Time and King Herla

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Here is an account of a Briton King named Herla who went underground

and experienced time dilation- the Saxons only took over his kingdom

while he was gone. Hmmm

 

Anyway, this account, along with the explanation below it by Jospeh H

Cater, of time dilation will give us a better idea of how time

fuctions- that actions take place first of all in subtle realms and

then trickle down to the physical plane. For this reason Shree

Krishna told Arjuna that " ... all these kings and warriors have

already been put to death by my arrangement in the form of

time ... ". Events indicated in our horoscopes have already occurred

on subtler planes and are already in the process of manifesting on

this physical platform. This iswhy they arecalledprarabdha karmas, or

already-manifesting karmas.

 

" Arguably the first detailed account of an actual visit to this

`underworld' appears in the remarkable collection of tales and

reminiscences, De Nugis Curialium, assembled by the twelfthcentury

Welsh poet and historian, Walter Map, or Mapes. In his book he

recounts the story of a visit by King Herla 'one of the most ancient

of British kings' to just such a place. Some authorities have

suggested it is merely a fantasy about Fairyland, but the description

seems far more likely to be referring to an actual underground tunnel

inhabited by a race of subterraneans.

 

In the tale, King Herla is approached one day by a handsome man who

tells him: 'I am the King over many kings and princes, and unnumbered

and innumerable people.' The stranger invites Herla to accompany him

on a trip to his kingdom which, he says, is below ground. Walter

Map's narrative then continues:

 

They entered a cave in a high cliff, and after an interval of

darkness, passed, in a light which seemed to proceed not from the sun

or moon, but from a multitude of lamps, to the mansion of the king.

This was as comely in every part as the palace of the Sun described

by Naso [in Ovid's Metamorphosis - Author].

 

King Herla enjoys his host's hospitality for what seems like a short

period of time and is then given leave to return to the surface

world - suitably laden with gifts and presents. He is escorted 'to

the place in the tunnel where darkness began' and the two monarchs

take their farewell of each other. Walter Map then concludes:

 

Within a short space Herla arrived once more at the light of the sun

and at his kingdom, where he accosted an old shepherd and asked for

news of his Queen, naming her. The shepherd gazed at him with

astonishment and said: 'Sir, I can hardly understand your speech, for

you are a Briton and I am a Saxon: but the name of that Queen I have

never heard, save that they say that long ago there was a Queen of

that name over the very ancient Britons, who was the wife of King

Herla; and he, the old story says, disappeared at this very cliff,

and was never seen on earth again, and it is now two hundred years

since the Saxons took possession of this kingdom and drove out the

old inhabitantsl' And at his words, the King who thought he had made

a stay of but three days, could scarce conceal his amazement

 

It is evident from this curious account, that King Herla had been

below ground far longer than he imagined, although how literally we

should take the time period suggested - two hundred years - is

debatable! The specific mention of the form of lighting in the

subterranean kingdom matches almost precisely those from other

sources, and it is only to be regretted that the report does not tell

us any more about the king and the impressive world in which he

lived. For my part, I am satisfied that the tale does represent an

encounter with underworld people."

 

In his book The Ultimate Reality, Joseph H. Cater explains the nature

of such time dilation, in Chpater 28:

 

" Since particles of matter in higher realms are far more active than

those in lower realms, it follows that events in realms of higher

frequency matter take place more rapidly. This means that smaller

units of time must be employed in the higher realms. The

consciousness automatically adjusts to these changes, so that the

inhabitants in these worlds are not aware of any differences.

Accounts received from entities residing in an astral realm who have

recently lost their physical bodies confirm this. A notable case

which the author encountered involves a person who seemingly had

spent many months in an astral realm since his demise. At this time,

he was informed to his amazement that some guides were going to take

him down to the physical realm so he could view his own funeral.

This funeral took place only three days after his departure, yet he

thought several months had passed. occult lore is steeped with cases

of this type, yet the obvious reason for the time anomalies always

escaped those who researched the subject. It is to be expected that

the wrong interpretations concerning the properties of time are

always placed on such incidents. One of the most popular explanations

is the erroneous conclusion that time doesn't exist in the astral

realms!"

 

Posted by Dharmnapad, aka Dharma/Dean