The
Three Realms of Existence - A Model that Can Change Your Life
It
is a trait of our species that we attempt to resolve paradoxes
through either a compromise of perspectives or an annihilation
of the opposing perspective. It seems that for one viewpoint to
be correct, it is assumed that the opposite must be incorrect.
The “Three Realms of Existence” provides an understanding
of the paradox of life that is simple and powerful. This schema
is capable of transforming our relationship with the structure
and nature of our existence.
To
understand our existence and our health, we must first recognize
that we are far more than our bodies. We inhabit a structure that
includes three interconnected realms: the Physical, the Psychoenergetic,
and the Transcendental. Each realm is divided into a myriad of
sublevels.
Modern
society identifies primarily with the Physical Realm. Newton’s
laws of physics describe this realm and serve as the foundation
for the great technologies of the current era. Logic reigns supreme.
In the Physical Realm, matter is viewed as the essential nature
of things. This realm includes not only the larger physical structures
of our bodies, but also - at increasingly deeper levels - cellular
structure, molecules and atoms.
Deeper
than that, we find the Psychoenergetic Realm which includes our
thoughts, psychology, and emotions at the surface of being (our
personality). It is the realm that includes what acupuncturists,
bodyworkers, and shamans refer to as “energy.” From
this perspective, the foundation of everything is energy, and
matter is considered an expression of energy. Astral phenomena
are a part of this realm.
Deeper
still, we come to what physicists call the Quantum Mechanical
Level. We are now beyond the Psychoenergetic Realm, in what is
called the Transcendental Realm. On the Quantum Mechanical Level
within the Transcendental Realm, we merge with the oneness of
all things, while simultaneously maintaining our individuality.
Unlike the Psychoenergetic Realm in which the sense of union is
based upon an emotional state, union with all is a 24-hour-a-day,
living, conscious reality. This realm is the finest feeling level.
When the human physiology is adequately refined, this level is
experienced. It is the finest aspect of relative existence. This
depth of being is experienced as bliss - life in eternal union
and harmony. That state is referred to variously, in different
religions, as oneness with God, enlightenment, nirvana, etc.
Moving
more deeply still, we enter the pure Unified Field within the
Transcendental Realm. At this depth, the unified field exists
as the field of pure consciousness. Consciousness exists before
it is conscious of any diversity or separation. Separation, when
viewed from this perspective, is known as illusion. On this level,
the only reality is the eternal union of all that is. The only
thing that really exists is pure, unbounded, eternal, consciousness.
On this level, there is no difference between this and that; there
is no “other.” This Unified Field is a place of universality.
Ancient masters referred to this level as the level of pure being,
pure existence, pure consciousness, pure is-ness, and universal
oneness.
As
we approach the Unified Field deep within our being, we begin
to sense that we are unified with everything; that, in fact, everything
dwells within us. This is not a metaphor, but a reality. As we
learn to go deeper within, we feel it more fully. It’s like
the glow of a candle flame. As we move our hands closer, we feel
increasing warmth; but we can’t actually grab onto the flame.
This “glow” of the Unified Field as it radiates out
through the Psychoenergetic and Physical Realms of our being is
what we think of as soul.
These
three realms are not concepts; they are actual structures, integrally
connected with one another in a smoothly functioning continuum.
The Physical Realm would not exist without the underlying Psychoenergetic
Realm, just as leaves would not hang in the air without the tree’s
trunk and branches. And neither the Physical nor the Psychoenergetic
Realm would exist without the Transcendental Realm, as the tree
would not exist without roots. Modern physicists think of the
Quantum Mechanical Level and the Unified Field (the Transcendental
Realm) as the basis of all existence.
In
The Three Realms of Existence model, every point represents a
different reality. From each point, existence is viewed and understood
in a unique way. There are an infinite number of interconnected,
though distinctly different, realities. Reality as defined here
is not merely a perspective, it is the mode of function inherent
to the universe. Each reality functions in a manner that is seamlessly
integrated with the mode of function with every other reality.
There are an infinite number of simultaneously valid, yet contradictory
realities. Paradox is built into the system. In one reality, everything
can be explained by pure physics. In another, the universe is
all just the dance of yin and yang; in another, it’s all
energy.
The
three realms work together as a perfect, mathematically precise
system. We don’t have to make it all start functioning.
The whole system is already established. To understand our lives,
our healing, and our very existence, it’s crucial that we
come to an understanding of how these levels interconnect and
interact. Reality changes as we move along the whole continuum
from the surface to the depths, and even on the same level as
we move horizontally from one reality to the next. It’s
not just the perspective of the self that changes - the physiology
functions within the parameters of a different reality. Health
is achieved through the harmonious integration of all realities.
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