We all live a secret double life on the Astral Planes while we sleep at night.
Most people have no clue about this and most spiritual and astral travel sources do not mention this because they are not aware of this either.
You can call this part the “Dark Hero”.
A part of you, working in the background on important astral stuff but also as an adjustment force of your current incarnation.
If you are not ready to meet the Dark Hero (your hidden Second Self on the Astral), then the Dark Hero will always stay hidden in the background and, like an invisivble force, continue to be pulling the strings.
This is the Shadow behind the Shadow.
99.99% of the Shadow Work that people do is only related to the “first shadow”, aka the shadow part of the incarnational self, because they are not aware of the Dark Hero in the background.
When “evil Rey Palpatine” gets lost in her game inside the Matrix, the Dark Hero in the background, “Dark Rey”, needs to step in, change the plot, and introduce new unforeseen plot twists into the game.
There is much more planning and strategizing going on in the background than most realize.
While you are the Director and Actor in your own movie (incarnation and personal reality bubble), there are still consultants, make up artists, location scouts, talent scouts, negotiators, financiers, legal folks, marketing and sales people etc. working in the backgroung without you even noticing it.
Some souls have several thousand friends and astral helpers and guides working with them.