♡ Position of the inhabitant (III. Eternity in the aspect of pain, criterion)
For eternity in the painful aspect, questions of meaning are the most critical. Meaningfulness for such people is an important criterion for the quality of life, but the desire for meaningfulness in the layman is expressed in a completely different way than in the guru. For the layperson, the meaning is limiting, demanding "not to engage in nonsense," and directive-indicating, whereas for the guru it is a positive, motivating aspect.
The name "everyman" for the third eternity was chosen because of the erroneous strategy that the bearers of painful eternity use to get out of the oppressive assessment of their criterion. The answers to questions of meaning are almost never obvious. Constant doubts about the meaningfulness of their lives can lead the bearers of painful eternity into a state of permanent anguish.
Choosing the path of escape, the layperson avoids asking "why" and does not attempt to step back and view his life. Instead, he completely devotes his life to daily activities, falls into vanity, and attempts to drown out his sense of futility of existence with abundant of activity. However, it only gets worse because eternity does not leave from the criterion's area. When the layman succeeds in isolating himself from the meaningfulness of life in general, he begins to be tormented by the meaninglessness of a smaller scale - he judges himself for a useless day, for a useless evening, for a meaningless conversation. Longing does not remain.
The layman needs a certain courage to look at himself from the outside. However, it is the layman (in the temporistic sense) who is closer to understanding his destiny, vocation than all other types. He feels earlier and more subtle than others that he has deviated from the right path.