Thought forms and elemental beings also inhabit the lower astral realm which is why it is dangerous territory for the unwary. Many of the beings to be found here are mischievous and untrustworthy (elemental spirits and the like), some of whom have evil intent (often called 'demonic beings'). Such beings may have been formed from the powerful

This seems to be precisely what the ancient Avata Saka Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism is describing as the “wonderful net” of energy that connects all things in the cosmos.