The Divine Personality of Human Existence: The Final Question of Love

Soyo's Existence Ethics: Existence itself is ethics

The core of personality and tranquil order

What is Personality?

It is neither a social role nor a sign of refinement or maturity. Personality is a living “sensitivity of being,” meaning an awareness and responsiveness that comes alive in our interactions with others. It is the 'fragrance of existence,' representing the unique impression each person leaves, especially when one's true self meets the care and presence of others. People cannot become aware of their own personalities on their own. We only encounter the 'shadow of our own personality' and the impact we have through others' views, silences, wounds, and love.

Consciousness: The Transparency of the Self Before Others

Consciousness is the act of existence perceiving itself. However, this perception is not like looking in a mirror; instead, it is a 'tremor', an inner experience of vulnerability and awareness that arises in the presence of others. Human consciousness is not a fixed structure, but one that is shaken and changed by others. When we encounter others, we begin to question ourselves again. When I try to understand him, he reflects me. When I love or fear him, those emotions shake and awaken my deepest self. Therefore, consciousness is not an independent entity, but a response of a living being in a relationship. I become aware of myself through you, and I understand you through myself. That is the essence of consciousness, and it is a sense of the soul that only humans possess.

Will: The Blessing of Freedom, the Danger of Indulgence

Will is not a decision based on desire. Will is the moral ability to respond to the gift of freedom. When we decide to do something, responsibility accompanies that decision. Human will is not simply the power to achieve what we want, but an ethical questioning of what to choose and why.

Will that follows only desire becomes selfishness, and will that loses control becomes licentiousness. This is 'freedom without love,' meaning freedom that disregards the needs and dignity of others, and 'power without direction,' or power used without responsibility. Ultimately, this becomes a sword, an image for the way unchecked will can hurt both others and oneself. Will must have direction within God's love and promise. Otherwise, humans become beings who have lost their way even to themselves.

Will must embrace freedom, but that freedom must embrace life. Without the light of God flowing within the conscience, human will becomes a tool that destroys itself. When that will becomes a decision toward love, only then does humanity become truly human.

Emotions: The Center of Humanity, a Beautiful yet Dangerous Flame

Emotions are not mere reactions. They are proof that we exist, suffer, love, and live. The world may turn like a machine, but the driving force behind that machine is human emotion. Joy, anger, sadness, and love. These four emotions write human history, give rise to civilization, cause wars, and bring about peace. However, emotions have two faces. Unrestrained emotions destroy ethics. Furthermore, self-centered emotions lead to a misunderstanding of others, ultimately creating isolated individuals. Humans must not control emotions, but rather secure the depth to embrace them.

Emotions are faster than language and sharper than logic. However, when emotions move within the vessel of love, compassion, restraint, and insight, they become the flame that makes humans most human. Emotions are dangerous, but that is why they are even more sublime. Emotions are the most vivid sign that human existence is still alive.

Balance: The Center of Personality and Quiet Order

Balance is not the “middle way” that philosophy speaks of. It is the inner order that protects oneself in a chaotic world, and it is the self-training of a living being. Humans are always prone to imbalance. When they fall in love, they become blind; and when they are consumed by anger, they lose their reason. Desire overflows, fear surges, and loneliness distorts humans.

In the midst of all this imbalance, maintaining balance means that the soul does not lose its center and remembers the direction toward God. Balance is training and prayer, a path forged through suffering. Those who have attained this balance know how to be silent, how to forgive, and how to love themselves without excluding others. In the equilibrium of their hearts, the order of heaven and the humility of earth flow together.

The completion of personality is the only question asked before God.

Consciousness, will, emotion, and balance. If these four things make up personality, then the completion of personality is given to those who know how to bring all of these things to a conclusion with “love.” Humans cannot be perfect. But they can love. They can forgive, embrace, try to understand, and reach out again. Ultimately, human personality is condensed before God.

“How many people have you loved? How many have you embraced and forgiven?”

Before that question, we cannot make excuses, but can only answer with the traces of relationships, forgiveness, and love left behind in our lives. Those who loved much resemble God's face, while those who were stingy with love have lived their lives turning away from the light of truth. That love is not merely a human virtue. It is the divine personality, the very nature of God dwelling within humanity, and the ultimate proof of existence.

Soyo's Words

"We are not those who seek to perfect our personalities. We are beings who seek to perfect love. That love is the ethics of existence, and a life lived out of that love is philosophy."

Soyo (逍遙), Founder of Soyo's Existence Ethics. Author of 'The Silence of Existence' and 'The Flame of Truth.'

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