Page 140 - Spirit and Mind. Vol 1

Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

Let us remember that all our senses combined give us only one percent of the
information about our surrounding world, which modern science has discovered
with the aid of various de-vices. This information is adequate for life support and
orientation. This is the basic purpose of our senses, as it is with all living life on the
planet.

It is totally absurd when an individual tries to use his senses incorrectly to
build a picture of the universe. It is perfectly understandable that anyone would

consider it foolish to assemble a puzzle from a single piece, when he needs to join
hundreds of different pieces to get the desired picture. And it would be completely
nonsensical to copy a single piece of this picture and present it as the whole reality.
Hundreds of such similar pieces could never yield a true picture — and those who
fail to understand this fact are shortchanging themselves and others.

A brain, rather than a sensory organ is the true instrument for discovering
the world. The information reaching the brain through the sensory apparatus is
adequate for orientation in the surrounding space, but not sufficient for its
discovery. Only when the brain receives information in addition to sensory input,
can discovery be possible. Even though there is a significant increase in the volume
of information received, thanks to the devices invented by modern science, the latter

are still not sufficient to create a complete picture of the universe.

Many will wonder why it is insufficient to use such information for a complete
depiction of the universe. There are several reasons for this: The instruments which
people devise are based on their understanding of nature as perceived through their
sensory organs. Therefore they reflect a one-sided reality. Physical reality contains
only a portion of the knowledge of the universe. That reality, which one grasps
through the senses and instruments, is only the tip of the iceberg.
The physical planet is only a piece of the whole planet. The planet consists of
the physical, etheric, astral, first mental, second mental and third mental spheres.

They are closely related and in constant interaction with each other. That is why a
correct picture of reality can be grasped only after the brain receives information
from all the planetary levels.

All this becomes possible when the brain neurons, in the course of their
evolution, develop bodies on every planetary level, which transmit information
from each of these levels to the brain. How an individual processes that incoming
information depends on the degree of his person-al ability, skill and capacity for
analytical thinking. The level of the neuron's evolutionary development allows a
constant interaction with all planetary spheres on which they possess developed
bodies.

The presence of an etheric body provides an interaction with the etheric sphere;
the astral — with the etheric and astral spheres; the first mental — with the etheric,
astral and first mental spheres, etc. Every new stage of evolutionary development
opens a door to a new information-al level. So, evolutionary development is the
only way for man to move forward on the thorny road to knowledge.

A person's connection to one or another information level may be temporary as
well. This occurs if the brain happens to open up to the next qualitative level as a

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