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QUESTION BABA ANSWERS 33
the same, but its scope or field
of play becomes extensively
extended.
For instance: you are now
conscious only of the gross
plane, the subtle and mental
worlds you are not aware of.
Likewise, one in the subtle
plane has consciousness of the
subtle world only, and is not
conscious of the gross and the
mental; also one in the mental
plane has the consciousness of
the mental plane only, and is
not aware of the gross or the
subtle; one in the seventh
plane—the supra-mental, the
plane of perfection—has consciousness
of all the planes, the
mental, the subtle, the gross.
You can thus see the
consciousness of the human
form obtains throughout, and
the field of play varies not in
degree but in depth and
extensiveness. In evolution
there is a definitely determinable
difference in the
various stages of consciousness
which is an incessant and
persistent state of unfoldment
resulting in the all complete
consciousness of the human
form. In the higher planes,
although this consciousness
remains the same, there is
Infinite difference between the
consciousness of the subtle and
mental, mental and supramental.
This difference is
sharp and defined, as there is
no point of fusion or expansion
as that which exists when
consciousness was unfolding.
It is on this account that one in
the subtle plane identifies
himself with that plane and
deems this consciousness to be
Perfection. Similarly, one in
the mental plane identifies
himself with the mental plane
and the consciousness hereof is
considered as Perfection. It is
no Perfection at all; it is an
illusion, rather self-delusion.
You can now understand
why one gets stuck in the plane
where one is. It is extremely
difficult for such an one to step
into the mental plane from the
subtle. It is impossible for one
to go from the mental into the
supra-mental unless helped by
a Master.
There is as much difference
between the consciousness (in
extensiveness) of the sixth and
seventh plane, as that between
an ant and a human being. The
seventh plane connotes Perfection,
here one becomes consciousness
itself.