Since the modern era, the concepts of past, present, and future have become increasingly tangible. Scientific progress and archaeological discoveries have grown considerably. The individual, a traveler on a perpetual convoy, rediscovers his origins, convinced that he may have existed long before populating the Earth. The immutable world and the mutable world are confronted.
Our interaction with the themes of ego, meditation, contemplation, and the soul has experienced a rise in one direction and a fall in the other over the last few decades. Many themes as old as the world remain today as novel as first love. The individual is adapting to its emotional, selfish, and physical environment.
Our soul is a universal concept, while our ego is perceived as an obstacle, especially when it finds itself in uncertainty or an ambiguous situation, as if caught between two worlds.
Our life is divided into two modes: the evolutionary mode, initially, and the involutionary mode, subsequently. Thus, throughout this journey, the limitations of illusion, which we commonly refer to as matter, are present.
This existence is the result of human activity, which therefore reflects motives, causes, and actions. A more attentive awareness allows us to adjust the parameters of illusion and the ephemeral.
The universe functions in the same way as the brain, which facilitates learning and the memorization of information. We are all beings with emotions and spiritual aspirations. The capacity for intelligence, as complex as it is resilient, does not always orient itself in appropriate directions. The soul and the brain, which originally constitute distinct states due to matter, remain subject to confusion even today.
The brain, surrounded by the soul, therefore emits all our actions, while the ego supports these actions. He uses his intellect to achieve this goal. This is perceived as a fundamental principle of the universe
A perspective that conceals an imperceptible portion, with one exception, leads to the conclusion that the universe does not possess an ego.
Humans live in a body surrounded by a mental envelope and an ego.
Here is a residence: the ego.
Here's a second one: brain or body.
Time. Since relativity, the universe can be described as a "block" where past, present, and future coexist. Einstein wrote, shortly before his death, that the distinction between these three times is merely an illusion, however persistent. Science thus makes time more tangible, but also more relative.
The origins. The heavy atoms in our bodies were forged in vanished stars. We therefore "existed" materially long before Earth, which gives concrete meaning to the traveler in a perpetual convoy.
Brain and the Universe. In 2020, Vazza and Feletti compared the cosmic web and the brain's neural network. They noted striking structural similarities. This is an analogy of form, not proof of identical function.
The ego. Neuroscience describes the self as a construct. The default mode network, linked to self-rumination, shows decreased activity in experienced meditators (Brewer et al., 2011). No "seat" of the ego has been found.
The soul. Science does not recognize the soul. The "hard problem" of consciousness (Chalmers, 1995) remains open. The idea of a brain that filters or transmits consciousness, defended by William James, has not been proven.
A universe without ego. The cosmological principle posits a universe without a center or privileged viewpoint on a large scale. This aligns with the idea of a universe without ego.
Evolutionary and involutive. Biological evolution has no fixed direction. The expansion of the universe and increasing entropy do not equate to an "involutive" phase. These terms belong to metaphysics.
Vedanta distinguishes three bodies—gross, subtle, and causal—and the Taittiriya Upanishad five sheaths; the Atman inhabits them. The ego (ahamkara) is part of the inner organ along with the mind, intellect, and memory. Creation unfolds (pravritti) and then dissolves (nivritti): an evolutionary and involutionary movement. Maya is the limitation of matter.
The three times (past, present, future) converge in the present moment. The consciousness-receptacle (alaya-vijñana) retains the seeds of actions, like a memory.
The Tabernacle had three spaces: the outer court, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies, an image of three increasingly inner dwellings. The soul existed before birth, according to the Talmud.
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” (Jeremiah 1:5). Augustine, in the Confessions (XI), meditates on the past, present, and future within the soul.
The primordial covenant (Quran 7:172): souls recognized their Lord before coming to earth. Rumi describes humankind's evolution from mineral to vegetable, then to animal, and finally to human.
Plato teaches recollection: to know is to remember what the soul saw before birth (Meno, Phaedo).
Time is no longer a distant arrow: it can be touched. By searching the earth and scrutinizing the sky, we rediscover our traces. The traveler in the perpetual convoy senses that he walked long before he set foot on this ground.
The ego and the soul have always brushed against each other. These themes, as old as the world, remain as fresh as first love. The soul is universal; the ego wavers between two worlds, and we make it an obstacle.
Life unfolds in two breaths: one that expands, the other that contracts. Throughout, matter, as we call it, unfurls its illusory boundaries. Every action is its trace, its motif, its cause, and its gesture. A more attentive consciousness gradually loosens its web.
The universe learns and retains information like a brain. The brain envelops the soul, and the ego, through its intellect, supports every action taken. Yet, from the perspective of what eludes us, the universe has no ego.
Humans live in a body, clothed in a mental envelope, and crowned with an ego.
Here is one residence: the ego.
Here is a second: the body, the brain.
The third does not show itself. It has no door: it is the house itself, and it is from there that everything is contemplated.
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