The colorful photo is of Neptune's Cave from Sardinia.

The tree of life will help you guide your progress. The spheres are not actual planets but a mnemonic representation for the initiate to mark their journey, lessons and responsibilities.

You start from 10 and you work your way up to 1 following the highlighted Z pattern. You can't skip steps and between 4 and 3 there's a key bridge. All paths are very difficult but the passage from 10 to 9 and 4 to 3 are extremely hard to do.

Until you let go of what you believe to be true without verifying for yourself but rather take for granted from third parties, the tree of life is nothing but poppycock to the ignorant.

3, 5 and 8 represent the pillar of severity - left path

2, 4 and 7 represent the pillar of mercy - right path

1, 6, 9 and 10 are of the central pillar.

There are many names for each of the steps and paths, but it's important to use the ones which make sense to you. Working on the tree of life is a life long pursuit. Contrary to the mainstream opinion, this representation doesn't belong to any group of people. There are only people who know and people who don't know what this is about. All participants start from 10. Earth, regardless of their status.