386 THE BIOCOSMOS PARTICULARIZED. 



viduation springs of Earth-life, which as Na- 

 ture must produce this separation in order to 

 exist as process. Why take the trouble to be 

 born that you may die ! That is just your pen- 

 alty for getting alive ; you as so much Life are 

 a part of the total Earth-life, which after hav- 

 ing separated or individuated you, demands 

 you back as its own. Your final malady, 

 verily the malady of all maladies, is your liv- 

 ing individuality, which, however is not yours, 

 and which you must give back to the owner. 

 Meanwhile who are you? Perchance a Self 

 or an Ego which has transcended Life, even 

 Earth-life, by getting its separation (or in- 

 dividuation) inside itself, not imposed from 

 the outside, and which can divide within itself 

 and be its other, while still remaining itself. 

 Thus rises a new kind of individuality, not 

 that of Life, but of Spirit. Not till the indi- 

 vidual can put this outer separation of the 

 Earth-life inside himself, can he persist, hav- 

 ing his own individuation within himself, and 

 thus mastering his own limit of life. Or we 

 may say that the Universal of himself is no 

 longer external, but internal, and indeed has 

 become his very process. Or to use a still 

 different expression, the individual has now 

 mastered his own negative in Life and made 

 the same his servant. For the living indi- 

 vidual is one-sided and hence perishable 



