 Thus, since humanity has a dualistic nature consisting of a physical self and a symbolic self, he asserts that humans are able to transcend the dilemma of mortality through heroism, by focusing attention mainly on the symbolic selve.This symbolic self-focus takes the form of an individual's "immortality project" (or ""causa sui" project"), which is essentially a symbolic belief-system that ensures that one is believed superior to physical reality.By successfully living under the terms of the immortality project, people feel they can become heroic and, henceforth, part of something eternal; something that will never die as compared to their physical body.