continuing with Ishwara

Patanjali and Ishwara

sutras 23 -28

why does Ishwara matter

purity

Anything which is greater than oneself, is by it's very nature, going to be more pure than a human being. In this I would include the deities of the unseen realms. So we are looking at: 

• angels
• archangels
• Gods and Goddesses
• and the Supreme Entity: God

the descent 

From the Supreme Being, is a descent. Like a lineage:

• the Supreme Being of All that is, manifest and unmanifest
• Gods and Goddesses 
• demi - Gods and Goddessess
• Archangels: there are a male and a female archangel for eleven of the twelve heavens. The twelfth is the home of God
• Angels: to do with The Reincarnation Realm
• human beings

Each of these has their own place in creation. And their own realms.

As you can see, we are quite far down the list! 

And, we are of The Earthly Plane during an incarnation.  On this plane we experience the human condition: the highs and the lows. We also "forget" our experiences in The Heavens where we go between incarnations. 

And it is these two factors which create barriers between oneself and enlightenment. 

In a way, we can do a lot of "whittling" of our own human conditions that we carry, by: 

• our devotion to Ishwara
• meditation on Ishwara
• chanting the Divine sound of Aum

These are some of the most important ways to experience bliss, true love, and sublime states of being. 

And on the way, we come to experience the realities of those Other divine beings as well.