There is something has always coexisted with our human-being nature, that is, our own true soul; that it manifests is some levels o vibration density. We, our individual nature, also called EGO, it's the most slower vibration of the layer levels. In some cultures, like hinduism, that's called the Muladhara Chakra, or the 1st Chakra; that is, the connection with our terrenal world, the MATERIAL world. Another example is the western culture, like the Hebrews; they believed in Malkuth; is the tenth, the bottom of the kabbalah (tree of life), that means, Malkuth is the terrenal/MATERIAL manifestation of the divine. Our individuality is just an ilusion, just a material reflect of our eternal true identity. We... WE are just ONE, we are the universal conscience reflecting itself.