We are as cells in the body of whatever this greater entity is. Like our own earthly cells, we make up the Human Organ and do not share in the meta-consciousness of that greater entity. We are connected to that consciousness, but only in the analogous sense that our own cells are connected to our human consciousness. Our ordinary perceptual apparatus is not equipped to perceive or understand anything more than our apparent physical world. In this world, there is no obvious greater self. There is only we individuals, working for and against each other, but always in concert.