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The Mental Plane

The next plane above the Astral Plane, is called the Mental Plane, or Intuitive Plane. This plane according to the Rosicrucians is the Soul's true home. It is the home of the true language of the soul: music. It is no wonder that we are sometimes truely and deeply affected by music. It can reach us on levels that other things here can not. Musicians, singers and composers draw on their art from a place deep within.

It would be an impossible task to try and rationalize this place. This plane can be described as per its name, it is full of thoughts, dreams, and ideas, which are manifested as real objects. Those who find themselves here could be traveling through and witnessing their own thoughts, or the thoughts of others. It is a place of peace and utter bliss.

The Mental plane is divided into two parts, the Lower Mental Plane and the Higher Mental Plane. Since the Lower Mental Plane overlaps the Astral Plane, they can often be confused for one another. The boundary between the Lower and Upper Mental planes is also the boundary of what is referred to as the Lower Self and the Higher Self.

Time here is distorted even more than it is in the Astral Plane, possibly even to the point of non existence, and it is possible to see future or past events as easily as the present.

The Lower & Higher Mental Bodies

There are two subtle bodies that correspond to the Lower and Higher Mental Planes. They are known as the Lower Mental Body and the Higher Mental Body, and these are the vehicles one would use to interact with these sub-planes.

The upper limit of the Higher Mental Plane is also the limit of the awareness of the Personal Self and individuality as we know it, and so is also the limit of the subtle bodies.

Mental Projection

The Mental Plane is harder to reach than the previous two, but nonetheless it is achievable during an Out-Of-Body Experience. Traveling to and above the Mental Plane, is referred to as Mental Projection, but this type of OBE is very rare. In a chat I moderated on the website Astral Society, I asked author William Buhlman if he ever reached the mental plane and he responded that he did indeed project to there before.