Are there really other selves at all

[anagogy]

I cannot thank everyone enough for your replies.
Can I ask one more question since some seem to get where my thoughts are headed. Beyond all veil.
You evidently got there before me.

Do you then believe literally the Law of One? That there are 4th 5th etc dimiensions and that we individually progress toward full unity aka source where at that point and not before individual beings are no longer?

My issue is that now understanding the we being one thing I see no reason to believe that all of that isn't just further veiling to give more depth to this incarnation. There really is no reason for all of it to exist. very simply we could just as effectively return to source be absorbed then a new incarnation begin direct from the creator. There is no need for the ladder climb, except to give a storey to incarnations that know something isn't quite right. I loved the ladder climb but can I trust it?

I believe in the density structure as expounded by Ra.  What we interpret as the "ladder climb" is simply the hierarchical nature of the illusion.  And it is as much a part of the experience of the creator knowing itself as this plane of 3rd density is.  In each density, the "veiled consciousness" releases a bit more of the illusion which give us a slightly less distorted perspective on the infinity that is.  It all exists for the creator to know itself against the background of that which it is not.  The experience of "growth" is a valuable part of the creator's knowing itself.  Each density provides a unique platform for experiencing that.  The densities allow us to gradually wake up to the infinity that we are.  Going back to the rainbow/white light analogy.  It is similar to spending some time appreciating each color of the rainbow before going back to the broader perspective of them all merged together as pure white light.