Aliens gods and flying machines in the Vedic Hindu scriptures.
The ancient scriptures of India are absolutely saturated with all kinds of flying craft called
vimanas. There's even a work based on more ancient scriptures called the vimanika sastra
(or 'the book of aeronautical science') and there's a fair amount of books on the
subject that you can find online anytime you want. Now let's delve in deeper:
The vimanika sastra deals with descriptions of flying craft giving information on steering long
flights protections from storms and lightening. It also refers to switching from anti-gravity to
solar energy. It describes different shapes and sizes even one-man vehicles for local flights
and earth's atmosphere craft for local flights in space and larger ones for longer flights.
The Samaranga Sutradhara is an 11th century work based on a much older text,
it includes 230 verses on the use and design of feminist or flying machines.
"...Inside the circular air frame place the mercury engine with a solar boiler at the aircraft
centre. By means of the power in the heated mercury which sets the driving whirlwind in motion
the vimana can travel a great distance in a marvellous manner. David Childress, the author
of Technology of the Gods writes "...mercury is metal it's also a liquid and is a conductor
of electricity. You can put it into a closed gyroscopic device with mercury spinning around
and you get electrified. Studies have been done on this by NASA and by other scientists
and they find you get levitation effects..." Indeed there's been a lot of modern experiments
with magnetic levitation but this science was actually known long long ago in ancient India.
Let's look at some earlier 20th century artists' impressions of different types of kritaka vimanas.
They are crude of course but they're based on the last section of the vimanika
From Technology of the Gods again if we read "...the vimanika sastra talks about
electricity and power sources it talks about the pilots and the clothing they had to wear
it even talks about the food that they eat..."
So who are the pilots of these things? Well let's look at different possibilities:
One, humanoid beings from other parts of the universe and or from realms directly accessible
from specific mountains on the earth beneath the earth's surface and from gateways within the inner
solar system. Our own superior distant ancestors who are no longer on the surface of the earth and
or humanoids indirectly related to us who have never lived on earth. This is understandable and
digestible because in the Vedas there's 4.32 million year cycles, called 4 yuga cycles:
Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvarpa Yuga and Kali Yuga, lasting almost an unimaginable long
period of time. We are just at the beginning stages of the Kali Yuga. Imagine :if you have
earth's human history going back so far there's so many advanced civilizations that have come and
gone like waves in the ocean, practically beyond our imagination and understanding.
Now in chapter 19 of the vimanika sastra there's different kinds of flying machines
associated with the different yugas. For example in the Satya Yuga humanoids could fly on their
own with mystic siddhis, in the Treta Yuga flying machines were mantrika or powered by mantras (25
types mentioned). In the Dvarpa Yuga the tantrika type through ritual and there are 56 types. In the
Kali Yuga kritaka gross mechanical types of flying machines of which 25 are mentioned. So of course
remember we're dealing here with the much longer aspects of earth's history - not just the earth
but beyond. Now in the Ramayan for example it's set in the Treta Yuga. It features a puspak vimana
the ancient city of Ayodhya...once it was dark at night and Lord Rama returned home on such
pushpak vimana and the whole city was lit up to greet them. The day after Lord Rama became king.
The Ramayana explains that bhuta-ganas controlled Ravana's flying machines in war.
One such verse reads "these wonderful vimanas roam the sky with extremely high speed controlled by
thousands of evil creatures with big round eyes and protective clothes on their body."
Also vimanas are mentioned in Mahabharat, Rigveda, Yajurveda, Atharvaveda, Mayamatam,
which is attributed to the architect Maya. Plus other classic texts like the Satapathya Brahmana,
Markandeya Purana, Vishnu Purana, Harivamsa, Uttararamacarita...and a Tamil text as well.
But now let's concentrate here on the Srimad Bhagavatam (the Bhagavat Purana), translation and
commentary by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada: Canto 10 we read "..from his excellent airship
Salva threw down a torrent of weapons, thus terribly tormented by the airship Lord Krsna's
city had no peace just like the earth when he was attacked by the free aerial cities of the demons.
From one moment to the next the saubha ship appeared on the earth in the sky on a mountain
peak or in the water like a whirling flaming baton. It never remained in any one place..."
Canto 3 of the Bhagavatam: "...seeking to please his beloved wife the sage Kadama exercised his
yogic power and instantly produced an aerial mansion that he could travel at his will. The
aerial mansion shone as charmingly as the moon in the midst of the stars in the sky."
We can only begin to imagine what it was like.
Canto 2- refers to a Buddha incarnation of a former Kali Yuga at least four million years ago,
when the atheists, after being well versed in the Vedic scientific knowledge,
annihilate inhabitants of different planets flying unseen in the sky and well-built rockets the Lord
would have bewildered their minds as Buddha and will preach on some religious principles..."
Maharaj Priyavata described in Canto 5 of the Bhagavatam, he was given the responsibility
for maintaining and protecting all the planetary systems. His effulgent flying chariot flew through
space for seven months at various distances making a second sun. From the point of view of the earth
there are also accounts of ancient battles between demigods and demons to control the universe.
Now let's look at the nature and agendas of the divine and demoniac races in the Vedic
universe. [this of course] here this picture is representing the demigods.
They follow dharma religious activity, belief in the worship and promotion of worship of God,
respect celibacy but also family values, often vegetarian and promote peace.
They accept diversity and tend to help humankind. They love nature
and have respect for the sages and holy people. Many of them can travel mystically
and the objective of life is to escape from the cycle of samsara, the cycle of birth and death.
Now the more demoniac species in the universe: Let's look at their agendas. They seek power and
control for oneself, their lust is uncontrollable, they will support any technology or otherwise
that is against family tradition, they eat lots of meat, often at war with each other
and you know they prefer similarity and conformity and enslave and reduce the power of humanity.
They dislike nature and prefer technology and certainly disrespect the sages. They travel around
with the use of technology and they remain forever in the cycle of birth and death.
But of course whichever kind of alien beings associate with ourselves, with our minds and
our heart and also even physically manifest on the earth - - that would depend on what
we attract. The earth is kind of in the middle of these different types of planetary systems
and it's almost like a magnet. We get what we deserve karmically.
Consciousness and conditions on the earth attract the appropriate alien beings in other words.
The subterranean realms. Now of course this is listed in the Puranic scriptures. We have
Bharat of course, well known to be roughly the Greater India area, but also different 'talas'
associated with the surface of the earth in different places. However they're also associated
with different planets: Atala, Vitala, Sutala and so forth. So how can that be both? Well let's use
an example. 'Rasatala' actually means lower region an abyss so it's certainly a reference
to an underground realm. However the Vedic Sanskrit language is often ambiguous and can mean
two things depending on the context or more. For example such underground realms can be accessible
via a specific region on the earth that itself can access a lower planet. Let's look at Atala
a place of certainly of sensory enjoyment, there's Vitala a place of gold and palaces and other such
opulence. Sutala the residence of Bali Maharaja. Talatala... Talatala a realm of Maya Danava the
architect of the asuras the demoniac beings. And this Mahatala a place of great dragon-like snakes
(wouldn't want to go there!). Rasatala enemies of the demigods places of darkness
and Patala, naga realms for example. The capital of which is Bhogavata city.
Now unpleasant looking beings to us are almost certainly from the
lower planets. And what about abductions we hear so much about, whether it's humans or cattle?
Well abductions genetic experiments and the abuse of cows are performed by beings with a very low
spiritual ranking in the universe they're more likely to visit the earth in the Kali
Yuga of course with an agenda based on the spiritual degradation of the soul.
And underneath Patala is the Naraka lokas the hellish worlds. Basically
people get judged of course and if it's their karma to spend some time in these hellish
planets then so be it. I wouldn't recommend it but they get dragged there by the yamadhutas
of course they'll stay there for as long as it takes to burn off their bad karma,
with various appropriate and sometimes ironic punishments.
Now the body elements of the humanoid beings across the universe: There's various elements
in the universe earth fire water ether and air and of course there's subtle ones as well like mind,
false ego and intelligence. So different bodies are made of different combinations
of these elements. For example and they are no less real than the world we perceive around us
if they're made of simply subtle elements. For example this is earth these are the human beings
we know today - - our bodies are made mainly of water but also of course earth fire air and ether.
The demigods like the sun god of course his body much more greater amount of intelligence and mind
and fire and because of the existence of the soul it's perfectly possible to live anywhere in
the universe in any planet. Ghosts or bhutas and lower beings like that of course you've got mind
false ego and ether... and more demoniac beings in the universe again all the you've got the um water
earth and of course you've also got false ego and the mind that's what their bodies
are made of but Lord Brahma the creator of the universe, the topmost position in the universe,
actually his body is made of pure intelligence and not gross matter that we can perceive.
Life within the vertical dimension of the Puranic universe:
The vertical distances given have a little to do with physical or linear [diff] distance
than we experience. Rather its a hierarchy of consciousness, not unlike the human chakras.
Now this is Bhugola of course which means the 'Earth globe' and it's surrounded by ghosts and
yakshasas maybe a couple of hundred miles out and more. But let's move further away from the Earth
we've got Mount Meru there and various mountain ranges and we look at the greater Bhuloka region,
the greater region of the Earth here. We find the vidyaydharas and the siddhas - mystic beings.
Beyond that beyond just by the top of Mount Meru we get to Bhuvarloka, which is the realms of the
upadevas - - which are not demigods not humans but somewhere in between. We have to go up and
explore the the stars the nearby stars and if we get the top in the same direction as the
Pole Star we'll get Dhruvaloka. Between us and Dhruvaloka there's human beings superior to us
and Gandarva's, heavenly musicians. Some planets up to Dhruvaloka have various types of oceans,
like ghee, sugarcane juice, sweet water, milk and curd, liquor and salt water. Not saying they're
literally 'ghee' and 'sugarcane juice' but these are the nearest equivalents we have on the Earth.
We look at the inner solar system like Venus, Mars and Mercury: Pushkaradvip, Sakadvip and
Kraunadvip...there's some kind of connection that we don't understand between these planets
and these other heavenly realms. For example, Krauncadvi[ has a huge mountain called Kraunca.
Residents worship deities of Varuna in the form of iron and stone. Vegetation there was destroyed
however by Kartikeya. This is associated with Mars of course, the bringer of war.
Looking back here again, at the the side view here, almost like a table of the universe:
We go up beyond Dhruvaloka [we reach] Svargaloka of course, which is the king of heaven. He um
is said to reside there: Indra. Beyond that: Mahaloka, Janaloka and higher still Tapaloka.
Of course their way of living, experience of life, is far beyond what we can imagine.
Mahaloka again - - a place where there's great sages and great wonderful opulences
there. Janaloka the place of course where people perform austerities get their reward in their next
life. Their beauty on these heavenly planets is beyond imagination. Tapaloka very conducive for
meditation. And right at the top of the universe there, at the top above Janaloka is Satyaloka,
the abode of Lord Brahma as we mentioned earlier. You can imagine the beauty of that planet.
Well thank you very much and I hope you enjoyed the the tour there
of the Vedic universe. Thanks for listening and keep in touch.