LOABT004 – Layers of Reality

One of the earliest things Abraham Hicks shared with Jerry and Esther, according to the book “The Basic Teachings of Abraham Hicks”, was the statement that the non-physical world is inextricably linked with the physical world. This concept is one that appears in many traditions of esoteric knowledge, often referred to by the phrase “As Above, So Below”.

The reality however, as I see it, is that there is no “Above” nor “Below”. Rather, all layers of reality are overlapped or interlaced with one another at all times. What happens in the physical world is only a portion or manifestation of what is happening at any given time at all layers of “reality”.

Let’s set aside for a moment that time itself is an illusion and that all there is is the “now”. But for the moment, at least, I agree with the statement made by Abraham. Things are simultaneously happening at many layers of “reality” all at once, including the layers we can’t see with our physical eyes. Another way of saying this is that whatever happens in our physical reality is only a physical manifestation of things happening in the “unseen” world layered on top of ours and vice versa. Again, they are linked.

Furthermore, Abraham taught, we in the physical world are merely an extension of those in the spiritual world. I would suggest that what they really mean is that we and them are one in the same. Our physical bodies and reality are just one manifestation of what we are. Much like our finger is not “us” but rather a part of us, so too our entire physical body and the world we live in is not “us” but merely a part of us. We are this and much, much more.

Here in lies the great mystery for human understanding. We view ourselves as separate from them. We were taught, from many world religions, that there is “God” and there is “us’. We believe that the creator therefore must be greater and separate from the the thing being created. When, as “Jesus” is quoted as saying in the Bible that “I and the Father are one”, we again think that’s a special one-off case. Surely that can’t apply to all of us. Jesus must have said that because he himself is God but we are not! Personally, I think we may have missed the point. After all, Jesus also said, “Does not the scripture say that YOU are gods?”

Those of us who grew up Christian also believe there are other beings (often called angels and demons) that are not us. We again believe that we are separate from them and that there is “them” and there is “us”. I think “Christians” are getting a little closer when some of them suggest that each of us have a “guardian angel”. At least in this respect some Christians understand that there is some spiritual form that is linked to us in some way as “our” special spiritual connection.

In “reality”, I believe, they (those in the so-called spiritual realm) are all us and we are all them. The illusion that we are separate beings is the reason our focus and attention is solely fixated on the physical plane of existence. We have forgotten that we all ALSO exist on the “spiritual” plane as well and that all of us also have a spiritual component that is inseparable from what we call “ourselves”. We have simply filtered that part out, for whatever reason.

I believe Abraham Hicks will shed some light onto why it is we “humans” choose to forget that we also exist on the spiritual plane. Perhaps, as many believe, it is the great game. In order to “enjoy” our physical reality we must “forget” that we are also spiritual beings. It is, in a way, like purposefully forgetting the ending of a movie or book (if that were possible) so that you can experience the shock and wonder at the surprise ending yet again. If you already know what’s going to happen, the ending, in time, will get boring. Only by “forgetting” can we enjoy the surprise waiting for us.