The third circle is divided into six segments that represent the six realms of mind and existence - gods, demigods, humans, animals, hungry ghosts, and hell beings. Rebirth in the higher realms occurs if skillful actions predominated in previous lives, while unskillful actions mean the lower realms. The six segments can also represent six states of mind which we can experience here and now, in our present human existence. Sometimes we can experience these states of mind so strongly that for the time being we seem actually to be living in another world - in heaven, hell, or among the hungry ghosts. Buddha appears in each of the six segments standing upright, offering something needed by the beings of each realm.