3 Heavenly Planes

Heavenly plane have 3 main types :-

(1) Sensual desire heavenly plane (慾界天)
(2) Form heavenly plane (色界天)
(3) Formless heavenly plane (出色界天)

(1) Sensual desire Heavenly Plane (慾界天)

In a Sensual Desire Heavenly Plane, the sense desires have still not been eradicated but because of good observation of the precepts, kind, a good person, it is reborn in this heavenly plane and is characterised by :-

(i) 5 sense consciousnesses have not been eradicated.

(ii) 5 mental aggregates (comprising 5 sense consciousnesses, feeling, perception, judgement and mental formation) have not been eradicated.

(iii) As the 5 sense consciousnesses and 5 mental aggregates have not been eradicated and manifested very much like human – the sense desires like what in human realm are manifested in about the same way except the environment in the heavenly realm are much better than in Earth because of the good karma the sentinent beings reaped in Earth.

(iv) This Heavenly Plane is the nearest to the Human realm.

(v) This plane is rule by a Supreme Being of this Heavenly Plane.

(vi) This Supreme Being have a life of celestial years (not Earth Year) – thus He see himself as being Eternal for eg. He create 0 – but live through the infinity of the Universe – but because He is still living in the “years of small Infinity” in which the 0 he created – He thought he is Eternal ---- because he has not reached the “Finite 1”.

Eg. 0 ------0.00000000001, …… 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 ……… 0.99999999999999999 (small Infinity) – and has not reached 1 yet (which is finite)

Once he reached “Finite of 1” – only then He will know His Life and his Kingdom will come to an end – which is the end of the Universe – the 1st Universe.

Then the 2nd Universe will evolved.

1 ------1.00000000001, …… 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 ……… 1.99999999999999999 (small Infinity) – to reached 2 – the end of 2nd Universe.

This will go on and on and on – unitl He and his Kingdom know how to attain No Birth, No Death.

(2) Form Heavenly Plane (色界天)

This Form Heavenly Plane is characterised by :-

(i) 5 sense consciousnesses have been suppress and controlled – but not eradicated.

(ii) 5 mental aggregates (comprising 5 sense consciousnesses, feeling, perception, judgement and mental formation) have been suppress and controlled – but not eradicated.

(iii) In this Form Heavenly Plane, as sense desires are largely controlled and suppressed, the sense desires will not manifest in this plane as long as the sense desires are controlled and suppressed by the 5 mental aggregates Emptiness (liken that of the black hole) – as the “black hole” or “rupa jhana” or “form jhana” suction is very powerful.

(iv) But once the black hole” or “rupa jhana” or “form jhana” suction lost its power, 5 sense consciousnesses & 5 mental aggregates – sense desires come back – and it will be a signal this plane will soon come to an end.

(v) (Note :- There are 4 sub Form Heavenly Plane – in which the consciousness and characteristics are very subtle and profound – so need not discuss here as these consciousness are not found in normal mundane human).

(3) Formless heavenly plane (出色界天)

(i) In this Formless heavenly plane, it is characterise by “Infinite spaces & consciousness”.

(ii) The consciousness are very subtle & sublime.

(iii) And when the Universe expand, the “Infinite spaces & consciousness” will expand.

(iv) And when the Universe contract, the “Infinite spaces & consciousness” will contract.

(v) In this Heavenly Plane, as He dwell in the Infinite spaces & consciousness that are OmniPrescence with the Universe, He thought he is Eternal – because of his subtlelity and sublimeness.

(vi) This Heavenly Plane is made up of 2 sub-planes – Percerption & Non-Perception Plane and Nothingness Realm.

(vii) But His life will stil come to an end because once the Universe he dwell in collapse – unless he has attained No Birth and No Death - and really understood – “what seems to be Infinity are indeed Finite” & “what seems to be finite are indeed Inifnity”.

But what in this Universe will not come to an end?
So everyone will know which type of Heavens One can go to – based on each individual’s characteristic and practice in Earth as described above.
(So sing praise to Higg and his scientists who have reinvent the Origin of Universe in the Lab !!!) And of course Einstein Law of Relativity.


Einstein Law of Relativity – is the clue in Science to No Birth, No Death …….

 

Origin of Universe, 1st Life & the Complex World

Origin Of Universe

Higg & all the Big Bang scientists have simulated and created the Origin of Universe in a laboratory. The experiment is in line with Buddha and His disciples experience that practice Anapansati meditation & Vipassana meditation and have entered into Rupa Jhana, Arupa Jhana & Fruitions.

1st Life in the Universe

The first life, a living thing can be created from “Nothing” as well in a laboratory.
Eg. Use a glass container, suck all oxygen & all gas out until it becomes a vacuum & seal it with air tight lid. Use microsope to check whether any micro-organism grow in the container or not.

If negative, it means without the presence of 4 Great Elements :-

Without water & air but with only the right room temperature & matter (glass), no living organism can be “created” or born.

Now introduced air (with oxygen) & put some water into the container & seal it with air tight lid. Leave it untouch for a few weeks. Then use a microscope to check whether is there any micro-organism “created” or born.

If yes, it has been proven that it is possible to create “Something” from “Nothing”.

This must be how the first life or living thing in the whole Universe appear, created and grow on Earth when the 4 Great Elements attain equilibrium to support life.

When the 4 Great Elements are ready to support life, 5 mental aggregates of life in its rudimentary primitive form find it suitable to sustain its life then begin to grow in these 4 Great Elements on Earth.

When both 4 Great Elements & 5 mental aggregates of life develop into more complex & sophisticated mental & physical faculties, animal realm (dinosaur) evolve follow by human realm. The mental faculties that for both the animal & human realms develop in various degree of sophistication are mundane consciousness.

Human realm which are more developed in logical & analytical thinking have the mental faculties to develop supramundane consciousness & understand the whole Universal Truth.

Development of the 1st Life into a Complex World

So we have successfully “give birth” or “created” micro-organisms in the glass container in the lab – proving that equilibrium in 4 Great Elements will cause 5 mental aggregates (空) to be “born” or “created” in the lab.

But I think people will wonder how does animal and human evolve from micro-organisms.

Let us look at the behaviour of the most primitive, rudimentary form of a cell. Cell is capable of dividing and multiplying itself as the 4 Great Element environment make it conducive to survive and multiply due to the “desire” or “urge” to “give birth” in this sensual desire realm of Earth (form) – 色界。

This conform to the Law of 12 dependant origination of life十二因缘法。

So how cells can evolve into such a complex world – with so many species of plant, animal and human? It is explain below :-

So cell will behave in many manner:-

(1) Some cells after dividing will want to merge or “fuse together” – and create another variants or form (one is male cell with a bolt eg. Call “Alan”, another is a female cell with a nut eg. Call “Evelyn”). Eg. Flu virus fuse with other virus – to form another variant flu virus. Or a male dog mate with a female cat – become “puppy-meow, meow” species. Cockroach male mate with grasshopper female – become “praying mantis” ho ho ho? This is one way to breed more descendants.

(Some cells will want to merge with their own species while some will want to fuse with another species.)

(2) Other cells will like to split itself to multiply like paramecium, or tree when cut off its branches can be a shoot to grow into another tree. Some plants have flower and seeds to become another plant. Some animals like birds decide to “lay eggs”.

(3) Some cells will end up fusing with the environmental matters around them (such as soil, plants, seeds, trees etc) – to become another type of variant cells.

(4) Human who have developed into complex mental faculties want to try many style – eg. Clone human, clone sheep, clone cow. Or human used test-tube baby, use all sort of human “birthing” style – and come up with many pattern of plant species, animal species and human people – thus the World become so complex. One type of orchid fuse with another type orchid by human – become a 3rd type orchid. An Alsatian dog fuse with a bull dog by human – become Al-bull dog. This is the complication of (form) – 色界.

(5) On the contrary, human fail to develop their mental faculties – only concentrating on “intellectual development of intelligence” – to create more complex and complicated World - (form) – 色界 – the mundane world.

(6) Only a very rare few know that – “simplicity” is the understanding of the “Universal Truth”. Concentration & Insight – zen – 禪 & 定 - 色 & 空 – mundane & supramundane – Samatha & Vipassana, law of relativity, dualistc – is the key to understanding of Universal Truth.

(1) So Big Bang Theory explain (1) the Origin of Universe.

(II) The lab experiment explain (1) 5 mental aggregates growing in a Equilibrium 4 Great Elements – explain the “creation” or “give birth” of a primitive, rudimentary life form of a cell.

(III) The 12 dependant origination explain the evolution of a primitive, rudimentary life form of a cell – into the complex world of plant species, animal species and the human species of (Adam & Eve ????) or Adam, Eve, Eve? – ha ha ha… ???

0, 0.00001, ... 1 represent 1st Universe.

1, 1.00001, ... 2 represent 2nd Universe.

99999 ... Back to 0 represent the final Universe.

The math tell us that in every Universe that look infinity is also finite. Eg. of finite is 0 to 1. Eg of infinity is 0.00001, ...0.999999

So in the 1st Universe that start with nothing, we can create something.

How to do it?

It start with 5 mental aggregates of Emptiness (五蕴皆空) (science call it the black hole). This is the Bliss of Rupa Jhana consciousness that all mental consciousness & mental aggregates are suppressed but not yet enter into fruitions.

When the suppression no longer can sustain, it expand in all 10 directions
(science call it the black hole explode into supernova when energy become too dense & powerful that cause the explosion and form the 1st Universe).

This is the Big Bang Theory that Higgs had proven in his lab with other scientists. The 5 mental aggregate emptiness (五蕴皆空) is confirm by Science of Big Bang Theory.

Then the infinity of 0.00001, ...0.999999 is how the various galaxies, solar systems, planets evolved. This is how cell organisms, dinosaurs, humans realms evolve & are still evolving.

From nothing (black hole), something is created (cell micro organism).

From something (cell micro organism), too many things are created now (the complex world today of many human, animal & plant species).

However, as Universe is finite example from 0 to 1 in the 1st Universe even though it appear to be in infinity of 0.00001, ...0.999999 As all form – are subject to birth, living, decay & passing away. What matter or living things not subject to decay in the Law of Impermanency (无常) and the Law of Karma (因果) that keep mundane life going?

So one day our Universe will end one day before another Universe evolve in the same way.

So how to ensure Eternality in Life and transcend from mundane to supramundane beating the Law of Impermanency and the Law of Karma that keep life going to attain No birth, No death?

As mention, 5 mental aggregates of Emptiness (五蕴皆空). evolve into life (science call it the black hole), then how to re-enter into Emptiness from 0 back to 0? It is called 4 Great Element Emptiness. (Math unfortunately know only discrete value of 0, 1, 2 .... Including decimal values like 0.00001, ...0.999999 all the way to infinity. But do not know how to come back to 0.

So only supramundane fruition consciousness will feel this gap still unexplainable by math.

4 Great Element Emptiness (四大皆空) (Final Universe) is possible when one attain 5 mental aggregates of Emptiness (五蕴皆空). From the foundation of 5 mental aggregates of Emptiness (五蕴皆空) permeates uninhibited into the space of 10 directions enwrapping the whole of Universe.

When Universe expand, the 4 Great Element Emptiness (四大皆空) will expand with the Universe.

When Universe contract, the 4 Great Element Emptiness (四大皆空) will contract with the Universe.

At this state, Omnipresent, Omniscience is say to have attained as 4 Great Element Emptiness (四大皆空) enwrap the Universe with the foundation of 5 mental aggregates Emptiness (五蕴皆空).

Math can use this model to find the answer how 0 to infinity back to 0. If can find the answer using math, then the Final Nirvana is attained and Eternality of no birth, no death is attained.

Now for which math & science give us clarity in computation and help us to define and put in figures & experiment our mundane & supramundane consciousness in crystal clear hypothesis and scientific outcome.

Karmma & Rebirth

Where there is a state of existence (eg. Human realm, Animal realm – the visible eyes we see. The Heavenly realm, the Asura realm, the Hungry Ghost realm, the Hell realm – the visible eyes we cannot see) & there will be birth, subject to decay and final passing away – in the Universal Law of Impermanency.


What type of living things or non-living things on Earth, in Galaxies or even the whole Universe – what elements (matter) or living things will not go through the following stages of :-

(1) Birth

(2) Living through its Life

(3) Decaying or sickness

(4) Death or Decayed

The duration of its Life (or Permanency) until the point – it decay and passed away under the Universal Law of Impermanency is the Law of Karmma.

What is the Law of Karmma (in Science Newton Law of action and reaction can validate this)?

- Every single thought – will produce a karma (or outcome) – a subtle consciousness outcome – result in feeling (which can be positive, neutral or negative feelings).

- Every single speech – will produce karma (or outcome) – people respond to your speech – result in friendly verbal outcome or hostile verbal outcome or neutral verbal outcome.

- Every single action - will produce karma (or outcome) – people respond to your action – result in friendly reaction outcome or hostile reaction outcome or neutral reaction outcome.

• These different combination of actions and reactions called Karmma (is the “resources”) – that will sustain the duration of a Life.

• The collective karma (a society in which individual operates and coexist with one another) – bring about the resultant of the complex World we live today.

• It is our accumulation of karma before we passed away – will determine our eventual rebirth of either of the respective 6 realms – if we fail to eradicate our 3 evil roots of (Ignorance, Attachment and Hatred) – before we passed away – under the continuum resultant consciousness that will determine our rebirth.

• Our mind is a huge database – where we stored a humonogous amount of memories.

• Our karmic seeds is also as a huge database in our subconsciouness– where we stored all our accumulative posititve karmic seeds, negative karmic seeds or neutral karmic seeds – that determine our “happiness in life”, “unhappiness in life” – and our rebirth into each of the 6 realms if the 3 evil roots are not eradicated.

• The day before we passed away – is like “data mining” – where our continuum resultant consciousness of rebirth will do a complex calculation of which realm (or environment) we will rebirth in.

• If we do not want to be rebirth in any of the 6 realms of existence – we will have to eradicate our 3 evil roots – so that it will do a “permanent delete or degauss” all our karmic seeds from our continuum resultant consciousness – and land ourselves in a Eternal Blissful State of No Birth, No Death – known as Nirvana of Omniscience, OmniPresence – where 3 wholesome outcome will replace the 3 evil roots of Ignorance (of Universal Truth or Law), Attachment to (6 realms of existence of rebirth) and Hatred (for failing to meet our runanway, never-ending demands and expectations) – with 3 wholesome roots of Compassion, No-self (no Soul) and Panna Wisdom.

What are Supramundane Consciousness?

What are Supramundane Consciousness?

Supramundane Consciousness are make up of 2 types :

(1) Jhana Supramundane Conscioussness (禅定) – which can be sub-categorise into 2 more Jhana Supramundane Conscioussness :-
     (i) Rupa Jhana Supramundane Conscioussness (色禅)
     (ii)Arupa Jhana Supramundane Conscioussness (出色禅)

(2) Fruition Supramundane Consciousness (果位)


(i) Rupa Jhana Supramundane Conscioussness (色禅)

Supramundane consciousness begin with Samadhi meditation – ie. achieve 1-pointedness concentration when “1 bright light sun nimitta” emerged.

Initialy, the bright light nimitta is form around the underneath of nose area, and growing in intensity as the mind is more and more concentrated and stray thoughts become less and less, more subtle and then vanish when the light nimitta intensify until it become – 1-pointedness bright light - the intensity as bright as the sun at its most intense brightnesss.

This l pointedness nimitta is like a black hole (in the Universe that suck in all the masses) – Similarly, the 1-pointed nimitta is an extremely powerful force that suck in the mass of mind consciousness – causing colliding of all the mental aggregates – 5 consciousness – ear-consciousness become muffled & suck into the nimitta, mind-consciousness get suck into the nimitta and no stray thoughts arises, body-consciousness developed goose-pimples and get suck into the nimitta, taste-consciousness get suck into the nimitta and no longer quest for thirst or food, eye-consciousness are closed and only the nimitta become dominant. At this point, body no longer long for food, for water, no longer feel the existence of body - the body somehow vanish (no longer significant).

The other 4 mental aggregates - feeling, perception, judgement and mental formation (5 aggregates become all suppresss and suck in such a great force into the 1-pointedness nimitta – that is likened – a bungee jumper that jump from a great height into the 1-pointedness nimitta (like into a black hole).

When this happen, 5 discrete and distinct Jhana consciousnesses emerged and become dominant. The 5 discrete Jhana consciousness are :-

(i) Initial application into the 1-pointedness nimitta
(ii) Sustained application of the 1-pointedness nimitta
(iii) Happy state
(iv) Bliss state
(v) Equanimity or serenity or silencing of the mind or composure state

The Mind in this 5 discrete consciousness – will then link to our Heart Base – where the Heart Base check and verify each of the 5 discrete consciousnessness one-by-one. What the Mind experienced in each discrete consciousness can be “feel” and “verify” by the Heart.

When this happen :-
(i) Mind – become the “Panna Wisdom”
(ii) Heart – become the “Compassion”
(iii) No-self – become experience as there is no single soul – but discrete consciousness (whether Mundane - which is very mix, confused not clear, not precise due to unclear Mind & ruffling Heart

or

Supramundane – which is clear, distinct, discrete, precise due to clear, serene Mind & still, quiet Heart.)

Such a state will go on and on for a long time until one by one of the Jhana consciousness losing itself until only 1 Jhana consciousness is left which is Equanimity or Serenity State (Buddha say this is the state of 4th rupa jhana).

In summary :-
(i) Manifestation and attainment of all the 5 discrete consciousness collectively is 1st Jhana (according to Buddha)
(ii) Losing the 1st consciousness is 2nd Jhana (according to Buddha)
(iii) Losing the 2nd consciousness is 3rd Jhana (according to Buddha)
(iv) Losing the 3rd consciousness is 4th Jhana (according to Buddha) – leaving only the last consciousness

When this happen, he has attained 5 mental aggregates Emptiness (五蕴皆空).


(ii) Arupa Jhana Supramundane Conscioussness (出色禅)

The 1-pointedness nimitta concentration with Equanimity will go on and on for a long time until it suddenly but silently “explode” and expand outward in all 10 directions from 1 pointedness intense bright light into 1 accumulative big mass growing bright light like a “inflated balloon” but expand in high speed (an explosion but very comfortable and quiet – very awesome, spectacular but not frightening, threatening or loud).


(2) Fruition Supramundane Consciousness (果位)

The Expansion of the accumulative expanding balloon-like bright light– expand outwards – to fill up the whole house, district, country, world, galaxies, until it grows and cover the entire Universe.

If Universe expand, the light cicumference expand.

If the Universe contract, the circumference contract. A phrase can be used to describe this (佛光普照十法界) – the Light of Wisdom and Compassion that cover the Whole Universe.

When the expansion finally stop and become stabilized – the 1st ring fruition is formed – symbolise “No-Self” Fruition. (That is – 1st light balloon ring that encompass & embrace the whole Universe – symbolise No-self – because it permeates & expand uninhibited that fill up any space.)

Thereafter, the 2nd concentric ring light that enwrap and encompass the 1st light –is form that flicker, flicker like light sparkler – whereby the sparkler feelers will penetrate any canvass, or holes or any canyon or crevices that are not covered by the 1st light – this symbolise Compassion – as the Light of Wisdom & Compasssion – will want to cover and liberate any residual sentinent beings that are left behind from the Sea of Sufferings. This 2nd sparkler concentric ring symbolise Compassion Fruition.

Once the 2nd ring stabilise, the 3rd concentric ring – is a body mass, solid body shield will wrap around the 2 concnetric ring of lights forming a solid defence in enwrapping the 2nd inner ring that encover the Whole Universe – where no more stray thoughts, actions or speech arises within the Whole Universe.

Outside the 3 concentric rings, many stray thoughts fail to pierce through the defence of the outer 3rd ring. When this happen, the 3rd concentric ring of body mass, body shield - symbolise Panna Wisdom Fruition.

What is left is the “Knowing Mind” – that is mindful and observing the 3 rings fruitions that do not arise from within, but stray thoughts from outside fail to penetrate the 3rd outer rings. This is a state of Emptiness of Mind. (空) or (formless) – where there is no birth, no death.

This state reflect another aspect - that is, (色) or (form) – an ovary (resemble the 空 state of 3 ring fruition) that is attempted penetration by sperms (the 空 state of stray thoughts that fail to penetrate the 3rd outer rings – that will not result in rebirth into the 6 sentinent beings realm) - and start the process of 12 Dependant Origination of rebirth in a womb - eg. human or animal womb.

- (When this happen, ignorance, greed & hatred – the 3 evil roots are eradicated – since stray thoughts no longer arise from within.)

– What replace the mind is 3 wholesome roots - Compassion, No-Self & Panna Wisdom – in Fruition Supramundane Consciousness.

- When this happen directed inherent omniscience arises - the ability to know anything that one chooses to know and can be known.

- When this happen, he has attained 4 Great Elements Emptiness (四大皆空).



Back to Mundane World

- When a meditator bask himself in such a blissful state, will be unwilling to transcend back into the mundane state.

- But this will attract the worry of your loved one in mundane who will keep calling you and keep shaking you and urge you to come back to mudane world.

- When this happen, he will transcend back from supramundane world to mundane world & the following consciousness will happen :

(i) 50% of the mundane consciousness will come back – as body is a pile of garbage –in this sensual desire realm (because our 5 sense mundane conciousnesness – taste, touch, sound, sight, smell and 4 other mental aggregates of mundane consciousness of feelings, perceptions, judgement and mential formation) – are disturb and arouse by wordly mundane environmental factors.

(ii) But the other 50% of Supramundane consciousness will still remain – whereby knowledge of a particular subject or context is like runaway videos when a stimuli is introduced (affliated to the Mind) - under directed inherent omniscience, where Compassion is abound (affiliated to the Heart).

(3) Thus Buddha always remind disciples to be constantly mindful – even when sit, walk, talk, eat, bathe etc – to maintain sustained mindfulness and concentration – to avoid tipping over to more than 50% mundane consciousness or more than 50% Supramundane consciousness – so good until don’t come back (and body start to rot and decay if more than 1 week with no food and drink.)

(4) Thus always important to maintain in Equilibrium of mundane & supramundane consciousness. (色 & 空) (Nama, Rupa) – dualistic – Law of Relativity.

(ie. There is no good or bad, there is wholesome or unwholesome or there is imperfection or perfection) - - i.e. how to use the unwholesome to be wholesome.

To conclude :-

- 3 rings-fruition – 3 concentric circumference form
- Heart – grow the Compassion.
- Mind – grow the runaway knowledge like video.
- Where all the distinct & discrete consciousness – exude “No-Self” of a single soul.
- Nama & rupa – (色 & 空) Emptiness at this stage is formed.
- The 1 Buddha symbolise (No-Self) & 2 Bodhisattvas (one is Compassion & the other one is Panna Wisdom) – symbolise the 3 ring frutiions.
- The Knowing Mind is the Aspirant Buddha (未來佛)。

If 0, 0.99999 … 1 – is one Universe.
If 1, 1.999999…2 – is the 2nd Universe.
If 99999……………….. finally back to 0 is the last Universe – the Final Great Nirvana – is one where all sentinent beings of 10 directions’ (色 & 空) (Nama, Rupa) – (When this happen, ignorance, greed & hatred – the 3 evil roots are eradicated – since stray thoughts no longer arise from within.) – What replace the mind is Compassion, No-Self & Panna Wisdom – in Fruition Supramundane Consciousness.