Elevation at Death 23

“After being situated in this yoga practice and vi-
brating the sacred syllable om, the supreme combina-
tion of letters, if one thinks of the Supreme Person-
ality of Godhead and quits his body, he will certainly
reach the spiritual planets.” (Bg. 8.13)

In this way, all the senses have to be stopped in
their external activities and concentrated on the
form of visnumirti, the form of God. The mind is
very turbulent, but it has to be fixed on the Lord in
the heart. When the mind is fixed within the heart
and the life air is transferred to the top of the head,
one can attain perfection of yoga,

At this point the yogi determines where he is to
go. In the material universe there are innumerable
planets, and beyond this universe there is the spiri-
tual universe. The yogis have information of these
places from Vedic literatures. Just as one going to
America can get some idea what the country is like
by reading books, one can also have knowledge of the
spiritual planets by reading Vedic literatures. The
yogi knows all these descriptions, and he can transfer
himself to any planet he likes without the help of
spaceships. Space travel by mechanical means is not
the accepted process for elevation to other planets.
Perhaps with a great deal of time, effort and money
a few men may be able to reach other planets by
material means—spaceships, spacesuits, etc.—but this
is a very cumbersome and impractical method. In
any case, it is not possible to go beyond the material
universe by mechanical means.

The generally accepted method for transferral to
higher planets is the practice of the meditational yoga
