Page 61 - Spirit and Mind. Vol 1

Nicolai Levashov. Spirit and mind. Vol.1

Thus, a qualitative difference of two primary matters creates a barrier between
the physical and astral spheres. When a channel develops between them, an astral
body begins to form from the only two primary matters lacking in the
composition of the hybrid astral sphere. It is only when a living organism, in the

course of evolution, develops an astral body from the two primary matters which
the astral sphere lacks that this qualitative barrier disappears (5+2=7).

At the same time, the astral body's density should be compatible with that of the
matter forming the astral sphere. A similar process occurs on all the other planetary
spheres. Thus a complete first mental body is composed of three primary matters
(4+3=7); a complete second mental body out of four primary matters (3+4=7); a
complete third mental body out of five primary matters (2+5=7); a complete
fourth mental body out of six primary matters (1+6=7).

It is only on completion of the planetary evolutionary cycle that all the
planetary qualitative barriers disappear. The only question is — what living
organisms are capable of attaining such a qualitative evolution? The answer to this
question lies at the very inception of life's origin.

The true moment of life's beginning is marked by the formation of the RNA's

etheric body, for the following reasons:
1. In a watery environment, a virus (i.e., an RNA molecule with a protein
membrane) creates a stable etheric body and triggers a continuous disintegration of
"trapped" molecules.
2. The process of replication of the RNA molecule and its protein membrane

starts with the accumulation of the requisite amount of nucleotides.
It is precisely the ability to reproduce that warrants considering the virus to be
the first living organism (see Ch. 2, op. cit.). The next stage in the evolution of living
matter is the emergence of monocellular organisms. Their advantage over the virus is
their multilayered cellular membrane, which creates a stable chemical environment
inside the cell.

Additionally, the cellular membrane serves as a defense against a hostile
external environment, thereby creating favorable conditions for the further evolution
of life. Movement of the primal ocean's upper layers exposed the same types of
monocellular organisms to many different kinds of external conditions, which
impelled them either to change or die.

A diverse array of animal and vegetable one-celled creatures arose from
exposure to a variety of environments. A primitive ecological system began to be
formed. Their locomotor ability boosted evolution and led them to acquire a certain
independence from the vicissitudes of the out-side milieu.

The next evolutionary leap came when one-celled organisms joined into a single
aggregate by uniting the appendages of their cellular membranes (e.g.,Volvox).
Union of these aggregates pro-vided the next impetus in the evolution of life.
Temporary unions developed into permanent symbioses of monocellular organisms.

Henceforth, one could speak of the advent and existence of multicellular
creatures. Peripheral cells of multicellular aggregates were often exposed to the

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