The Hero’s Eternal Journey_10: Becoming Divine

Beyond the Ego: Meeting the Divine Within

Some journeys are not crowned with a reward, but with transformation itself. The hero no longer merely fights; they evolve into a consciousness that merges with the universe. The ego dies. The soul is born. The hero approaches the center of their being and encounters the divine within.

This is a leap of consciousness. It is the liberation from the ego realm, the dissolution of attachments, the embodiment of individuation. Life begins to flow with the creative self. This is where Jung’s archetype of the Self comes alive. It is a subjective, yet deeply expansive experience—where the sacred becomes visible in the heart.

Divinization is the realization of one’s inner divinity.

This is Atman what is visible within the individual is Brahman. Consciousness shifts and expands. The brain releases DMT; the individual experiences existential wholeness. A spiritual awakening unfolds. After a long journey, the hero realizes the answer was never outside—it was always within. As the Sufis say, “The God who cannot fit into the heavens and the earth, fits within the heart of the faithful.” This awareness awakens the creative force and leads to the state of satori or maksa. In this stage, one lives in a sacred space where the conscious and unconscious meet. The ego is bypassed. One becomes truly individual, liberated, and trusts life. Ego steps back in awe. Fear is replaced by love and trust. The mind becomes still. The systems we built in childhood to survive dissolve. The victim, savior, and persecutor roles fall away.

Meeting the sacred requires transcending old coping strategies. When the ego assumes it is the center, it slips into narcissism—this is separation from essence. But when the divine plan finds a channel to express itself through conscious creation, balance is restored.

That inner place we call “the self beyond the self” becomes visible here. With surrender to the heart and essence, the experience of wholeness unfolds. This state is grounded in the principle of neither hurting nor being hurt. One who knows they are one with the other does not harm—not by choice, but by nature. As the bricks of the heart-home settle, the external world loses its power to wound you. You walk from darkness into light to fulfill your soul’s task. You root yourself in a transcendent and immanent state of being.

Looking at the often-confused concepts of individuation and individualization—individuation is union with the divine, whereas individualization can lead to isolation. When we learn to discern the relationships that nourish or deplete us, we can integrate with love at the center.

As we face the shadow and complexes, a heart-centered life begins. At first, the mind’s illusions astonish us. But it’s a step toward awakening from illusion. Being the observer, meditating, and “dying before you die”—in other words, dying to the mind in order to awaken to truth—are all part of this journey.

And in this process, surrender becomes visible…

Surrender is a conscious integration. To make it permanent is the final stage of the journey. As the hero lives in this state, synchronicities multiply. The entire universe seems to collaborate for inner growth. This is a state of service, unaffected by praise or criticism. A consciousness devoted to existence and mission arises.

Conscience becomes no longer the voice of the superego but the voice of the heart. Divinization is the alchemical union of matter and spirit. It is the unveiling of gold, of essence. With a heart-centered life, the true self becomes more visible. Trust, creativity, virtue, and reverent awe—these deepen. Every crisis, every descent into hell, opens the door to paradise.

The old self dies, and a new self is born. There is a great leap in evolution.

And this is the hero’s most sacred gift:

Union with the Divine.