davidji's Blog

What are The Five Realms of Existence?

The tool that I have found valuable during times of extreme activity in order to slow the relentless swirl is looking at life through The Five Realms of Existence. 

I’ve dedicated an entire chapter to them in my book: destressifying. The Five Realms are a powerful tool to use as we look at our lives through our various forms of existence:

  1. The Physical Realm
  2. The Emotional Realm
  3. The Material Realm
  4. The Relationship Realm
  5. The Spiritual Realm

During times when the overwhelm is settling in from having too many things on our plate, look at your life through the lens of The 5 Realms. 

That will keep you moving forward on your journey while keeping everything in perspective, and bringing greater clarity into the moment.

During times when the overwhelm is settling in from having too many things on our plate, look at your life through the lens of The 5 Realms. 

That will keep you moving forward on your journey while keeping everything in perspective, and bringing greater clarity into the moment.

Here’s an example:
Your to-do list is bursting at the seams. 

You’ve got expectations of what needs to get done, several obligations that you have committed yourself to, a brand new set of circumstances and the basic day-to-day stuff still needs to get done. 

So slow it all down – start your morning with a meditation to bring some stillness and silence into the trajectory of your day.

Then walk yourself through The 5 Realms and spend just five minutes on each realm:

Start with your Physical Realm
Your body, what comes in and what goes out, what strengthens it and what weakens it. Pick one action to definitely do – and one thing to let go of just for today… 

Don’t torture yourself – bring one thing into your physiology that will nourish and release one that’s not nourishing.

Then think about your Emotional Realm
Place your attention on your levels of empathy, compassion, hot buttons, trigger points, assumptions, and conditioned responses. 

Commit to one emotional behavior that is serving you and keep it in your awareness throughout the day.

Create a mantra that you can keep flowing throughout the day such as “patience… patience… patience”. 

And every time you feel you’re about to respond in a way that might not serve you, take a deep breath in and as you exhale repeat the mantra.

Then drift your attention to your Material Realm
Make one decision today regarding how you will view the material abundance in the world. 

Seeing yourself as a never-ending conduit will flow through how you treat your money, finances, your debt, status, your position, possessions, dharma, your saving, hoarding or your giving. 

Allow abundance consciousness and wealth circulation to transform any feelings of poverty consciousness or less-than thinking. 

Throughout the day, remind yourself of that shift. 

Use the mantra aham brahmasmi (I am the Universe), and allow it to run in the background of all your thought processes.

Then spend 5 minutes on the Relationship Realm
Reflect on one relationship you have.

With yourself, your core family, friends, extended relationships, those with whom you have a grievance – and leading with love, take a step to either birth, repair, shift, or end it. 

Throughout the process, breathe in deeply as you allow these four virtues to be cultivated within you:

  1. Forgiveness
  2. Impeccability of your word
  3. Your thoughts
  4. Your deeds


Spend your last five minutes on the Spiritual Realm
Your connection to your soul and to the divine spirit.

Your daily practice of prayer, meditation, and devotion to the divine; contemplate your dharma or noble purpose in this life. 

Breathe in and plant a seed of one-ness in your heart and let the universe kiss your soul.

Reflect on each realm and the intention or commitment you made to yourself. 

If you really want to ground them in the tangible world, write them down and place them someplace where you will regularly see the document. 

But the key is to live them – live your intentions…lean into them. 

As Krishna says to Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita, “Yogastha kuru karmani” – establish yourself in the present moment, then perform action.

The swirl will slow. 

Clarity will unfold. 

Your choices will become more evident. 

Your decisions will start to truly nourish you and those in your world. 

With gentle repetition, this can become a daily practice.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I wish you peace and love in every one of the Five Realms!

– davidji

P.S. Don’t forget to LIKE & SUBSCRIBE to my channels to keep your ripple flowing in our community & support this content!!! Check out my Mind Shift membership too  Sending you peace, presence and surrender to the divine within you. Be well.

join-free-9