⊗ THE FORWARD PLANE ⊗

Known across traditions as:

• Tibetan: Nang-pa (Inner Space)
• Hermetic: Imaginatio Vera
• Islamic: Alam al-mithal

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Active imagination and conscious visualization
• Where we first learn to "see" with closed eyes
• The realm of intentional creation
• Laboratory of consciousness

PRACTICES:

• Creating and holding forms
• Working with sacred geometry
• Deity visualization
• Construction of inner temples

⊗ THE BACKWARD PLANE ⊗

Known across traditions as:

• Platonic: World of Forms
• Jungian: Collective Unconscious
• Shamanic: Spirit World

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Astral perception
• Archetypal realms
• Autonomous imagery
• Living symbols

PHENOMENA:

• Encounters with autonomous beings
• Spontaneous visions
• Mythological imagery
• Direct transmission of knowledge

⊗ THE UPPER PLANE/CROWN ⊗

Known across traditions as:

• Buddhist: Dharmakaya
• Hindu: Sahasrara
• Kabbalah: Keter

CHARACTERISTICS:

• Causal connection
• Energetic integration point
• Non-dual awareness
• Transcendent consciousness

MANIFESTATIONS:

• Pure light experiences
• Dissolution of subject-object duality
• Direct knowing
• Integration of all planes

⊗ NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES ⊗

FORWARD PLANE ACCESS:

• Close eyes, observe phosphenes
• Direct attention to visual space
• Begin with simple forms
• Progress to complex visualization

BACKWARD PLANE ACCESS:

• Release control of imagery
• Allow autonomous movement
• Follow spontaneous visions
• Engage with emerging figures

UPPER PLANE ACCESS:

• Maintain awareness of crown center
• Allow dissolution of imagery
• Rest in pure consciousness
• Integration of all experiences

⊗ COMMON PITFALLS ⊗

• FORWARD PLANE:
- Forcing visualization - Expecting physical sight - Judging progress
• BACKWARD PLANE:
- Controlling autonomous content - Dismissing experiences as "just imagination" - Fear of the unknown
• UPPER PLANE:
- Seeking specific experiences - Attachment to phenomena - Premature integration