{"id":151949,"date":"2020-06-25T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T07:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/?post_type=ask&p=151949"},"modified":"2020-06-30T11:52:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:52:54","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world","status":"publish","type":"ask","link":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Radhika,<\/p>\n

Swami Kriyananda explained how the entire creation is structured, according to Yogananda. There are three worlds, causal, astral, and physical.<\/p>\n

Here is the story of creation:<\/p>\n

God, out of His pure Consciousness, first created a very subtle causal<\/em> universe, made of thoughts and ideas<\/em>. \u201cThe causal world is indescribably subtle,\u201d as you read in the Autobiography of a Yogi<\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n

From those thoughts He created the astral universe, which is less subtle, made of energy and light.<\/em><\/p>\n

Out of that energy emerged the physical<\/em> universe which we know, made of solid matter.<\/p>\n

So the difference between the astral and causal universe is that the astral universe is made of energy<\/em>, and the causal world is made of thought<\/em>.<\/p>\n

We human beings, being made in the image of God, similarly have three bodies: causal (thought body), astral (energy body), physical (material body).<\/p>\n

You will very much enjoy, I believe, Chapter 43 of the Autobiography of a Yogi<\/i><\/a>, \u201cThe Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar,\u201d which describes these three worlds and bodies in a highly inspiring way.<\/p>\n

By the way, Swami Kriyananda talked about these things from experience, not from book learning. Once in a restaurant he told us, \u201cThe astral world is more real to me than the physical.\u201d<\/p>\n

We asked, \u201cEven right now?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes,\u201d he answered.<\/p>\n

Joy to you,
\njayadev<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"tags":[],"ask_the_experts":{"question":"

Some days ago I was watching a video of Swami Kriyanandaji. He talked about the astral<\/em> world and the causal<\/em> world. So what is that astral<\/em> world, what is the causal<\/em> world, and what\u2019s the difference between the two?<\/p>","asker_name":"Radhika Rajesh Chandak","asker_country":"India"},"yoast_head":"\nWhat Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World? — Ananda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World? — Ananda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question from Radhika Rajesh Chandak: Some days ago I was watching a video of Swami Kriyanandaji. He talked about the astral world and the causal world. So what is that astral world, what is the causal world, and what\u2019s the difference between the two?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ananda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-30T18:52:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/\",\"name\":\"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World? — Ananda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-25T07:00:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-06-30T18:52:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Your Spiritual Questions Answered\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/\",\"name\":\"Ananda\",\"description\":\"Joy Is Within You\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ananda\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunday-serivce-logo-wide.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunday-serivce-logo-wide.png\",\"width\":364,\"height\":176,\"caption\":\"Ananda\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World? — Ananda","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World? — Ananda","og_description":"Question from Radhika Rajesh Chandak: Some days ago I was watching a video of Swami Kriyanandaji. He talked about the astral world and the causal world. So what is that astral world, what is the causal world, and what\u2019s the difference between the two?","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/","og_site_name":"Ananda","article_modified_time":"2020-06-30T18:52:54+00:00","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/","name":"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World? — Ananda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-06-25T07:00:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-06-30T18:52:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/what-is-the-difference-between-the-astral-world-and-the-causal-world\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Your Spiritual Questions Answered","item":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/ask\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Is the Difference Between the Astral World and the Causal World?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/","name":"Ananda","description":"Joy Is Within You","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#organization","name":"Ananda","url":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunday-serivce-logo-wide.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/sunday-serivce-logo-wide.png","width":364,"height":176,"caption":"Ananda"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ask\/151949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ask"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ask"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ask\/151949\/revisions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/98"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ananda.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}