There is a bigger picture and version of reality. It encompasses more than most realize. You must build upon a foundation and build the model like a building.

First by grading the site to clear obstacles and debris. Then level the ground. Then pour the foundation. Then the first floor, strong enough to bear the weight of the subsequent floors that will rest upon it. But unlike a traditional building, the design does not need to be completed before construction can begin. There is room for organic growth, for inspiration, for genius, for synchronicity, for magic.

The foundation is built based on the nature of the universe and reality.
This is the surface upon which all else rests and is supported.

Second, is the understanding of the individual. Who and what they are and their power to shape and create in the environment they exist in.

Third, is understanding of the resources that exist to support them, and their relationship with other living creatures in existence, and by living, I mean all that has consciousness, including that which many consider inanimate.

Fourth is understanding their purpose for choosing to come here. The exploration, the discovery, the creativity, the playing together with other like-minded personalities, each of whom is here to experience what can be of greatest benefit to them, and which meshes and blends with exquisite beauty and majesty with others with whom they co-create.

Fifth is the understanding that the process is meant to be fun. That this is being done for advancement but also for pleasure. There is no need for suffering. Although there is contrast, it is necessary for the sharp relief and clarity that requires it. There is always duality and free choice and the ability to choose. This includes the choice of light or dark in any circumstance. These opposites are essential for the other to exist, for there can be no concept of light without darkness, no sweet without bitter, no fast without slow, no high without low. These are all essential components in the fabric of reality. All have their place.

Sixth is understanding of the breadth and depth and diversity of creation and the spectrum of existence and creation that exists; the never-ending spiral of ascension and advancement that is available to all; the increasing comprehension and palette for creation.