Zukav argues that forms can be physical or nonphysical. For instance, thoughts are forms, but they’re not physical; they are Light, or energy. People’s consciousness shapes this Light. By choosing to embrace certain intentions or feelings, people inform their consciousness and therefore their lives. Desire alone is not enough to change one’s life; people have to develop a real intention that translates into action. Intentions can be either conscious or subconscious. Some people even harbor contradictory intentions that fight each other internally until the stronger one wins. This kind of splintered personality struggles with itself and is fearful of parts of itself, creating emotional pain, stress, disease, and schizophrenia. As in other sections of the work, this discussion of schizophrenia draws on an outdated model of an illness now considered to have a strong genetic basis. That said, Zukav’s contention that a “splintered” personality can manifest in disease implies a relationship between mental and physical well-being, which is well substantiated by scientific research (if not necessarily in the particular way Zukav proposes).

People constantly generate intentions for all kinds of decisions, big and small, and this sets Light into motion. Everyone lives in a different reality that is informed by the layers of reality they experience and contribute to.