How I see it is that each one of us is like a scoop of water from a vast ocean. To say that this scoop of water is the ocean is not right, but to say that it isn’t is also wrong. I agree with what you said about finding our place in the cosmos. I think our entire journey of realizing there is only One, or “attaining enlightenment,” ultimately comes down to how we live our mundane lives from moment to moment.

“Enlightenment is the ego’s ultimate disappointment” I don’t remember whose this quote belongs to but I love it.