The consciousness of the spiritual being distinct from God always accompanies him, he is never separated from it. When a man moves from one place to another, he becomes aware of his movement in space. This consciousness always accompanies it, in the past, the present and the future. Any man can remember the incidents that marked his past and can also conjecture about his future from this experience. The being never forgets his personal identity, even in the most unusual circumstances. How then can he forget his real identity as a pure spiritual soul and identify with matter, with his body, unless he undergoes some influence superior to him?

In fact, the separate being is influenced by the external energy of God. In truth, he is an integral part of the Supreme Lord, but as his power, not as the Mighty himself. The Mighty God can manifest multiple powers, but the power cannot equal its source at any time. One power can certainly dominate another, but all the powers remain under the domination of the Mighty. The distinct being, the marginal energy of God, thus tends to let itself be dominated by external power, as a result of which it is placed in the painful circumstances of material existence. Unless so influenced by the external power of the Lord, the distinct being can never forget his real identity. And because he tends to be influenced, he can never match the Supreme Mighty.

This is why the spiritual soul, distinct from God, forgets its true identity and wrongly identifies with its body of matter.

Logos 147

Consciousness develops into the human form, and flourishes more among the inhabitants of the higher, heavenly planets. Earth is roughly in the middle of the galaxy in terms of spiritual evolution, and the human form is at the junction of divine and demonic species.

The planetary systems above the Earth are especially intended for beings of higher intelligence which are called celestial beings or inhabitants of the Edenic planets. They are so named because, despite their standard of living far superior to ours, both in culture and in pleasure, pomp, beauty, erudition and longevity, they still remain fully aware of God.. They always show themselves ready to serve the Supreme Lord, because they know very well that, by nature, the distinct being is an eternal servant of the Lord, subordinate to Him. They also know that the Lord alone can provide for the needs of all beings.