Don't mess with yourself. Don't reduce, don't materialise*, don't naturalise, don't functionalise. You're a person and the person is a supreme and sovereign whole. United you stand (or fly, to be precise), win, conquer and rule;
divided you fall.
*I should add 'Don't idealise', but somehow at this stage I can't - I love the truth most, but I love Plato too much.