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Descending from the infinite vacuum of pure consciousness, individual beings are nested within the cosmic hierarchy. On the physical level, humans perceive separateness; on higher levels, awareness overlaps and merges into unity.
This evolution reflects a journey from separation toward unity, from individual consciousness to collective omnipresence. Just as individual organ cells contribute to the whole body, each consciousness contributes to the universal mind.
Merging with the Ultimate: Returning Home to the Void
The ultimate experience, as Bentov describes, is returning to the void—the source of all creation. Through profound spiritual practice or spontaneous enlightenment, level after level of separateness dissolves, revealing the eternal, unchanging consciousness.