The physical World is the Self. To be more precise: the physical World — with all its incredible diversity of peoples and cultures — is the result of the unwillingness of the Self to be by itself. To be even more precise: the World is the Self celebrating itself as diversity, for the joy of companionship. The intonation here is on the two words that make up the word companionship namely companion and ship. The Self walks with itself, moves with itself, speaks to itself in a thousand tongues, and dances with itself in countless forms. The purpose of Life is thus not negation, on the contrary, the purpose of Life is Celebration.
~ Wald Wassermann