PART 5
Seven Dimensions of the Mind
The seven dimensions provide a positive and helpful way of looking at life and understanding the experiences we have on the inward path. By identifying experience as being within one dimension or another, we are able to know at all times just where we are in consciousness, and that knowledge facilitates the control over awareness that we need to continue the upward climb. When we practice meditation, we are not conscious in the first, second or third dimensions of the mind but are conscious in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh dimensions. From the deepest perspective, we are flowing through all of the dimensions at all times. They all exist in total completion right now within us. However, we are only conscious periodically in one or another of them as awareness magnifies itself and registers the dimension by focusing upon it, shall we say. §
The First Dimension§
The first dimension is the inside of things that you cannot see or touch. The inside of a piece of fruit is the first dimension; the outside or surface of the fruit is the second dimension. The inside of the physical body, the Earth, a tree and a stone—these all lie in the first dimension. To bring the first dimension out, simply open up the fruit. The part that was previously unseen as well as untouched, but which is now visible and tangible, has been brought into the second dimension.§
Within the first dimension of the mind, there are energy flows. Energy in its static state, energy spinning, energy lifting, pushing, pulling, rising, falling, attracting, repelling, changing form, filling, emptying, appearing and disappearing. Eighteen forms of energy exist in the first dimension, interacting and causing the phenomena observed in the physical world and studied by science as gravity, momentum, inertia, magnetism, electricity and various forces. We can see these energy flows readily in nature as we witness without holding previous concepts the actions and interactions within plants, within stones, within water, wind and fire.§
The Second Dimension§
The second dimension consists of things which can be both seen and touched—the surfaces of objects such as flowers, stones and water. When we observe these objects without thinking about them, without feeling like or dislike—just pure perception—then we are aware of the second dimension. It appears flat, consisting of only two layers of form, for it is seen without evaluation or analysis which gives depth to our observations. If we close our eyes and then open them very slowly, holding the mind steady, we can sit without relating to anything we see and therefore see it objectively as it is. This flat view of the world of objects can be experienced more easily by opening just one eye than with both eyes open. §
There is a tendency to get involved with what we see when both eyes are open. What we perceive are things that can be identified with the five senses—things we can smell, hear, touch, taste and see. These perceptions are all two-dimensional through the senses; but through interpretation they do flow into deeper dimensions of the mind. The second dimension is the exterior world, which most languages describe abundantly, making it seem real to us and giving it a sense of permanency, for man’s mind gives substance or recognition to things that are named or labeled.§
The Third Dimension§
It is in the third dimension that most people live most of the time. This is the world of thoughts and feelings, of emotions and intellectual theory. Within the changing world of the third dimension are two basic and intricate energy flows. The first is a flow of force between people and things. This is a one-way flow through which people relate to objects. The second is a flow between two people or more and also between people and animals. §
Visualize a stream of energy generated in the body by the processes of life. This energy, or prāṇa, constantly flows out from the central source of energy and constitutes the aura, constitutes the physical energy that moves the body, constitutes thoughts and feelings. This prāṇa creates a force field around the body. As soon as two people associate, these force fields interact, or the two energy streams interchange. Should these energies be of a like nature, the result is friendship. When we understand these energies as they combine, attract and repel in human relationships, we then begin to discover the constituent parts of what we call the world. §
The Fourth Dimension§
From the vantage point of the fourth dimension we can view the building of emotional involvements within the third dimension, observing the workings of the emotional and intellectual units of ourselves and others. From this detachment we gain the ability to dissolve confusions, conflicts and the various and varied entanglements that are encountered daily.§
In the fourth dimension, the first glimmer of inner light within the head is seen. It is usually a pale, moon-like glow seen at the top of the head. This dimension gives us a “mountaintop consciousness” that looks over, in and through everything and gives the facility to enjoy and participate fully in the world while knowing at all times exactly where we are in the mind. Artists are in the fourth dimension. Each time you designed or created anything, you were bringing the beauty of the within through your nerve system into manifestation. It is a beautiful place to be, and you can be there all of the time by feeling the power of your spine. The minute you feel that radiant energy in the spine you are disconnected from the third dimension and soar into the fourth. §
The Fifth Dimension§
The fifth dimension is the superconscious area from which the clear white light is inwardly seen to fill the head. In the fifth dimension, we have no sense of ego, no personal me or mine which, after all, are composed of the elements of the second and third dimensions. People who are conscious in the fifth dimension have a deep universal love for other people. They are often humanitarians. Life for them is a joyous, even blissful experience, with events happening in perfect timing. They hold the perspective that all is well in the world. §
In the fifth dimension of the mind the total evolution of form is perceived. If you were to see a person from the fifth dimension, you would see him as an infant, a grown man, an old man, as dead, decayed and reborn right now. It’s the same with everything. Great inventions and music have come from the fifth dimension in a flash. The still, small voice, or the inner voice, comes directly from the fifth dimension. From the fifth dimension we can look millions of years into the past, the ākāśic records, or project an object into the future according to vibratory rate. §
The Sixth Dimension§
The sixth dimension is color, sound and vibration, as well as subtle forms and beings composed of these elements. The colors of the sixth dimension are unlike colors we have ever seen on the surface of the Earth. They are brighter, yet more subtle, and they mix and mingle. In other words, colors pass into and through each other, creating exquisite varieties of color with form. Science has recently discovered the sixth dimension. It tells us that all matter is energy in a grosser form and that even a chair can be reduced to sound and color at a sub-molecular level.§
The inner mechanism of the human aura, the inner mechanism of thought forms, the inner mechanism of the astral plane and the superconscious body of light, the beautiful actinic body of light, are all within this sixth dimension. As man comes into the sixth dimension, the fifth-dimensional experience in which the clear white light is inwardly seen to fill the head deepens as light extends throughout the physical body and can even be seen in the feet as he walks. Temple Deities are sixth-dimensional beings. When we visit temples, they actually do hear and see our supplications. Great beings who no longer need a physical body also reside in this dimension. §
The Seventh Dimension§
The seventh dimension is clear inner space—not clear white light, just clear space. Whereas in the sixth dimension one experiences an intensity of inner light that glows in every cell of the body—through the torso, the hands, legs and feet—in the seventh dimension he comes into pure inner space, seeing within himself a vast space that goes on and on and on like an infinite inner sky. One deeply immersed in the seventh dimension would be aware of being aware, without an awareness of light. In a sense, he would be above the vibratory rate of light—and, with no thing to be aware of, awareness becomes conscious of itself. §
Awareness can expand into the endless inner space of the seventh dimension or contract into being completely aware of itself—kaīf». The experience of kaīf» is simple; our concepts about it are the biggest barrier. We often feel that pure consciousness must be earned by a saintly life, and we generally know our life well enough to disqualify ourselves. However, anyone can experience kaīf», awareness aware of itself, for brief interludes. Therefore, although kaīf» is itself easy to attain, it is indeed difficult to sustain for longer periods and even more difficult to dissolve into ī
» kaīf», Self Realization. §
LEXICON§
ārehmūshūm 
12.10.33.18§
1) Dimension, first; conscious mind; 2) the inside that you cannot see or touch of physical objects; 3) there are energy flows within this dimension.§
sīāvūmnī 
16.12.09.06§
1) Dimension, second; conscious mind; 2) all physical objects that you can see and touch; 3) the surfaces of objects such as flowers, stones and water.§
rehūnīshūm 
10.14.06.18§
1) Dimension, third; subconscious mind; 2) the interrelated magnetic forces that exist between people and between people and their things; 3) the world of thoughts and feelings, of emotions and intellectual theory; 4) this dimension relates to the first three kamshūmālingā—ākaiīlīsimbī, rehnamtyēvūm and bīvūmbīka.§
simvūmkamī 
08.09.07.20§
1) Dimension, fourth; subsuperconscious mind; 2) awareness cognizing the interrelated forces of the fifth, fourth and third dimensions; 3) from this detachment we gain the ability to dissolve confusions, conflicts and the various and varied entanglements that are encountered daily; 4) the realm of artistic creativity; 5) here is the resting place where we look in and up and out and down; 6) consciousness should never go lower but when soaring higher returns to the resting place within the fourth dimension; 7) this dimension relates to the kamshūmālingā rehmtyēnalī; 8) to experience the portraits within this dimension, look at the world from the chest area. §
lingingdashūm° 
04.03.40.18.140§
1) Dimension, fifth; subsuperconscious mind; 2) awareness of forms in their totality in progressive states of manifestation; 3) consciousness of a deep universal love for other people; 4) the dimension that opens the doors into the ākāśa; 5) the inner voice comes directly from this dimension; 6) this dimension relates to the kamshūmālingā kalingkasim°; 7) to experience the portraits within this dimension, look out from the throat area.§
ingmuhlīmnī 
03.103.23.06§
1) Dimension, sixth; superconscious mind; 2) the rarefied area of mind of color, sound and vibration as well as subtle forms and beings composed of these elements; 3) temple Deities are sixth-dimensional beings; 4) great beings who no longer need a physical body also reside in this dimension; 5) this dimension relates to the kamshūmālingā tyēmavūmna»; 6) to experience the monograms within this dimension, look out from between the eyes.§
īlīmingshūm° 
01.05.22.18.140§
1) Dimension, seventh; superconscious mind; 2) clear, endless inner space; 3) not clear white light, just clear space; 4) above the vibratory rate of light and with no thing to be aware of, awareness becomes conscious of itself; 5) awareness can expand into the endless inner space of this dimension or contract into being completely aware of itself—kaīf»; 6) this dimension relates to the kamshūmālingā kamakadīīsareh; 7) to experience the collages within this dimension, look at the inner world through the top of the head.§
Gurudeva’s handwritten definition of a Shūm word. He kept many such writing books. This entry is dated July 3, 1970, Paris.§