I tend to think there are many layers to reality.
I would say the one we dwell in and experience most is the Physical Visible layer. However there is a Physical Invisible layer underneath this layer which includes molecules, atoms, sub-atomic particles, quantum particles, virtual particles.
Underneath this layer I think there is a Spiritual Visible layer and underneath this the Spiritual Invisible layer.
Above the Physical I think there is a Conscious Visible and then a Conscious Invisible layer.
Above the Conscious Invisible layer I think there is a Soul Visible Layer.
7 layers in total.
Sometimes consciousness experiences the other layers and sometimes not.
Soul Visible Layer———————-immaterial
Conscious Invisible Layer———immaterial
Conscious Visible Layer———immaterial wrapped in material
Physical Visible Layer————-immaterial wrapped in material
Physical Invisible Layer———immaterial
Spiritual Visible Layer——-immaterial wrapped in material
Spiritual Invisible Layer——immaterial
I think that reality is born out of the absence of (random/chaos/darkness) and existence of (non-random/order/light) the Spiritual Invisible Layer, and gushes outward like a geyser gushing of water forming all the other layers.
*Because of the absence of the Spiritual Invisible Layer (when it closed) the random/chaotic/dark physical world emerged and is an EXTERNAL quality. This is the illusion of Separateness, externally.
*But because of the existence of the Spiritual Invisible Layer (when it opened) non-random harmony/order/light manifested within the physical. An INTERNALquality. This is the truth of Oneness, internally.
I think the Spiritual Invisible Layer closes and opens like breathing.
I think that the spirit existed prior to all the other layers. However the soul exists because of the consciousness layer. The Soul Visible Layer then circles back around to the bottom or the Spiritual Invisible Layer, where it once again becomes invisible and unites again with the spirit.
For myself, highest consciousness like that of a human (scientists say biological life can not become any smarter than we are now based on the fact of energy needs) can connect to the Spiritual Invisible Layer and in that sense we also have a Spirit (umbilical cord) to the One.
All animals (consciousnesses) in my view have a soul, however only humans have a spirit.
This reality is then linear and circular.
Consciousness Visible is the layer where we see the brain and the actions and words of a living animal. The Consciousness Invisible is the harder problem, the energy/image formed from the brain’s chemistry/electricity/memory/experiences/choices…which in my view form the Soul.
The Soul Visible layer is where we find ghosts. But they always return to the Spiritual Invisible layer.
The Spiritual Invisible layer is where everything is ONE, the grand mystery. To where everything returns and gushes. This is "God". This is the "System of Energies", which I think has ethical values embedded into the very fabric of being. This is more of a pantheistic view of things.
However, the Spiritual Visible layer is where we might see “God”, or a “prophet” or “an Angel” or “Messiah” or a Miracle. It is the manifestation closest to the Oneness and therefore most truthful, most loving, most hopeful.
Because the soul manifests from the consciousness which manifests from the physical, our own soul is trapped in this physical world for as long as we live and therefore can become disillusioned, weary and deceived or denied. The soul is our horizontal walk where as the spirit is the vertical walk, direct contact to the Oneness.