The Causal Plane
By
Karmayogi
The supramental plane is the causal plane where the law of
cause and effect finds a play. It is the
plane where Brahman dwells. It is the plane of pure spirit. The
causal inversion is far more drastic than the subtle inversion. It comes
positively as well as negatively. In both cases the outcome is more than
marvelous. Swami Ramalinga lived in Vadalur which was in his time a little
village. In his letters Sri Aurobindo speaks of stray individuals reaching
Supermind and said, ‘‘One such was living in these
parts.'' It was a reference to Sri Ramalinga Swami. The Supermind
belongs to the causal plane. Before 1870 the Swami said, ‘‘Vadalur
will become Cuddalore.'' In the fifties the words of the Swami
became more than true. As an adjunct of Neyveli, Vadalur in 1960 had more industries than Cuddalore.
Greek philosophers spoke of war as a great benefactor. The great boon to the
world that lies behind the erupting of the war is not seen by us. It lies in
the causal plane. Western Europewas ushered into unbelievable prosperity when she recovered from the ravages of
the world war. A report of UNDP says that the world made as much progress in
the fifty years of the post war period as she had done in the previous 500
years. No one sees it. Had the world been
told about the great progress after the war, I am sure the world would have
refused the war!
India had her freedom after
the war without suffering from the catastrophe of the war. Winston Churchill
writes, ‘‘No great portion of the world population was so
effectively protected from the horrors of World War II as were the peoples of
Hindustan.'' Not only did Indiareceive her Freedom without a bloody revolution, but she was protected from the
horrors of the war. It was in store in the causal plane even in 1910 when God
told Sri Aurobindo through His inner voice that Indiawas free. The causal plane is the plane of the Marvels of the Spirit. As it is,
man is unable to see it. When it gravitates towards him, the inversion it
suffers is horrible and intolerable. Even the divine gift of Freedom was not
unsullied by the communal carnage which too was in store in the causal and
subtle planes. Values take us to the subtle
plane. Worship of the Inner Divine, the Spirit, the inmost entity, Brahman,
takes us to the causal plane.