DEVACHAN
天界
(1) Devachan: A state intermediate between two earth lives into which the Ego enters after its separation from its lower aspects or sheaths. (Footnote 3 – 737).
（1）天界：在物质层面两次转世之间的状态，灵魂从它较低等的面向或载具中分离后进入的领域。
(2) There has been a great deal of misunderstanding of this experience (devachan). The general idea has been that, after the process of ridding himself of the astral and mental bodies, the man enters into a sort of dream state wherein he re-experiences and reconsiders past events, in the light of the future, and undergoes a sort of rest period, a kind of digestive process, in preparation for the undertaking of renewed birth. This somewhat erroneous idea has arisen because the concept of time still governs theosophical presentations of truth. If, however, it is realised that time is not known apart from the physical plane experience, the entire concept of devachan clarifies. From the moment of complete separation from the dense physical and etheric bodies, and as the eliminative process is undertaken, the man is aware of past and present; when elimination is complete and the hour of soul contact eventuates and the manasic vehicle is in process of destruction, he becomes immediately aware of the future, for prediction is an asset of the soul consciousness, and in this the man temporarily shares. Therefore, past, present, and future are seen as one; the recognition of the Eternal Now is gradually developed from incarnation to incarnation, and during the continuous process of rebirth. This constitutes a state of consciousness (characteristic of the normal state of the advanced man) which can be called devachanic. (17 – 496/7). See also: (3 – 736/7).
（2）对于这种（devechan，天界）体验，存在着很多误解。一般的想法是，在摆脱星光体和心智体载具后，人会进入一种梦境状态，在这种状态中他会鉴于未来的体验，重新体验和思考过去的事件，并经历一种休息期，一种消化过程，为重生做准备。这种有些错误的观点之所以出现，是因为时间的概念仍然支配着神智学对真理的表述。然而，如果意识到在物质层面之外，时间是不可知的，那么整个天界的概念就会澄清。在与稠密的肉身和以太体完全分离的那一刻起，随着消除过程的进行，人就会意识到过去和现在；当消除完成，灵魂接触的时刻到来，心智载具处于瓦解的过程中，他会即刻意识到未来，因为预测是灵魂意识的一种功能，这个人会暂时感知到这种能力。因此，过去、现在和未来被视为一体；从一次转世到另一次转世中，对永恒当下的认知被逐渐建立起来。这构成了一种意识形态（高度进化的人的正常特征），被称为天界状态。
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