Dr. Hawkins talks about this somewhere).

Christ Consciousness descended from Heaven and incarnated as man, for mankind's salvation -- but there are many others working with Christ as well

What is the difference between the Christ Body and Christ Consiousness? Do you have any links or book recommendations that will explain it?

The Christ Body is a label for a certain subtle energy body sheath. I'm not sure how it relates to Christ Consciousness, perhaps when the Christ Body is fully activated, Christ Consciousness comes down into man's consciousness.

I really have no idea, perhaps the people over in the Psychic Phenomena forum would know more about this

Namaste