To summarize this vital point, man wrongly believes that he possesses a separate self, an individual ego. This false idea causes fear, loneliness, neurosis. It throws him into conflict with other people who are also under the illusion of having separate selves. No man is apart from the whole, from the all. Man is one with the universe.
Human beings are like dozens of ponds, each reflecting the light from the same moon.
This is not philosophy, this is fact. The situation takes charge of you 2. It is one or the other. There is no third choice. So it is important to examine both of them.