Logos 467
The celestial beings are all virtuous beings, servants of God, and emanations of His power.
Origin of celestial beings.
Siva, also called Shiva or Rudra or Sambhu or Sankara, is a full emanation of Lord Sankarsana, who is a full emanation of Krishna. It is by his own power that Siva creates all the heavenly beings, the five elements and the senses. He is actually the manifestation of ignorance, one of the attributes of the Supreme Lord. That is why his position is most prestigious.
Siva says of him: From Brahma I myself am born as a representation of the false ego known as Rudra. By my own power I create all other celestial beings, the five elements and the senses.
I therefore worship the Sovereign Lord who is greater than any of us, and under whose dominion are all the celestial beings, the material elements, the senses, and even Brahma as well as my own person, like birds bound by a rope. It is only by the grace of the Lord that we can create, maintain and destroy the material universe.
I therefore offer my respectful homage to the Supreme Being.
The celestial beings who inhabit the Edenic, heavenly planets that make up the upper region of the galaxy have a different body from that of human beings.
The celestial beings are entrusted by Lord Krishna or Visnu, to look after the interests and smooth functioning of the material galaxy. This is so for all the galaxies.
The celestial beings who inhabit the higher planets are endowed with eyes capable of seeing the celestial being, the master of the Sun, through the dazzling luminosity that envelops his person.
Each planet has its own atmosphere, depending on the influence of material nature. Each planet has its own atmosphere, and if one wishes to travel to a particular planet, it is necessary to adapt one's body to the climatic conditions of that planet. It is therefore necessary, in order to stay on one or other of them, to acquire the type of body adapted to that of one's choice.
Perhaps the inhabitants of the earth can reach the moon, but the celestial beings can reach the igneous sphere of the sun. What is impossible for man becomes easy for the celestial beings of the higher planets, because their bodies are different.