“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.”
René Daumal, Le Mont Analogue
A concise statement. Once you are aware of and know the beyond state, you have to come down to the earthly state and live your life.
Many people ask, why do Gurus and other enlightened people stay on in this world, if they know what is beyond?
The answer is simple. The human body yet exists. And you have to take care of it. You are now aware that the body is not yours but that awareness is what makes you take care of it. It was the body that helped you go beyond, as such it is now your responsibility to take care of it, as long as that particular human body exists on this earth.
Thus the Guru becomes a bridge between the Divine world and the Earthly world. And that is important as well. The connection is maintained.
Man is primarily in an animalistic state. Transcending this state is what leads to a civilisation on earth. Civilisation is what breeds culture, prosperity, pleasure etc. Civilisation is a conscious man made entity. And it is in civilisation, that man shapes the earthly world in the order of the Divine.
All the majestic temples and other super structures that we find on earth, they all were created by a civilisation that had highly achieved human beings.
The ebb and flow of civilisations is a natural phenomenon. Nothing is permanent on this Earth. Our human life is also limited to a few decades. Hence it is all the more important that every individual being makes the effort to know and understand themselves and their journey on Earth.
What is important, is for the individual to take advantage of civilisation to move into the higher state or to experience the higher state. When the individual experiences the higher state, automatically their life on Earth starts conducting itself in a manner of the Divine world. This is what is known as the memory or experience of the higher state.
Remember this human body is a blessing from the Divine to know about and to attain the Divine. Use it wisely.