From the egoic perspective, the way to rise above the limited individual is to seek and find a “bigger cause,” something in the collective, something that unites, something that transcends. If there are separate individuals, i.e. egoic identities, then of course, unity is conceptualized as bringing said separate individuals and groups together, in dissolving boundaries, in uniting them into one… without realizing that this kind of uniting is always (dividing) against some perceived “other,” even if that other it is something systemic or environmental or historic or psychic or circumstantial… only succeeding in perpetuating the belief in separation, of the separate individual, and never actually transcending it!
In Realization, the individual entity is no longer called to be risen above or transcended, as it is seen as non-existent in the first place! So, paradoxically, there is no “bigger cause” than the perceived individual, the apparent locus of One consciousness, and it is seen that what happens within is what happens in the (apparent) collective. Thus, the seeking and finding of causes ends. It is seen that I am at cause and I am the cause. Unity is this realization: I am the One. Every perceived other is a reflection, a version, an aspect of the OneSelf that I am. To simply to see this is to unite with “them.” (more…)
Reflections and Revelations 