The Wes Penre Papers || The Fifth Level of Learning The Vedic Texts
to such experiences—at least on some occasions. Although dimensions are not mentioned, it is absolutely obvious that what is described is just that—beings traveling through dimensions other than 3-D. Occasionally, Earth-bound humans are also allowed to travel through space and time. Amazing also is that the Vedas refer to stars as persons (or beings), or sometimes even a person, who is normally the ruler of that particular star, or its predominating inhabitant.82 In other words, they find it normal to think of stars and star beings in this way—something modern man since long has forgotten, or we have rather been “re-educated” not to believe such things. I am not the first person in modern time to refer to stars as being inhabited, or being living entities themselves, but still don’t hear too much about it elsewhere. However, this will be more and better understood. Many people discard the Vedic texts, referring to the people living at that time as uneducated and highly superstitious, but with a vivid imagination. This is a fatal mistake, and quite an arrogant statement from people who have not actually looked into these scriptures, but still think they know what they are about. We need to remember that when humans of old were in direct contact with the gods, they had to describe their experiences from their level of knowledge. They may have been uneducated in certain terms, but compared to today’s common man, these ancient people had experiences that most of us have never had, and therefore, having first hand experiences, they may, in certain terms, be considered more educated than we are. One example of what I mean is that the ancient Indians knew the diameter of the Earth as being 8000 miles, which is close enough to our modern figures.83 Moreover, the same text gives the diameter of the moon as 480 yojanas, which is about 2400 miles. This can be compared with modern 2160 miles.84
x.i. The Star Lanes Described in the Vedic Texts Since Level II, I have talked about Pesh-Meten, one of the star lanes that is used here in Sector 9, mainly for business and trade, but also so that some star races can travel on the cosmic currents across the galaxy, and beyond. This is just one star lane of many, and we discussed this in some detail in Level IV. The Vedic texts describe the same kind of star lanes, used by the cosmic beings.
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p.203, op. cit. Sŭrya-siddhānta; Sastrin, 1860, p.11, and Thompson p.203. 84 Thompson, 1989, p.25. 83
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