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Astral Vision It has not to spend its energies on the many exterior things, which is usually the outcome of physical manifestation. Without that extra spending of force, the vibrations are carried directly from the external world to the subtle body. In the state of ordinary waking consciousness those very vibrations are interpreted through sensations produced on the physical organs of sense, and therefore very little is left to be done by the subtle organs. Not only that but the subtle body and all its capacities are all constituted in such a manner that they are compelled to supply the physical body and the organs of sense with vital force, and when these physical organs are in use, there are many of those finer vibrations which escape the notice of the finer, more subtle organs. This is the reason why so many things pass about us and are not recognized.
There are worlds within worlds. There are many, many physical and subtle activities; and we sense and catch only the grosser vibrations in the ordinary waking state of consciousness. It does not mean the finer vibrations do not come to us. They go on as usual, and will go on for ever, but you are not in a condition to sense them. In induced clairvoyance, hypnotism, magnetism, etc., the physical activities are artificially stopped and therefore it offers a better opportunity to the subtle organs for expression. In this condition when the subject hears something, or gets certain methods, and interprets them in his own way, it is not always something new which comes to him or her. It may be new, or it may not be new.
For instance if the condition is higher, if the development is higher, then the unfoldment of the soul's faculties being greater and on a higher level, through those faculties, the soul can see many things. Sometimes a bond of sympathy is established between the subject and the operator. In this case nothing is done but the sensing of operations going on between them. It is a sort of telepathy which is going on between the subject and the
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