Astral Maps, And other Metaphysical Maps Options

Recently I have been thinking about the lay out of the astral and how one might "map" it. I have heard that the Tree of Life is one such map, and the tarot can function as another; mandalas and maps of the consciousness like the "cube of life" are related but sepreate in my mind. I have read a lot about them but have no idea on how that might work for astral traval. I have always had a hard time knowing where I am in the astral so maybe a map could help out. If anyone knows how to use the tree of life or tarot for this, or another such map I would like to know how to use them and how they work. I know "they map out whats there". Both a topographic map and a road map will "map out whats there" but in very different ways and focus on different things.

Recently I have been thinking about the lay out of the astral and how one might "map" it. I have heard that the Tree of Life is one such map, and the tarot can function as another; mandalas and maps of the consciousness like the "cube of life" are related but sepreate in my mind. I have read a lot about them but have no idea on how that might work for astral traval. I have always had a hard time knowing where I am in the astral so maybe a map could help out. If anyone knows how to use the tree of life or tarot for this, or another such map I would like to know how to use them and how they work. I know "they map out whats there". Both a topographic map and a road map will "map out whats there" but in very different ways and focus on different things.

I equate the properties of the astrial to the world of quantum mechanics, to map it out would be difficult because the world is fluid. The best way to describe it would be this: Imagine all the people in the world doing their usual things without standing on anything, now try and picture these people going throughout day to day activity and we're looking at them through a different lense, a lense into a world they're not aware of. Through this lense you don't see these people interacting with anything, it seems as if they're moving rather quickly from place to place (at times) and other times they're mulling around and whatnot, now picture these people as parts of the astrial plane instead of people, and that's sort of how it is; and I can't imagine mapping it.

From personal experience, I'm not sure that the astral can be mapped out.

How do you know you where in the middle world if it can't be mapped?
The mental associations, are of course the key to entry to and the way of moving in the astral. It would not make sense to literally walk in the astral. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

I equate the properties of the astrial to the world of quantum mechanics, to map it out would be difficult because the world is fluid.

They're fluid, yet linked. We know this because we can get to one from the other, and enter the astral at a particular point by visualizing the location, contemplating its energetic nature and so on. It is how we find our astral temples. The relationship between them is what is mapped. The cabala tree of life represents relationships between Sephiroth and the paths that link them. Using a map like the tree of life to get to a Sephiroth (something like a general location on a map) is a mater aligning enough of the aspects of that Sephiroth to form a door so to speak. Once you get to the Sephiroth things get more unpredictable. From experience I know that the navigation within the Sephiroth has something to do with the functioning of the mind. When I find myself somewhere I control where I go simply by looking for it. My question is more to "how I find" the place for which I'm looking. How are the particular locations linked? Maps are made of the general locations (I grant they are more abstract expressions than literal locations, but the principle holds) , so it would make sense that the particular ones are also mappable.

How do you know you where in the middle world if it can't be mapped?
The mental associations, are of course the key to entry to and the way of moving in the astral. It would not make sense to literally walk in the astral. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
They're fluid, yet linked. We know this because we can get to one from the other, and enter the astral at a particular point by visualizing the location, contemplating its energetic nature and so on. It is how we find our astral temples. The relationship between them is what is mapped. The cabala tree of life represents relationships between Sephiroth and the paths that link them. Using a map like the tree of life to get to a Sephiroth (something like a general location on a map) is a mater aligning enough of the aspects of that Sephiroth to form a door so to speak. Once you get to the Sephiroth things get more unpredictable. From experience I know that the navigation within the Sephiroth has something to do with the functioning of the mind. When I find myself somewhere I control where I go simply by looking for it. My question is more to "how I find" the place for which I'm looking. How are the particular locations linked? Maps are made of the general locations (I grant they are more abstract expressions than literal locations, but the principle holds) , so it would make sense that the particular ones are also mappable.

Ok, good luck.