The root layer is your connection to the ground of being

without one thing all things are lost it doesn't matter if you don't go into any patterns don't do any addictive unhealthy behaviors and are your perfect self so to speak if you've lost touch with the ground of being and your own authentic wholeness likewise it doesn't matter if you do addictive patterns of behavior as long as you stay in alignment and grounded in your own authentic wholeness the way i see it is that kind of layers of reality and that the most root layer of our experience is our own ability or conscious ability to connect with the ground of being in our own authentic wholeness and then emotions and behaviors and thoughts are all more superficial layers on top of that root layer and why that matters is when you look at it that way it's no longer paradoxical because yes you may get it right so to speak in those upper more superficial layers however if you do it while losing contact with your own integrity it's wrong