In my experience, life is continually happening on multiple layers. Take me for example, there is the layer of 'How other people see and relate to me', and the layer 'How I see and relate to the world', and the layer 'How I see and relate to me', and the layer 'Who I am', and the layer 'Existing'. All these layers are happening at the same time. And it's possible to transfer awareness to one and then another. It's also possible to be aware of them all at the same time.There are diferent layers to this picture. The flowers, rocks, fence, tree, cliffs and lighthouse, two layers of mountains. It's possible to focus on just one, or to see them all at the same time.
What is the value of being aware of multiple layers? What would this picture be like if it only had one layer? Are any of these layers "the truth"?
To know that there are multiple layers and that any of them could be true, for me, gives life a richness, a depth. Everywhere I look in life I find layers. And when I think I've reach the last layer, a new layer presents itself. With more layers, there are more options, more range, more room to play. It lends powerful understanding to any situation. For me, it has life be more interesting. A life with only one layer is finite, there are limited options. A life with infinite layers is infinite, anything is possible.
Think about something in your life, something that involves curiosity and discovery. A project, your health, a relationship, your life as a whole. Start noticing the layers.
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I like this perspective of looking at layers. No particular order that they are stacked. Like they are all different realities or perspectives existing in the same space.
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