Lonergan selected (perhaps, the only) two truly universal features for his existential model.

The first is “self-transcendence”.  Each one of us is a self.  The “self” is a universal.

The second is “be holy, loving and responsible”.  This command attempts to be completely other oriented, towards meaning (holy), persons (loving) and nature (responsible).  Put the word “self” in front of any one of these and you have a perversion of the command.  The “other” is a universal.