Three Levels of Existence

To understand the true nature of reality, we must explore our own multidimensionality and the interrelatedness of all things. When it comes to simplifying these concepts to be easily understood, I like Deepak Chopra's book, "The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire." He begins by discussing the three levels of existence:

1. THE PHYSICAL DOMAIN: This is our known world of three-dimensional physical reality and the five senses. It consists of material objects with firm boundaries, and it appears to move through time from the past to the present to the future. This level of existence is governed by cause and effect.

2. THE QUANTUM DOMAIN: I often talk of this domain in my seminars. When Albert Einstein informed the world that E=MC2, we learned that matter is energy. This means that all the metal, plastic and wood surrounding you is not solid. What appears solid is actually made up of swirling molecules temporarily molded into their current patterns and vibrating at the rates of metal, plastic or wood. Everything on earth, including your body and the earth itself, breaks down into subatomic particles. Energy. And energy is non-physical in nature. So the cutting edge physicists are saying reality appears to be more like a "thought form" than anything else. This fact does not surprise the mystics who have always said we live in a world of illusion.

3. THE NONLOCAL DOMAIN: Deepak begins his explanation of this domain saying, "The third level of existence consists of intelligence, or consciousness. This can be called the virtual domain, the spiritual domain, the field of potential, the universal being, or nonlocal intelligence. This is where information and energy emerge from a sea of possibilities. The most fundamental, basic level of nature is not material; it is not even energy and information soup; it is pure potential. This level of nonlocal reality operates beyond the reach of space and time, which simply do not exist at this level. We call it nonlocal because it cannot be confined by a location -- it is not 'in' you or 'out there.' It simply is."

The nonlocal domain is the level of your soul. It creates and orchestrates the activity of information and energy. And Deepak says, "Nonlocal intelligence is everywhere at once, and can cause multiple effects simultaneously in various locations."

Let's look at the manifestation of synchronicity as an example of nonlocal domain at work. Awhile back, I called my friend Gloria Jewell, and she told me she was outside trimming a tree that was blocking sunshine on her roses. A few days later, Tara and I were invited to dinner at the home of Don and Marie Lehman. While walking with Don through his garden environment, he stopped, looked up at some trees and said, "I have to trim those trees so the sun can reach my roses." That was synchronicity. My soul wanted me to do some metaphorical tree trimming so my life could flower. I quickly realized the meaning. At a soul level, nonlocal domain had manifested a message I would hear loud and clear in the physical domain.

Often at the beginning of a friendship or romance, two people are surprised by all the synchronicities they experience. If you understand nonlocal domain, you realize it is the energy these two people are focusing upon the relationship that causes their souls to feed back synchronistic messages in the physical domain.

Nonlocal domain might also cause you to experience back pain to provide a metaphorical message that you are carrying too much responsibility. A few years ago, I needed to reorganize our company. At the time, the lyrics to a folk song titled "The Key of C" got stuck in my head. The lyrics say you can simplify any song down to the key of C, and you can do the same with life. Simplify. And I did just that with the company.

Our thoughts, feelings and emotions are feeding the vast potential of the nonlocal domain. What we send out into this soul level of our existence will come back to us in the form of synchronicities and experiences. This is not a new message, it is simply another way of explaining why things work the way the do, and how we create our own reality.