87. The Purely Spiritual Region and its six sub-divisions

DISCOURSES ON

RADHASOAMI FAITH

BY

MAHARAJ SAHAB

Pandit Brahm Sankar Misra, M.A.

87. THE PURELY SPIRITUAL REGION AND ITS SIX SUB-DIVISIONS

            129. As the Supreme Being Himself was in a state of eternal polarization, consisting of three distinct regions, viz, the infinite region of full spirituality, the region of the neutral zone, and the region of the lower pole, the sound and spirit currents, which emanated from Him at the time of creation and were, to some extent, like the two currents accompanying the process of animate respiration, also resolved themselves in the region, which was directly within the purview of the Supreme Being, into three divisions each. In the case of animate respiration, the oxygen which is taken in comes out with an admixture of one of the main constituents of the human frame, i.e. it comes out as carbonic acid gas. In the Supreme Being Himself, there is nothing else but pure spirituality of the highest degree, and therefore the outcoming breath (respiration) is steeped in this spirituality. The outward spirit-current is, therefore, as spiritual as the inward current of sound which is absorbed in Him. The three sub-divisions of the first set, i.e. those who came into existence as a result of the polarization of the sound-current, are known as Radhasoami, Agam (inaccessible), and Alakh (invisible); and the three sub-divisions of the other set, viz, those which came into existence as a result of the polarization of the spirit-current, are known as Anami, Sat Loka, and Bhanwargupha. As the spirit-current, which is one of attraction, extends outwards by a process of spiritualization, it has a somewhat lower location than the sound-current, which is one of pure, inward action. The second set of the three sub-divisions mentioned above accordingly occupies a lower position that that of the first set, and its spirituality too, is of a somewhat lower intensity. In the six sub-divisions we have mentioned, the two currents are not distinguishable and both act together, their joint action being similar to the conjoint, attractive and magnetizing functions of the magnetic force. The existence of these two currents, however, has given rise to the six sub-divisions referred to. Hitherto, we have spoken only of the main sub-divisions of the spiritual regions evolved at the time of creation. We should now describe in some more detail the presiding deities and the denizens of thee spheres.