{"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