any problems with the ego. Charles Leadbeater wrote that in the buddhic plane man casts off the delusion of the self and enters a realization of unity. Annie Besant defined the buddhic plane as Persistent, conscious, spiritual awareness. This is the full consciousness of the buddhic or intuitional level. This is the perceptive consciousness which is the outstanding characteristic of the Hierarchy. The life focus of the man shifts to the buddhic plane. This is the fourth or middle state of consciousness. Sri Aurobindo calls the level above the mental plane the supermind. Spiritual planes George Winslow Plummer wrote that the spiritual plane is split into many sub-planes (such as the "Atmic plane") and that on these planes live spiritual being who are more advanced in development and status than ordinary man. According to metaphysical teachings the goal of the spiritual plane is to gain spiritual knowledge and experience. In Theosophy, the Anupapaduka or Monadic Plane is the plane in which the monad (also called the Holy Spirit or Oversoul) is said to exist. According to Alan Schneider, the Monadic Plane is the sixth plane of ascension, and is analogous to the sixth chakra, ajna, and the hidden sephirah of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life: daath. (Da'ath/da'at represents the 'reflection of' (the 'inner dimension' of) the infinity of kether). It would appear, though it is not certain by any means, that it is possible for a human to attain this spiritual realm after ascending through lower, possibly inferior, planes of existence (the higher consciousness has also to descend into mind, into life, into matter), the physical plane being the lowest of all. It is rare occurrence indeed to meet someone on the monadic plane, and thus of great spiritual significance. The highest of the spiritual planes is the Adi or Divine Plane/Logoic Plane, which contains the Divine Word and/or Divine Presence/I AM Presence. According to some occult teachings, all souls are born on the divine plane and then descend down through the lower planes; however souls will work their way back to the divine plane. On the divine plane souls can be opened to conscious communication with the sphere of the divine known as the Absolute and receive knowledge about the nature of reality. Joshua David Stone describes the plane as complete unity with God. Rosicrucianism teaches that the divine plane is where Jesus dwelt in Christ consciousness. 31 planes