The Spiritual Field of Expression

james simmons wrote:I'd like to hear from you all and perhaps I can learn something.   It regards spiritualism.  

The physical universe consists of physical, ethereal, astral and lower mind matter.   To go higher we must move to the...............................rit"?  I have my own beliefs in this but it would be a great help to me to know what you all think.   Please do not refer me to an outside source.   I want to know what you think, not someone else.

Thanks

James

james simmons wrote:I'd like to hear from you all and perhaps I can learn something.   It regards spiritualism.  

The physical universe consists of physical, ethereal, astral and lower mind matter.   To go higher we must move to the spiritual universe where the lowest plane is what we would call the higher mental....   There are six others and then there are other universes higher still.   The usual work of the spiritualist is in the high physical but rarely into the spiritual universe proper.   Readings, messages, aura anaylsis and all that sort of thing,  are high physical plane activities.   Almost always it is the astral emotional lower mental which is contacted.   Most deceased people reside on the high astral/low mental.  I can tell the plane contacted by the feel of it.   Do others?

When a spiritualist is engaged in some sort of psychic activity, doing a reading for instance, He or she is clearly connected to another plane of existence.   Is it enough to call it the astral or lower mental.   Can these two planes be vital by themselves?   Are they subtle parts of the physical universe or not?   Is there a spiritual universe which coincides with but predates our own?   Is this where the medium goes to obtain information?    If so exactly how does it work?   What are the mechanisms?   If deceased people are being contacted then what plane are they in and what greater structure is that plane a part of?   Finally if there is a spiritual universe then is it static or dynamic?   Does it just happen to exist or are there forces within it that are responsible for this earth life that we all are immersed in?

What I want to know is this.   Does the average spiritualist believe in the spiritual universe or do they just move about in the astral/emotional/lower mind and call it "spirit" without necessarily making any association with a vital universe of existence separate from the physical one that we know so well?   What does the average spiritualist know about "spirit"?  I have my own beliefs in this but it would be a great help to me to know what you all think.   Please do not refer me to an outside source.   I want to know what you think, not someone else.

Thanks

James