This is how reality works: an audio guided visual journey of the 7 distinct layers shaping our experience of reality.

© delfina alden

*But first, exciting news! I wrote a whole manual on The 7 Layers of Reality and created a tool that maps where you are in each layer: Reality Gameboard. Both just launched, check them out!

Reality, our experience of it is a living system comprised of 7 distinct layers. They’re all active all the time. They're not a hierarchy. They are neutral (but your stance towards them definitely isn't, as you’ll come to understand).

Today, I am taking you on a guided audio journey into your internal world so you can witness and understand the architecture of the 7 Layers of reality and how it shapes your internal and external world.

The audio guided journey is at the end of this letter. If you read the deep dive I did on the 7 layers this week, you already know them. If not, here’s a quick refresher before you dive in:

Your body. Money. Environment. Everything we see and touch and experience as tangible “real world” things. This is physical game board on which we play this game of life. Deceptively the “realest” feeling layer but actually isn’t. It’s a render, a printout, a picture from a polaroid, a diorama co-created by you via the other layers.

Your internal broadcasting antenna and receiving satellite that broadcasts your state and helps determine what you experience. This is the realm of feelings. This layer has the power to shape not only how you see the world but also how the world sees you. It’s also where so many get trapped.

The code systems running your reality. Thoughts and stories. Programs, usually installed long ago by someone else that are still running on repeat, shaping your thinking and your subconscious behaviors. This is the layer we often target when we want to change things on a “deeper” level.

The one where the code of emotions and the 0s and 1s of the mental layer play out energetically. Well, it’s actually more intricate than that. This is what people are usually referencing when they say “everything is energy.” They’ve usually tapped into this layer and have seen the power of understanding and mastering it holds.

The roles we play. This one is so often overlooked and ignored, denied even. The archetypal layer holds the roles, the masks, the costumes and even the character descriptions of all the roles humanity plays with each other. Some choose a character early on, or are assigned one, and live that archetype their entire lives. Others morph and step into new ones as they evolve.

This is the sea of the collective we are participating in and are being influenced by. This layer has layers of its own. The collective as a whole is the experience of humanity in this incarnation of its existence. The collective also holds the cultural, familial, micro community, identity and group think and algorithmic elements.

This is the I behind the eye. The player behind the character. The place where your essence stems from. The You that is playing this game, having this experience. The part that you will return to once this adventure is over. This layer isn’t a self as much as it is a being and a Being. It is very much a part of this earth experience.

This architecture exists in each of us and in our world. It is what makes up our daily experience and is the key to understanding how to play the game of life instead of getting played by it. Realizing it’s a game, one that you can win and continue to excel at is step 1. Step 2 is learning the rules and understanding the game board. The free PDF manual I created can help you do this. Download it and read it. Step 3 is seeing where you are on the game board and how to advance which is what I built the Reality Gameboard interactive tool for. You do a comprehensive assessment of where you are and see for the first time ever, your 7 layer reality outlined, your strengths, weaknesses and what to do about it.

Now, in order to truly understand something, you must not only read about it or see it, you must experience it and this is what I created for you inside this guided audio journey. This experience will take you into the depths of who you are on the inside, will reveal to you hidden parts that have been waiting for you to find them, and will show you your individual, unique experience of the layers. My favorite part is when we descend into layer 7, get ready to be transformed and dare I say…exalted and humbled all at the same time?

The audio guided journey is below. It’s 31 minutes and it is quite magical. I experienced it after I created it, took the deep dive and even I was astonished at what I saw. For me, that’s always a good indicator, If I am able to be surprised by something I myself created. I’m quite sure you will be as well. Do this when you have an hour to spare so that after you come out of it, you can simply be and integrate. Have water and a notebook nearby. You will absolutely want to make a record of what you experienced, witnessed and learned.

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