He wavers between understanding himself as a mere particle in the universe determined by the winds of fate and as a free, active being who determines his own destiny, one who is not shaped by the world, but rather, shapes it to his own desires. He stands both within the world and above it. It may be hard to define just what exactly is wrong with the world, but there is no question that something is wrong with it. And not only that, but something is wrong with man, himself. Man is not as he ought to be.
Man continually dreams of a better world and a better existence.
I and the Supreme Power As Calvin put it, every man is endowed with a sensus divinitatis which, though not enough to save him, is enough to convince him that there is a Power above and beyond him and also to condemn him for rebelling against this power. Even when he never takes the time and trouble deliberately to ponder on them and to penetrate into them, still his whole way of living already implies an answer, and is an answer. That is why we find these five focus points in every religion and in every human life, even in that of the so-called nonreligious man. But one must still ask what practical use Bavinck's Five Magnetic Points can be in understanding worldviews. The most significant help is that they assist to distinguish the spirit of the age.