Martinus: Livets Bog, vol. 4, sect. 1105

1105. Since "experiences", which are the same as "thoughts", come into existence in the form of nebulous, uncertain "inklings", and undergo within the range of sensory perception an evolution towards concrete or absolute facts, this range thus emerges as a new expression for the various stages of thought in this evolution or process of becoming perfect. We can then divide this range into these stages or phases and here arrive at exactly the same analysis as that of the universe, namely, the six different kingdoms or phases of the spiral cycle. The outermost of these phases, which is thus that in which the "thought" or "experience" appears in its first nebulous existence or formation as an "inkling", we already know as the "zone of instinct" or the "plant kingdom". Within this outermost peripheral range we find a new ring-shaped area, namely the "zone of gravity" or the "animal kingdom". Within this area we find once again the terrain of "highly evolved feeling", that is "love", a terrain or area that is described in more detail here in "Livets Bog" as the "real human kingdom". Immediately inside this area we have the zone for the culmination of "intelligence" or the "kingdom of wisdom". Next comes the range of sensory perception's final zone for the "outer" functioning of consciousness, namely, the domain of "intuition", which thus means the culmination of all conscious mental life and joy in experiencing one's "neighbour", which in turn is the same as the culmination of the experience of the Godhead. This experience will be analysed here in "Livets Bog" as the "highest fire" and as constituting the highest sphere or the "divine world". After this highest sphere comes the range of sensory perception's innermost domain, that is the "zone of memory" or the "kingdom of bliss". This domain differs from the other domains of consciousness in the range of sensory perception already mentioned by being an "inner" area consisting of a kind of "copy" of the above-mentioned five "outer" domains. The "kingdom of bliss" thus constitutes an area for each of the five basic energy areas mentioned above.