3. Am I or are we?

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The true and noble human condition was lost when man came from the eternity (space) to life (time). Time began when man was taken from the unlimited to the limited, from non-action, infinity, space, existence into action and life. From the space of liberty into the prison of time. Having lost his endless freedom man began to worry and suffer, to desire to regain his lost existence. The restoration of freedom of the soul is the sweet suffering. That does not depend with this, is not suffering. Suffering is the loss of soul liberty. And if we can talk about fear, it's a fear of not finding the returning way to the One. Outside of this, if somebody talks about fear, it is only the concern for the tomorrow material life, which is a characteristic to the external, material sunken, shadow man.

Man is the result of the One’s reason, so a true and normal man sees his own self as an illusion/vision, being the potential possibility and means to implement the One’s world here upon Earth. to determine itself result needs a reference point, which is always the One. Our question is how do we determine ourselves here and now in this time and space? The symbol of this self-determination is the equilateral cross putted in the circle, the first known and preserved form of the cross, which refers to space definition, to finding the centre of the soul, where the horizontal life and its representative the individual ego meets the vertical existence and its representative the universal ego. To understand this duality, we refer to the following:

a) the individual ego means "I am," in the first person, in singular, which is myself, there is nobody and nothing outside of me. In the light of this, it must also be true that besides me there are other people and the all, which is the world. The universal ego means "we are" (me and the One) the first person in plural, which means that we are similar to the One, beside us (me and the One) nobody and nothing exist. So, we are not leaved on ourselves. By our spiritual world, by knowing ourselves we gain knowledge about our inner world, which has as carrier our universal ego and about the outer world, which carrier is our individual self.

b) we have seen in the context of ego and existence that the universal self is linked with our existence. For life the individual ego and the universal ego are connected, as in life is the existence as well, as in time it is included the moment and in the moment the time. The time gate is the moment. There is a possibility of acquiring information about existence with the metaphysical transcendence, which means becoming aware of a state beyond the physical world (life). With metaphysics we do not need to exceed only what is beyond time and space, but also what exists. The noticing/information assume knowledge, awareness and consciousness. Consciousness always means self-consciousness, that is, the knowledge about me. We find this in the Scripture in the form of a revelation as “I am what I am”, that is, myself. The transcendental consciousness is the existence consciousness, so the link between the consciousness and existence, the knowledge of our soul (universal self), which is also called conscience.

c) to illustrate the distinction between the ego in our soul and me, as a first person, we use our Initiation Master revelation "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life," meaning that he is the way, the truth and the life which is the personal me. It is possible to say that our Initiating Master is the Tao. But if we interpret that my universal ego in my soul is my way and truth and my individual self is my life, then the message, the teaching is about my ego. Should there be a possible interchange between me and the ego, then we could suppose that my ego can be like his ego. Therefore, the decoded message is, that I am the model, the way, I know the hidden truths too, and life itself, comes with me. Before man arrived in time, called Paradise in the Christian terminology, at the starting point of existence the two egos, spirit and material, were joined.

d) in the context of the ego, life and world, we can say that the world is also within us. The evidence and spiritual realization is carried out by the universal ego, and the world is also outside of us, being carried out by our individual ego. The two together makes my world. So, I am the world. Who lives the inner and outer world independently is mentally weak, senseless and sleepy walking. He does not realize that the existence is conveyed by the universal ego. In every respect, we need to find the centre, the basic position within, because outside of ourselves we have no other world. So, the world is self-conscious.

e) in relation of ego and thought, it can be concluded that the rational thinking does not help in obtaining knowledge about our existence, because we experience the existence by our soul intelligence. If by rational thinking we understand two and two makes four, then our soul cannot be understood in this way. The self-consciousness of the soul can be reached in the subjectivity and vigilance of images. That is, the nearer our existence, our universal ego is, the closer we get to understand it, if we move away from our sensual experiences and perceptions. By moving away from the individual ego, we are not doing anything else but shortening our distances from the Golden Age, speeding up the process of returning to the One.

f) in the context of the ego and ourselves realization can be said that in Psychology’s interpretation man realize itself when reach its goals, plans, with other words when he is successful. The metaphysical self-realization is not about this, since realizing ourselves means that we are creating the spiritual and material world in line with the teachings of our Initiation Master and by stretching we make order. Finding ourselves at the middle of the cross is only possible with self-conscious souls. Domination over our self-consciousness is the absolute domination, when the universal ego (integrating, shining) dominate over the individual ego (separating, dark). Our self-consciousness, our faith, is tied to the universal ego, therefore means spiritual capacity. In the process of finding ourselves the goal is to attain self-consciousness.

g) in the context of the ego and the goals, the arising question is, what goals to have, life goals or existence goals? If we are assigning our existence goal (universal self) to our life goal (individual self), then we live in lie, in a projected reality, because life loses its existence. We can live in happiness if our life goals are subordinated to our existence goals. The goal always assigns the tool, because there is no goal without a tool. Not like the ignorant sails man who don't have a port, or every port is good for him. If we are aware of our purpose, we also know why in the morning we get out of bed, whether we are to enrich the material during the day, or to cultivate ourselves, our universal ego, our spirit, and prepare it every day to existence.

h) in terms of ego and intellect it can be said, that in the duality of the soul, the individual ego represents the meaningless, variable, misrepresented part, the relative soul (anima, psyche). The universal ego is the intelligent part, the absolute, constant, and unerring soul that is the spirit (spiritus, pneuma). According to the Vedas, the individual ego corresponds to the Djiva, and the universal ego to the Atman. The mind is neither meaningful nor meaningless, but the spirit is.  

Our Initiating Master teaches us the way leading to the intelligent soul, to the universal ego, by wisdom, faith, awakening, love and initiation. The Gospel is about the universal ego, the reconciliation, initiation of the One and man, and man’s returning journey to the One.