43. Consciousness – Life – Form

The difference between the uninitiated and the initiated person is that the astral world is not visible to the former as an external world, and is to the latter. This astral world remains for the unawakened a mere inner world; he experiences it in his desires and longings; but he does not see it. The initiate not only feels his desire; he perceives it as a thing of the external world, just as the unawakened perceives tables and chairs.