Fourteen Lokas

Q: Gurudev, our scriptures mention about 14 Lokas. How can we communicate or travel in these higher realms? Is it possible?

@Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ji - “Fourteen Lokas you create here only. When you go into the negative spin, you go below. When you uplift, you go above.”

🔥 Seven Lower Lokas (negative spin – states of contraction):

8. Atala – realm of illusion and confusion.

9. Vitala – realm of uncontrolled desires.

10. Sutala – realm of struggle and hardship.

11. Talātala – realm of ignorance and misuse of power.

12. Mahātala – realm of deep fear and insecurity.

13. Rasātala – realm of hatred and exploitation.

14. Pātāla – lowest realm, total darkness and delusion.

🌺 Seven Higher Lokas (uplift – states of light and expansion):

7. Bhūr-loka – Earth, the human realm of growth.

6. Bhuvar-loka – subtle realm of prana and ancestors.

5. Svar-loka (Svarga) – heaven, realm of merit and joy.

4. Mahar-loka – realm of great sages and tapas (austerity).

3. Jana-loka – realm of realized beings absorbed in meditation.

2. Tapa-loka – realm of purity and tapas, beyond desires.

1. Satya-loka (Brahma-loka) – highest realm, truth, bliss, and union with the Divine.

🕉️ Gurudev reminds us that these lokas are not faraway planets but inner states of consciousness. Through meditation, devotion, selfless service, and wisdom we rise to higher lokas. Anger, greed, and ignorance pull us downward.

🌸 The key is simple: uplift your mind, and you uplift your world.

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