THE LIMINAL FIELD: ABSENCE

ABSTRACT (EN) Absence explores the relationship between the earthly ego and the energetic Self, showing how the ego’s lack of perception corresponds to the Self’s constant presence as the vital principle. The text explains that daily life, although the operational field of the ego, is sustained by an unacknowledged energetic layer. Introspection enables a gradual approach between ego and Self, opening the way to reciprocity and to understanding the afterlife as an energetic state already present within life. SHORT DESCRIPTION (EN) A conceptual reflection on the relationship between the earthly ego and the energetic Self. The text describes how the Self sustains life, how the ego excludes it from daily awareness, and how reciprocity between the two opens the way to a new understanding of life and the afterlife. OPENAIRE DESCRIPTION (EN) Absence examines the structural relationship between the human ego and the energetic Self, proposing that the Self is always present as the foundational support of life. The work argues that the ego, focused on daily experience, relegates the Self to a passive role, despite its essential function. Through introspection, the ego can progressively conceive the Self, enabling reciprocity and transforming the understanding of the afterlife from a post‑mortem destination into an energetic state already active within life. The text contributes to The Liminal Field by defining the ego–Self relationship as a dynamic of presence, support, and emerging awareness. EXTENDED DESCRIPTION (EN) Extended Description — Absence This work explores the asymmetry between the human ego and the energetic Self. The ego, rooted in daily life and sensory vigilance, perceives itself as the sole active presence. Yet the energetic Self is always present, functioning as the essential support that enables the human being to exist in the physical world. Daily life is described as the fixed point of human experience, but it is only the visible layer of a deeper structure. Beneath it lies the energetic field that sustains matter, regenerates the body, and allows consciousness to emerge. The ego’s failure to conceive this support relegates the Self to the role of silent witness. Introspection is presented as the mechanism that allows the ego to approach the Self. It is not psychological analysis but the capacity to conceive the energetic dimension. Through this gradual approach, ego and Self can enter a state of reciprocity — a mutual presence without overlap of roles. The text reframes the afterlife as an energetic state already active within life. The Self, which sustains the living human, is the same principle that continues beyond physical death. The “beyond” is therefore not a distant realm but the energetic foundation of existence, obscured only by the ego’s limited conception. Absence thus defines the ego–Self relationship as a dynamic of presence, support, and emerging awareness. Recognizing this reciprocity transforms both daily life and the understanding of the afterlife.