I exist—sat; I have awareness that I exist—cit; then: I exist for some purpose—ānanda—pleasure, happiness, joy, ecstasy. A saying of Descartes: “Cogito, ergo sum.” Because I think I can understand from that that I exist. But that is sat, existence, and cit, cognizance or awareness that I exist. This is what separates us from inert … →

“Who am I?”, “Where’ve I come from?”, “What my purpose is”—human life is a chance to get answers to the identity questions. I grew up happily in a particular family, but around time I turned thirteen… One day, in the kitchen, my mother is there, washing and talking to me… I’m sitting at the table, … →