Life is in the shape of a circle
Life is a circular cycle in which life takes place. The cycle describes the process of learning as well as the continuity and seamless nature of life.
Immediately after birth, humans begin to observe and study the world around them and themselves. Even though a small child is not yet able to express themselves or articulate their thoughts, they still make observations about the world and their environment. From their very first breaths, humans begin to interpret and learn about life, adapt to it, and discover possible ways to progress on their personal journey through life. Children observe and register things until they begin to observe their existence by noticing not only others but also their own existence. Children realize that they have the opportunity to learn to move and act independently, after which they begin the first stages of exploration in life.
This journey of discovery is what should be cherished in life. Even though children are not yet very aware of themselves, it is still very interesting to note that they are driven by curiosity to learn to move, to learn to control themselves and, through this, to aim for wherever their curiosity takes them. To different places and things, people and situations. However, all this requires new learning and assimilation. Getting to know and understand oneself. In this case, the child goes through a similar circular learning process, in which the child makes observations and analyses.
The child thinks about how to stand against a chair, falls over, and tries again, constantly finding better support and insights into how to do it better. Once they have mastered their balance, they move on to taking steps. Gradually, after several practice sessions, the child learns to walk, then run and move actively.
This explosive surge of success and learning, recognizing things and events, observing and analyzing, self-awareness, and changing and adopting things pushes the child forward in this great adventure of life. Even though a child’s intelligence and awareness are not very great, this invisible internal motor, even a force called curiosity, drives the child to act and move forward despite all obstacles.
What is this inner force and engine? What drives a person, even as a child, to act and push themselves forward toward an undefined answer about themselves and their environment? What lies behind the curiosity and emptiness that drives people forward on this same path, which begins in childhood?
Exploring an event or issue, analyzing its nature, self-examination, insight and realization, and changing thoughts and actions. This is the six-step cycle of self-examination.
Why does this happen? Why do people drive themselves into situations and events? Why are people not satisfied with a basic life and a steady existence, but must have something else, something that brings something?
As with this child, a similar curiosity remains at the core and in the depths of human beings. The same void exists regardless of how life may appear at the moment. Even if everything seems to be fine on the surface, there is an inexplicable uncertainty and dissatisfaction with something bubbling up inside. Even if things are fine on the surface and life is stable or even happy, the fundamental question of humanity and personal existence still rises to the surface. For some, it rears its head at certain intervals in various choices or situations. For others, it arises in connection with various crises or breakdowns in their existence.
Who am I? What am I? What should I be? Even though everything is fine, why do I still feel this way?
However, people often look for answers to inexplicable questions everywhere except within themselves. They prefer to try to change external things in their lives, completely forgetting to look and see themselves. No one seems to even see that all this uncertainty and dissatisfaction happens within the person themselves, not outside of them. People may not even understand how to look at themselves or see that there is any need to do so.
This kind of emptiness exists in all people. The same emptiness and curiosity that guides and tries to bring them to the surface, manifesting itself in people as different experiences and feelings. Is this in itself the greatest driving force of humanity, or is there something else behind it?
Since the dawn of time, many different ways have been invented to fill this curiosity and emptiness, this undefined void. Despite attempts to fill this void with various external things, there are also many different philosophies and ideas about life that can help people learn and understand themselves better. This is the only solution and the so-called ”right” way to get there. Various methods of self-development and tools for getting to know oneself offer relief from this confusing curiosity. People are satisfied when they get answers, but their thirst for knowledge does not go away. This eternal thirst and need for answers turns into a secure confidence in life, but the deep-seated curiosity does not seem to fade. The deeper a person delves into themselves and their understanding of themselves and their life, the greater the need to find an answer to the most fundamental question. The question of the source and core behind everything, from which the totality of human existence springs.
There is no single correct or effective solution that works equally well for every person and individual. Like the texts written by great thinkers and philosophers, no matter how good and instructive they are to read and how much they offer for a person’s personal journey of discovery, they are not the truth. They are not the solution for anyone other than the people who wrote them. Of course, the methods and tools found in them work for other people too, but the personal journey of self-discovery must be undertaken by each individual themselves. Understanding and independent thinking must also be built entirely by oneself and in one’s own image, because in the end, everyone is a completely unique individual.
It is good to learn from these truly brilliant life lessons, but also to question everything and rebuild everything completely. You must create your own thoughts and your own truth, and build a path to your deepest core. Just as a child does in all its wisdom, building itself from scratch by learning everything thoroughly on its own.
Personal self-examination is therefore only a scratch on the surface and a kind of gateway to this path to finding one’s deepest core. Often, this self-examination provides the necessary first aid for these empty questions of life, creating the illusion that this is all there is and that it is the end of the line, an understanding of self-examination and an understanding of oneself, even though this is only the beginning. This provides a guideline for the path that human curiosity leads us down. A path to the deepest core of humanity. That is why this self-examination should be done as deeply and as broadly as possible. To find out about oneself and to clear away everything unnecessary and superfluous from life. To purify the mind of unnecessary things and allow a path to a new depth to emerge. Examine things from as many different angles as possible and try to find the path to where this curiosity leads. A path towards understanding, acceptance and, ultimately, letting go and giving up everything (Miettinen, 2019a).
In hypercubism, the inner world includes a fourth dimension, that of the mind and thought, as well as self-examination. Although the six-step self-examination method is placed in the third dimension in metatronics, self-examination is nevertheless a mental process. An event or matter is not examined as a physical event, but possible physical factors are also taken into account in the process of examining the event or matter conceptually. The mind and thought interpret what has happened or is happening in the third dimension, and these things then happen concretely in the third dimension.
Whereas emotions are experienced as bodily sensations in the third dimension, this bodily sensation is information for the fourth dimension. The mind and thought in the fourth dimension create a concept and give a name to this feeling. One can say, ”I am afraid.” The fifth dimension, on the other hand, is the one that ponders, ”Why am I afraid?”
The difference between animals and humans is that when an animal is afraid, it fights or flees. An animal does not think about why it is afraid, but acts on instinct. Humans are able to examine this feeling, fear, and question its significance. At this point, Aristotle’s theory of the soul, presented earlier, resonates strongly.
When we consider the importance of self-examination, it is obvious. When we take the emotion of fear, for example, fear can sometimes be nothing more than an illusion created by thought structures. Nevertheless, the feeling experienced is real. Through self-examination, it is possible to get to the root of these thought structures and thereby dismantle beliefs that cause unnecessary fear. If beliefs do not correspond to facts, or if they are inconsistent, the causes of fear can disappear through the dismantling of these beliefs.
Mind and thought, the fourth dimension
Whereas Renaissance painters relied on geometric rules to perceive reality, Cubists sought to depict their works through the fourth dimension. Renaissance painters relied on Euclid’s theory of perception, while Cubist thinking was inspired by the theory of relativity and Reimann’s new way of thinking about geometry…
…The fourth dimension is the dimension of the mind and thought. While the third dimension has three different coordinates, the fourth dimension is thought to have four. According to Albert Einstein’s (1879-1955) theory, the fourth dimension would be time (Kaku, 1994, p. 27). The third dimension is a provable and observable fact in theory as well as in practice, while theories about the fourth dimension are based on speculation.
Whereas in three-dimensional physical reality, reality is based on unchanging rules, in the fourth dimension, operating on the level of the mind and thought, there are no limits. Humans construct their reality by perceiving and receiving information from the third-dimensional reality, but also by constructing their image of reality in the fourth dimension, in the mind and in thought. If an individual’s perception or experience of reality changes in the mind and thought, it also changes the perception of third-dimensional reality. If the mind and thought are not based on facts and unchanging factors of reality, then there are contradictions in the third dimension and in the ways of thinking in the fourth dimension. In such a situation, the whole, thought of in the form of an equation, does not work. However, if reality has been built from the beginning on an unreal basis at the level of thought, it may be difficult to even notice that one is living in a reality where there are any contradictions. The third and fourth dimensions interact strongly with each other, because the individual lives in the third dimension, and the human mind and thought are located within the individual itself. The third dimension provides information to the fourth, and the fourth dimension in turn affects the third through reactions.
The fourth dimension can produce information for the third, which is usually an individual’s interpretation or reaction to information based on previous information constructed from the third dimension (Miettinen, 2024).
During pregnancy, the uterus is thought to be a completely dark place. However, strong light directed at the mother’s abdomen has been shown to cause changes in the fetal heartbeat. By spraying sweet water into the amniotic fluid, it has also been observed that the fetus’s swallowing movements increase, while spraying a bitter substance causes swallowing to decrease. Internal information structures, or models, are factors that children construct based on their experiences. At first, action patterns govern the child’s relationship with the surrounding world: understanding of the environment comes as the child acts within it. Thinking that works with images is perception that takes place in the mind. Internal models become more complex as development progresses to the level of symbol formation and language (Psychology 2, p. 39). The child thus begins to interact with external information. At the age of 1.5-2 years, a sensitive period for language acquisition begins. An essential condition for language acquisition is the awakening of symbolic function. Symbolic function refers to the understanding of signs, such as pictures , in such a way that they represent something. This enables the child to associate a word with a familiar object. As the child understands that words have meaning, they develop a desire to know the names of objects. Children actively learn language by constructing internal models related to language. Language is a tool for thinking. The child’s self-awareness develops as the objects of their emotions become more stable. (Himberg et al., 1995, pp. 31, 50, 51, 53, 68).
Thinking and reality
The individual as a recipient of information
Life is based to a large extent on receiving and sharing different kinds of information. An individual receives information about themselves, but also shares a great deal of different information with their environment in a single day. When developing oneself, it is a good idea to examine what kind of information one receives on a daily basis, what it consists of, and what kind of impact it has on oneself. However, information from outside sources is one of the biggest influences in the construction of an individual’s personal reality. Therefore, it is a good idea to examine how information affects you, how you relate to it, and why…
…Usually, your own attitude toward information affects how you react to it. If the information is pleasant, such as a compliment or a kind remark, the reaction may be one of pleasure. If the information is unpleasant, such as verbal abuse or a threat, the reaction may be anger or fear. Your reaction is largely influenced by your own attitude towards the issues in question. A reaction caused by fear in an individual can therefore send very similar information about the individual to the outside world if the information does not change within the individual. The ideal outcome would be for the information to reach the individual and, through understanding and acceptance, be transformed into something that can be let go of. In this case, there would be no need to react to the information, and the individual would let go of it themselves…
…In its simplicity, the individual receives information that is processed within the individual, and the individual has the opportunity to choose what kind of information to send back, or whether to send anything at all. During such a series of events, the individual engages in a dialogue with their own ways of thinking, ways of relating, and the various feelings that the information evokes. If one is aware of all these aspects, understands where each one comes from, and is able to determine the cause-and-effect relationship between things and link them to possible feelings, then one is aware of the things happening within oneself and the possible reactions that the series of events might cause. All that remains is to choose how to face these things and how to react to them as an individual, regardless of what the information contains.
To put it even more simply, one could think of an individual as merely interacting with different things, regardless of what is pleasant or unpleasant to anyone. Things within the individual interact with each other, which generally creates an understanding of what is pleasant and unpleasant for the individual. However, objectively examining things and leaving them unjudged leaves them as just things (Miettinen, 2019d).
In human life, various equations constantly recur, which individuals attempt to solve through thinking. For example, mathematical problems require problem-solving thinking. Striving for self-understanding, but also understanding the surrounding reality, requires thinking. Imagination and daydreaming also play an important role, and these ways of thinking are unlimited. In psychology, thinking is considered the most advanced cognitive function. Thinking requires other information processing functions, such as memory and attention, which shape information to make it suitable for thinking. In psychology, thinking is considered the result of evolution. Humans differ from other animals in their language and thinking abilities, even though animals are also capable of perception and memory on some level. Humans interact with the information provided by their environment and combine it with their previous experiences. This enables them to act in a rational manner (Psychology 3, p. 105). Thinking is therefore an essential factor in human interaction with the environment. One of the most important factors in thinking is concepts. Concepts develop even before we can speak and understand language, but it is these skills that enable a diverse conceptual world. Language not only aids thinking, but also serves as a means of interaction to express our thoughts to others. We can speak or listen, write or read, and use these means to convey or receive information. This helps us to understand or be understood. It is also possible to consciously develop our thinking. Concepts play a significant role in maintaining order in the world of phenomena. Concepts enable us to observe, interpret, and communicate, thus serving as tools for thinking (Näätänen et al., 2003 , pp. 106, 108). One of the most revolutionary moments in human history was the emergence of language. The development of language has created the conditions for processing observations by developing thinking. Language has enabled people to structure things creatively and meaningfully. Language is also a means of communication between people, but also a tool for expressing thoughts (Lyytinen et al., 2003, p. 164).
Problem solving
Solving a problem or searching for a solution to a problem?
In mathematics, there is a task. An equation that produces a solution, for example, 5+5=10. Here, 5+5 is the equation to be solved. The number 10 is the solution. Things and problems contain equations like this. Problem and solution, situation and solution. The most important thing is to know what the real problem is. It is easy to look for solutions instead of problems.
For example: a person has a headache and takes painkillers. Does that solve the real problem? Why does the person have a headache?
Often, solving the problem takes precedence over understanding the problem itself. The most effective approach would be to understand the problem, which will inevitably lead to a solution. If the person has a headache because they are not drinking enough water, the problem will be solved without having to make unnecessary solutions. Unnecessary solutions are simply unnecessary…
…When you understand problems, only solutions remain. That is why understanding problems in life helps to make life simpler. Very often, problems follow the same equation. Things are different, but the problem or event can essentially be the same. As your understanding of different problems grows, you can apply the same solution to different problems. You could even talk about just one solution to different problems (Miettinen, 2019a).
We all understand the definition of a problem. There is a goal or objective we want to achieve, but there is an obstacle between point A, the starting point, and point B, the goal. We then have to figure out what this obstacle, or problem, is in order to reach point B. (Miettinen, 2019b)
Psychology uses a solution process model that consists of three components: the initial state, the target state, and the means, i.e., the actions that will lead to the target state. In the solution process, the aim is to change the situation perceived as a problem towards the target state. Solving a problem requires identifying the problem, using the information stored in memory, and learning as the solution progresses. Problem solving therefore involves reasoning, observation, and defining goals. Redefining the problem itself also makes problem solving more effective. Instead of looking for a solution to the problem, focusing on the problem itself is also harmful. (Näätänen et al., 2003, p.118 )
Information and life
From knowledge to understanding
Knowing is easy. It is easy to know what is best for a friend or what to eat. It is also easy to know why something is not good, but it is another matter whether one understands it…
…Knowledge is good, but knowledge is nothing without understanding. Understanding means fully internalizing the whole. If 5+5=10, you may well know why the answer is 10. But it is another matter to understand why the answer is ten. So what is the meaning of the number five in the equation, or what is the meaning of the plus sign in the equation? You may have seen the equation and the answer somewhere before and know that the answer is ten.
But do you still understand why the answer is ten?
There is a lot of so-called ”knowledge” that has little basis in reality. There are fairy tales and stories, as well as many different theories. You can certainly say that you know you are wearing socks because you feel and see them on your feet, and you can also touch them. That is concrete.
Experience turns knowledge into understanding. Experience of how knowledge works in practice…
…Knowledge and understanding are essential for progress in life. Life is full of knowledge and ideas that lead to understanding. Different ideas about how to live, eat, sleep, love, learn, and get along. There are countless books and words of wisdom on all of these topics, but true understanding must be found within oneself. One must take responsibility for understanding and for learning to understand. There is plenty of knowledge, but is there understanding?
When you learn to understand information, it becomes easier to recognize whether it is practical or impractical. It may turn out that the information is only theory or opinion. Without researching and understanding information, it is just information. It is therefore necessary to at least find out about information and theories and understand them before putting them into practice (Miettinen, 2019a).
Knowledge could therefore also be thought of as information. Knowledge, for example theory, is a body of information consisting of separate information structures, which in turn consist of information factors.
According to psychology, self-concept and worldview are the most important structures of the knowledge base. Other experiential knowledge is built around the core area of self-concept. However, throughout their lives, people can influence their knowledge systems. Individuals can develop their problem-solving skills or, for example, their self-expression. It is possible to question one’s personal ways of thinking and build one’s understanding to correspond to reality. Critical thinking is characteristic of skilled thinking, which is an evaluative approach to information. In psychology, the term ”reflective process” is used to describe ”thinking about thinking.” (Näätänen et al., 2003, p. 132)
At this point, it is necessary to highlight a way of thinking that is essential to hypercubism and to offer a slight criticism of the psychological view.
Hypercubism considers the fourth dimension of mind and thought to be the space where thinking takes place. So is it possible for thought to examine its own thinking? If there is a need to question thinking, can thinking question itself? Shouldn’t this be possible to examine objectively? When we examine our thinking objectively, the examiner must be outside of thinking. Subjective thinking cannot simultaneously be an objective examiner. Hypercubism presents a solution to this problem. Fifth-dimensional consciousness is the observer and questioner of this idea, but also the developer of intellectual solutions.
In psychology, the information system that is also thought of is the one that the fifth-dimensional consciousness examines. In hypercubism, these ”models” are thought of as thought structures that consciousness can examine through self-reflection. When examining these structures, the consistency of the elements they contain and the equations they contain are taken into account. This makes it possible to examine the contradictions that arise in thinking through thought structures, resolve them, and construct them in a more consistent and practical way.
When psychology states that the information system is connected to emotions and physiological reactions, these emotions and reactions are caused by thought structures and the ways of thinking and acting that they bring about, according to hypercubism. If these thought structures can be accessed, processed, and made more practical, emotions and reactions become unnecessary.
Creativity
Creativity and imagination
There are two essential factors in creative problem solving: versatility and abundance of ideas. A creative individual is able to generate and process different ideas when looking for improvements or encountering problems. They are able to consider different paths constructed by the mind and process more options than less creative people. Such individuals are also able to use their imagination to explore numerous possibilities, selecting the most important ideas and developing them further (Raudsepp, 1981, p. 116). Creativity is about creation, and every individual has the potential to create something. It is an interesting topic to examine what serves as a source of creativity or where creative ideas and thoughts originate.
As mentioned earlier, humans receive information, but they also produce it in their minds and thoughts. However, the information received does not necessarily return in the same form, but changes shape through thinking or via thinking. It is therefore possible for an individual to play with information in their mind and thoughts, shape it to their liking in the fourth dimension, and produce it using various methods in the third dimension. This phenomenon is also called imagination.
One could therefore think of imagination as a tool for shaping and constructing information in the mind, while creativity is the process of transforming it from information into something concrete. A good example of this is art, in which individuals have the opportunity to express their visions from the level of the mind and thought into something concrete, such as a painting or sculpture. Creativity is therefore a practical action, while imagination is a tool that works in the mind and thoughts. I believe that creative imagination is one of the only activities in which all dimensions interact with each other on some level simultaneously. Without the information provided by the third dimension, there would be little material for the imagination, while without the mind and thoughts of the fourth dimension, there would be no way to process information. Without the self-awareness brought about by the fifth dimension, would the fourth dimension’s mind and thought question the perception of information at all, or would there be a need to change it into something else?
However, an individual’s creative output is greatly influenced by the views of the mind and thought, as well as experiences of various events and things. For example, building a house is just as creative as painting. If one has been taught and learned to build a house in a certain way, it is very likely that the end result will be similar to what one has learned. However, at the individual level, one often notices that people either possess or discover new ways of doing things, such as building the aforementioned house. In this case, the individual uses their imagination to discuss in their mind and thoughts whether the thing in question could be done differently. Despite a similar end result, the process may have been very different, in which case the individual has used their individual creativity in their work.
The essence of creativity; where creativity comes from
I believe that creativity is closely linked to the process of learning and developing as an individual, but also to the need to find ways to express things and reality . As the father of a small child, it has been interesting to observe how a small child can independently seek creative solutions to learn to walk or overcome various obstacles. It is fascinating to think about what drives children to learn and develop at their age level. A one-year-old does not yet have much capacity for consistent or purposeful learning.
I believed that the curiosity I was thinking about was related to a situation in which human life is guided by two opposing forces, primitivism and intelligence. Unlike animals, which are guided by primitive, even scripted programming and are incapable of making conscious choices, humans have the ability to make choices and learn from them. Today, however, I believe that this intelligence is related to fifth-dimensional consciousness. Consciousness also includes the primal nature programmed into animals. Instead of this curiosity, I believe that fifth-dimensional consciousness is the built-in guide within humans that directs children to learn and create, just like adults. In this case, creativity and its core can also be found in the same place, within the human being itself. Creativity is merely a means of verifying, through imagination, an idea formed from information that is built on the basis of self-awareness and higher consciousness. Creativity is therefore only one factor and tool in the process of learning and understanding, but also in the manifestation of the fourth dimension of mind and thought in the reality of the third dimension (Miettinen, 2024).
In psychology, creativity is considered to be a trait associated with skilled information processing. It is seen as the ability to find meaningful and even unusual solutions to different situations instead of relying on pre-learned models. Creativity as a problem-solving tool usually involves mastering comprehensive sets of information and solving a series of problems. Creativity is also linked to intelligence. (Näätänen et al., 2003, pp. 134, 135)
Contemplation
Moment
Meditation is an important part of life. It provides practice in pausing, being present, and observing one’s own thoughts. It helps us notice what a moment in life is. It helps us come back to the moment in life. It helps us stop and observe the moment, the world at that moment, and our emotional landscape. It helps us connect with the world and be present in life.
Learning to meditate and pause is important, but even more important is to be consciously present in life. To be aware of your own thoughts and being. To strive to get rid of all unnecessary and burdensome factors and to consider what you need and do not need to think about. Try to think about the origin of your thoughts before they start to accumulate. Try to deal with your feelings, issues, and thoughts as soon as they arise, in the moment.
Stop putting things off until later and take responsibility for the moment you are living in. Face your feelings and issues honestly and immediately, without running away, when they arise. Make it clear to yourself what you want and how you want things to be in your life and use them as guidelines for your choices. Strive to make choices in the moment, not in the future.
Life happens all the time in the moment, here and now. There is no yesterday or tomorrow, but there is a future, and it will come in its own time. If you put all your energy into the present moment, you will have much more strength to face things and deal with the issues that are happening right now. Then it will be easier to focus on the issues of the moment, tackle them, and deal with them immediately.
If you think about a weekend trip that is six months away, it takes away space from other thoughts. If you think about what happened at a party last week, that is also pointless. These are unnecessary burdens because these things do not yet exist or no longer exist. Thinking about past events in particular is pointless and only takes away your energy. It does not move you forward, nor does it make you happy. Nor does it change anything. All these things are out of the present moment.
Self-examination and observation are important in life because when you can strip yourself of all unnecessary thoughts, the moment becomes more pleasant. All the energy you use on unnecessary things is now available for the moment you are in right now.
If there is nothing to hold on to or think about, the moment is at its most beautiful. Pure presence. Silence, calmness, and contentment. Emptiness of mind and gratitude. A warm feeling of just being. This only requires learning to live in the moment.
The moment is the same for everyone, and everyone experiences it and relates to it in their own way. Everyone also understands it in their own way, and everyone has the opportunity to make it their own. This is necessary, because the moment is where life is happening right now (Miettinen, 2019a).
Meditation exercises have been found to affect consciousness. In a method also known as meditation, one sits in solitude, repeating a mantra and quieting oneself. Experienced meditators have been found to have very low oxygen consumption, which indicates that the body is in a very relaxed state. (Näätänen et al., 2003, p. 162)
This leads to the following consideration. Years ago, I participated in meditation and yoga sessions where we discussed, quieted ourselves for meditation, and fell into silence. During meditation, it was important to relax the body, but also to try to quiet the mind. This was indeed successful.
Today, when I think about it more carefully, it makes consciousness as a separate factor a very logical phenomenon. When the body is relaxed, i.e., when you are not consciously using your body and consciously choose not to think, all that remains is conscious presence. If this consciousness can decide not to move and relax the body, and decide not to think and calm the mind, isn’t this consciousness then hierarchically above the body and mind? To me, at least, it appears to be a very distinct factor from the body and mind. However, this does not mean that all three of these separate factors are not in the same body.
Self-examination
The path to the core
What is humanity? What could be the path to a clearer understanding? What does it mean to be a thinking, feeling, contemplative individual, a unit, a self-sufficient and intelligent entity in the crosscurrents of life?
There is life. Life is a truly eventful and fluctuating phenomenon, greatly influenced by each person’s own personal journey from birth to the point where they are now. Life does not consist of just one significant event or thing, nor does it consist of just one significant person or entity. Life is not just one thing, but consists of many different experiences and events and the equations associated with them. Events and things that are inside events and things, like a Russian matryoshka doll. When you open the first one, there is another one inside, and inside that one there is a third, and so on.
Life is a constant change and balancing act between different things, attitudes, adaptations, and finding new paths for your own journey, thoughts, and existence. The difficulty of life is not only living life itself, but also living life with the things it contains and with yourself. And what is most exciting is how these things are linked to each other.
When, as a result of some event or issue, a person begins to question themselves or their life, or indeed everything on which they have built themselves and their life, it gives them the opportunity to ask perhaps the most important question of all:
”Why?”
”Why do I act this way? Why do I feel this way? Who am I really, where do I come from, and where am I going? What are the reasons behind my actions?”
Life becomes filled with question marks, and it is as if a person’s built-in engine is restarting. Like a child’s innocent curiosity, which takes tentative steps and touches towards everything new and wonderful, a person also gets back on their feet after falling down. The individual opens their eyes, acknowledges and recognizes the prevailing environment and reality.
”I am here. All these things are here. This is what life is made of.”
Then the curtains of the proscenium move aside and it is time to step from the theater stage into the wings…What is behind all that we see and feel? What is the answer to this greatest question, which seems to stir the deepest spark of curiosity in all people, the meaning of existence and the deepest essence of humanity? What or where is this source from which the totality of human existence springs? (Miettinen, 2019a.)
Self-examination makes the individual’s own self visible to the individual themselves. Self-examination is a tool for understanding one’s own self, but also for understanding the true nature of reality. Self-examination is a tool that integrates the individual into the structures of reality.
The purpose of life is to learn and understand, and this also includes knowing and developing oneself. The most important thing in life is to make observations, learn, feel, understand, and push oneself towards new situations and boundaries. It is important to continuously develop oneself and find out about oneself, to reflect on the true values and attitudes in life, and to strive to see the connection between oneself and the rest of the world. It is important to strive to develop one’s attitude towards everything, the connection between oneself, one’s affairs, and one’s feelings, and to strive to be aware of everything without attaching oneself to anything. In life, one should strive to shape things only when necessary (Miettinen, 2019a).
Self-examination makes everything visible. One of the most fundamental elements of hypercubism is the personal process of examining one’s own life, which makes personal awareness visible.
We go around, we come together
The circle is complete. Everything that starts from the person themselves also ends back with the person. The need for questioning that springs from the core of a person triggers a chain reaction. Curiosity that masquerades as uncertainty and fear. The feeling of emptiness that springs from the deepest core of a person can no longer be filled by daily chores, people, or thoughts. There is a need for something else. Something much stronger and greater.
People begin their lives by getting to know themselves as children, until the world begins to offer alternative stimuli. It is then easy to forget oneself and focus on something else entirely. At some point, however, a strange feeling arises from within, longing for answers. This leads people to start thinking about themselves again, about their existence and what they might be and should be.
One of the biggest questions of humanity, ”Who am I?”, rises to the surface.
Is it ever possible to even get an answer to the question of who I am and what I should be? People are constantly changing, so it is impossible to build a permanent understanding of ”who I am” or ”what I should be.” And is there really even a need for it? No matter how much you examine yourself or think about it, would the answer ultimately have any meaning?
Human life and the world around it are built to be the perfect breeding ground, and it is interesting to note how many opportunities people have to choose which direction to go and which not to go. It is as if things exist for the sole purpose of allowing people to access and explore themselves. Every existing thing, person, and thought offers an opportunity to return to where it all began. To oneself.
Humans are a tiny drop in the vast ocean of the universe. One part of a larger whole and picture. When you become aware of yourself and begin to understand yourself, it also increases your understanding of the world. All of the mechanisms of human behavior become clear, and you begin to see different equations around you as well. Everything works in a unique, consistent, and purposeful way. In the end, everything is pointless, but still nothing is pointless. Everything depends only on one’s own perspective and attitude. Life is therefore just a matter of attitude and floating between these things, and purely just being in the flow of life. You should let go of everything and live your life as lightly as possible without clinging to anything. Not to thoughts, not to feelings, not to people. You should just let everything be and go.
All of this has been here for a very long time, everything has existed without humans, and this life is a unique gift and proof of a greater and stronger design and intelligence. The difficulty of being human is equal to its ease. It all depends on how you think about it.
So there is no need to worry about anything. The circular path inevitably carries us forward, bringing similar things to learn again and again, in order to increase our ability to understand and observe. Humans are beginning to understand and accept this, and through this, to let go of everything. All that remains is the gift, the beauty of being in the moment, a pure life, and presence (Miettinen, 2019a)