We are a self-manifestation of the absolute

For Nishida, we are always already born as a self-manifestation of the
absolute, but our task as individual humans is to recolledct this fact, to
rediscover that truth is within ourselves, and then to live our lives in the
recognition of what it is that we really are. To do so is to pave the way
for an even greater oneness than we had originally, for to yearn for oneness
as a discrete and separate seat of consciounesss is the goal and the weave
of enlightenment itself. To know that one is divine, while knowing that this
is a distinctively individual entity, yield a passion to throw oneself into
the flux of experience, gathering ever-new awareness and a deeper love of
this incredibly wonderful flow of creation. To love - oneself, another,
one's world, and the universe of which one is a part - is to preserve and
cherish all that exists. It is to preserve the unique worth of everything
that exists in the best way that one can, even though it is impossible not
to stand in the way of some of that flow in the very course of living. When
we alter the flow of another existing thing, or, sadly, even end its flow
altogether, we would still be mindful of the worth of that which is being
affected, and we should feel a deep sorrow that it had to be so, from our
perspective on life. We would have become sensitive instruments, brought to
tears of joy by the dew on a rosebud, or to tears of sadness by the roadkill
on our highways and byways. (from God and Nothingness, by prof. Robert E.
Carter, in Philosophy East and West, January 2009)