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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8695036" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>I visualize the astral, ethereal, and material as overlapping concentric circles.</p><p></p><p>These planar names, refer to thought, force, and matter, respectively.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]254090[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Everything that exists is made out of positivity. Pure negativity is nothingness, nonexistence. Negativity allows positivity form different kinds of things within its emptiness. Without negativity, positivity is undifferentiated infinite positivity. Negativity is an important aspect of creation. For example, at a material level of existence, positivity is the energy of atoms (somethingness), and negativity is empty space (nothingness). Space allows atomic energy to form virtually unlimited forms of different kinds. At a level of force, positivity is a push toward creativity, such as a big bang, and negativity is a pull toward annihilation, such as a black hole. The level of thought refers to consciousness, where positivity is soul and negativity is amnesia is nonconsciousness. Positive thought includes creativity, hope, and wellbeing. Negative thought includes destruction, despair, and illness.</p><p></p><p>Withn the interplay between positivity and negativity, plane of thought exists. The thoughtstuff that thought constructs are made out of, is also called aster. During the creation of the material plane, these astral thoughts planned out the influences of force and the substances of matter, like a blueprint for a building. Within this creation is the primordial force of the big bang, pure radiant energy, sometimes called the point of light within the darkness. Eventually this explosion of positivity evolves into the electromagnetic forces, gravitational forces, and the atomic forces of all that exists within the material world.</p><p></p><p>These are overlapping concentric circles. The level of matter includes: matter, force, and thought. For example, a human body of matter includes some degree of gravitational force, as well as a conscious mind of thought. The human might not be able to perceive the rest of the astral plane, but each human mind is part of the astral plane, even if only subjectively experienced from the perspective of the material plane.</p><p></p><p>Similar to the way a human body includes a human mind, the various phenomena of nature have animistic minds. A river has a mind, a mountain has a mind. In this way, features of nature exist within the astral plane, and are especially part of its wildspace that teams with life.</p><p></p><p>In some ways, force is a bridge between matter and thought. Force includes reallife physical force like gravity − but it also includes fantasy physical force like telekinesis. The material body of a human has an aura force that permeates it and extends out from it, similar to a light shining from a lantern, intense around the body but perceptible from a distance away. This bodily force is often called "ki". It is possible for a mind to manipulate this aura of force to alter ones body or to influence and manipulate an object or mind, a distance away.</p><p></p><p>Similar to the way a body has an aura of force that emanates from it, the entire material plane has an aura of force that emanates from it. Sometimes this is understood as an echo from matter. This emanation from matter is called the ethereal plane. More specifically, the parts of the ethereal plane that are beyond the material plane are called the "deep ether". The deep ether is spirit worlds that have force (and minds), but lack a correlation to a material location. The deep ether tends toward freeform. Deep ether can be responsive to the desire of a strong mind. The shallow ether is the physical forces that are actually part of the material plane, including gravity. But these shallow ethereal forces also include the forces of manifesting fey, poltergeisting ghosts, ethereal creatures, and so on. The shallow ether can see the material plane, and if ones force is strong enough even physically interact with the material plane telekinetically, or via a virtual body avatar conjured out of force. Most ethereal forces are subtle and negligible within the material plane. Generally only a strong mind can focus and shape a significant amount of force to alter the material plane.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Each of these three planes, astral thought, ethereal force, and material matter, can resonate strongly with either positivity or negativity.</p><p></p><p>• Astral positivity: celestial dominions</p><p>• Ethereal positivity: feywild</p><p>• Ethereal negativity: shadowfell</p><p>• Astral negativity: fiendish dominions</p><p></p><p>The astral plane of thoughts, include ethical alignments. Here, altruistic impulses are celestial Good, while predatory impulses are fiendish Evil. Between the positivity and the negativity are shades of gray. Actually, there is no gray, but rather shifting moments of positive and negative, and various frequencies. In the interplay between, there can be Evil celestial creatures or Good fiendish creatures, albeit rare. The feywild tends toward Good and Neutral, but Evil exists there too. Likewise the shadowfell tends toward Evil and Neutral, but Good exists there too.</p><p></p><p>Strictly speaking the positive and negative of the material plane is matter and space, respectively. However, there are places within the material plane that exhibit strong affinity with celestial and fey positivity, or else with fiendish and shadow negativity. To the extent that these material places cohere, they can be palpably Good or Evil, or even alter in dreamlike ways where the threshold from matter into ether or aster is thin.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]254092[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8695036, member: 58172"] I visualize the astral, ethereal, and material as overlapping concentric circles. These planar names, refer to thought, force, and matter, respectively. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Vere Cosmology - Astral Ethereal Material - Simple.png"]254090[/ATTACH] Everything that exists is made out of positivity. Pure negativity is nothingness, nonexistence. Negativity allows positivity form different kinds of things within its emptiness. Without negativity, positivity is undifferentiated infinite positivity. Negativity is an important aspect of creation. For example, at a material level of existence, positivity is the energy of atoms (somethingness), and negativity is empty space (nothingness). Space allows atomic energy to form virtually unlimited forms of different kinds. At a level of force, positivity is a push toward creativity, such as a big bang, and negativity is a pull toward annihilation, such as a black hole. The level of thought refers to consciousness, where positivity is soul and negativity is amnesia is nonconsciousness. Positive thought includes creativity, hope, and wellbeing. Negative thought includes destruction, despair, and illness. Withn the interplay between positivity and negativity, plane of thought exists. The thoughtstuff that thought constructs are made out of, is also called aster. During the creation of the material plane, these astral thoughts planned out the influences of force and the substances of matter, like a blueprint for a building. Within this creation is the primordial force of the big bang, pure radiant energy, sometimes called the point of light within the darkness. Eventually this explosion of positivity evolves into the electromagnetic forces, gravitational forces, and the atomic forces of all that exists within the material world. These are overlapping concentric circles. The level of matter includes: matter, force, and thought. For example, a human body of matter includes some degree of gravitational force, as well as a conscious mind of thought. The human might not be able to perceive the rest of the astral plane, but each human mind is part of the astral plane, even if only subjectively experienced from the perspective of the material plane. Similar to the way a human body includes a human mind, the various phenomena of nature have animistic minds. A river has a mind, a mountain has a mind. In this way, features of nature exist within the astral plane, and are especially part of its wildspace that teams with life. In some ways, force is a bridge between matter and thought. Force includes reallife physical force like gravity − but it also includes fantasy physical force like telekinesis. The material body of a human has an aura force that permeates it and extends out from it, similar to a light shining from a lantern, intense around the body but perceptible from a distance away. This bodily force is often called "ki". It is possible for a mind to manipulate this aura of force to alter ones body or to influence and manipulate an object or mind, a distance away. Similar to the way a body has an aura of force that emanates from it, the entire material plane has an aura of force that emanates from it. Sometimes this is understood as an echo from matter. This emanation from matter is called the ethereal plane. More specifically, the parts of the ethereal plane that are beyond the material plane are called the "deep ether". The deep ether is spirit worlds that have force (and minds), but lack a correlation to a material location. The deep ether tends toward freeform. Deep ether can be responsive to the desire of a strong mind. The shallow ether is the physical forces that are actually part of the material plane, including gravity. But these shallow ethereal forces also include the forces of manifesting fey, poltergeisting ghosts, ethereal creatures, and so on. The shallow ether can see the material plane, and if ones force is strong enough even physically interact with the material plane telekinetically, or via a virtual body avatar conjured out of force. Most ethereal forces are subtle and negligible within the material plane. Generally only a strong mind can focus and shape a significant amount of force to alter the material plane. Each of these three planes, astral thought, ethereal force, and material matter, can resonate strongly with either positivity or negativity. • Astral positivity: celestial dominions • Ethereal positivity: feywild • Ethereal negativity: shadowfell • Astral negativity: fiendish dominions The astral plane of thoughts, include ethical alignments. Here, altruistic impulses are celestial Good, while predatory impulses are fiendish Evil. Between the positivity and the negativity are shades of gray. Actually, there is no gray, but rather shifting moments of positive and negative, and various frequencies. In the interplay between, there can be Evil celestial creatures or Good fiendish creatures, albeit rare. The feywild tends toward Good and Neutral, but Evil exists there too. Likewise the shadowfell tends toward Evil and Neutral, but Good exists there too. Strictly speaking the positive and negative of the material plane is matter and space, respectively. However, there are places within the material plane that exhibit strong affinity with celestial and fey positivity, or else with fiendish and shadow negativity. To the extent that these material places cohere, they can be palpably Good or Evil, or even alter in dreamlike ways where the threshold from matter into ether or aster is thin. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Vere Cosmology - Astral Ethereal Material.png"]254092[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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