The document discusses different levels of self-awareness - ego, temporary true self, and full time true self. Ego is the separate self that is unaware of the interdependence of happiness and suffering. Temporary true self can recognize both positive and negative phenomena but still experiences duality between birth and death. Full time true self has reached enlightenment through realizing the interdependence of all things and experiencing non-duality, resulting in ultimate peace and extinction of all notions. The evolution of humanity involves progressing from ego to temporary true self and ultimately to full time true self.

1. Who am I
Hitoshi Tsuchiyama
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2. "If I ask who am I then who is asking who am I, who am I and who
is listening ?" is a very interesting and deep question.
The following is my answer to the question:
Full time true self (enlightened person) never asks such a question
because s/he knows s/he is the whole cosmos. So, "Who am I?"'s
"I" is ego or temporary true self (those who are mindful
temporarily but aren't enlightened yet). Ego or temporary true self
is asking "Who am I?". The answer to "Who is listening?" has three
patterns. If ego is asking "Who am I?", only ego is listening or ego
and temporary true self are listening. If temporary true self is
asking "Who am I?", ego and temporary true self are listening.
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1. Deep Question and Answer
(ego, temporary true self, full time true self)

3. When I had two versions of myself, I asked to myself, “How can I
stop rejecting myself? How can I love myself?”. And I found out
that "I" was ego and "myself" was temporary true self as follows:
How can I (ego) stop rejecting myself (true self)?
How can I (ego) love myself (true self)?
* True self of above means temporary true self (those who are
mindful temporarily but aren't enlightened yet).
So I needed to transcend duality.
Therefore, there are three versions of oneself which are ego,
temporary true self and full time true self. Evolution of humanity
means the evolution from ego to temporary true self, and the
evolution from temporary true self to full time true self.
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2. Experience and Evolution of Humanity
(ego ⇒ temporary true self ⇒ full time true self)

4. Version ①: Ego (separate self)
(Ego can recognize wave of appearance only, in the realm of conventional truth)
Happiness
Time
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Suffering
Death
0
Duality: separation
between birth and
death, happiness
and suffering
Appearance
Birth
Ego is not aware
that happiness and
suffering are
interdependent
co-arising.
Alive sign
in the realm of
conventional truth
is amplitude
of waves.
(Appearance is manifestation
seen by eyesight. Everything
is illusion if we think.)
Unrecognized
phenomena
opposite to
appearanceReality
(Reality is true nature seen by insight.
Non-thinking. Both waves are offset to
zero, state of peace.)

5. ②: Temporary true self (non-separate self)
(True self can recognize both waves, in the realm of conventional truth)
Happiness
Time
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Birth
Be humble to avoid
over-joy (gratitude,
humility, love)
Suffering
Death
0
Transform
suffering to
happiness
(compassion)
Phenomena
opposite to
appearance
Appearance
Temporary true
self is not aware
that happiness and
suffering are
interdependent
co-arising.
Duality: separation
between birth and
death, happiness
and suffering
Reality

6. ③: Full time true self (non-separate self)
(Both waves are extinct by interference, in the realm of ultimate truth)
(Happines)
s
(Time)
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No Birth
Non-duality: non-
separation between
birth and death,
happiness and suffering
(Suffering)
No Death
0
Full Enlightenment:
Middle Way: Peace, Calm
Full time true self is aware
that happiness and
suffering are
interdependent co-arising.
Extinction of
all notions
(Nirvana)