Again while ‘Antariksha’ is proverbially known for its lawlessness and anarchy, the ‘Swarg’ on the other hand, is orderly and is ruled by Indra. This Indra however, must be distinguished from any beguiling entity of the Antariksha impersonating ‘Devraj’ (king) Indra. 

Nothing has created more confusion in understanding and scrupulously following religion than the failure to discriminate between voices, visions and inspirations coming from the ‘Antariksha’, but taken by the unvary, to have been wafted from the highest heaven or God.  

The ‘Antariksha’ being a place for ‘Jivatmas’ immersed in low things of life, the degenerate among them are the causes of greatest disturbance on earth. They tempt men to establish communion with them and are known to have given rise to dark cults practiced by various sects from the dawn of history, down to this day. There is thus a two-way traffic between unscrupulous men on earth, trying to establish communication with these dark spirits, with a view to gain some worldly ends and such entities on the other side, trying to use them or lure unvary souls for their own purposes leading to most-difficult-to-redeem degeneration on the part of both. 

Since such forces cannot establish power over people of ‘sattvic’ nature, the relinquishment of non-violence, truth, and continence is a condition precedent for membership of such cults. Again, since they relish and desire flesh-food and love sensuality, animal sacrifices and phallus-worship have been their normal paraphernalia.  

The obvious explanation for the flourishing of such sects from the dawn of history down to this day is the fact that it suits the lower nature of men who are ignorant of a higher life. The other reason is that such sects being without any moral principle or scruple of conscience and possessing the extra advantage of striking the opponent from a distance with the help of such dark entities, have made themselves so formidable that to oppose them is at best to stir a hornest’nest and at worst to invite even more serious consequences. 

That such entities come particularly in the way of genuine incarnations of God-the Parbrahm Ishwar functioning on earth and trying to bring spiritual enlightenment to people, can be seen from an excerpt from the ‘Puranas’, as quoted by Prof. Zimmer: 

“Whenever the,. Sustainer of the world, Shri Vishnu (Bhagwan) is implored to appear in a new incarnation, the beseeching forces leave Him no peace until He condescends. Nevertheless, the moment He comes down (taking birth, on earth) self-willed demonic forces set themselves against Him. For, there are those who hate and despise Him. They have no room for Him in their systems of expansive egoism and domineering rule. These do everything within their power to hamper His career.*


* Heinrich Zimmer’ “Philosophies of India” edited by Joseph Campbell, Princeton University Press-1951, p-2

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