(RV
6.5.2)
kshāmeva vishvā bhuvanāni yasmin
In earth are founded all the worlds.
This our creation consists of many planes of existence, and each
plane has its own system of worlds. Each plane, dhama, is
based upon and governed by one particular principle, tattwa.
Thus there are worlds of Sat, Chit Ananda based upon the
truths of Being, Consciousness and Bliss; the world of Mahas based
upon Truth-Light; the lower worlds of Anna, Prana, Manas based
upon the principles of Matter, Life and Mind. While each world is
thus organized around its own truth, all of them are involved in
their principles in Earth. For Earth is the foundation of this
tier of worlds, prithvi pajasyam, and the field of
evolution. It is because all of these worlds are so involved in
Earth that their evolution here becomes possible. Earth is the
base, the centre and the scene of this creative Evolution.
Five Earths
(RV 1.7.9)
ya ekash-charşhaņīnām vasūnām-irajyati, indraĥ pancha kshitīnām.
Indra who alone disposes all actions and possessions of the five
planes.
Indra the Power of the Divine Mind is the sovereign of the being
of man on all its planes of existence. Man is not merely his
physical body. Exceeding his physical existence, is his life
organization; above that is his mental consciousness; higher are
the realms of the light of Knowledge and still above are the
regions of blissful Transcendent, the parardha. Movements
on all these five planes of being, the five Earths of the Veda,
are controlled and disposed by Indra.
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