Part 23: Self Discovery Series

Transcript:

You are not made of matter, but obviously you still exist. So if you the self are not matter, then what are you? What is your essence? According to the greatest philosophers and religious teachers, you are made of an energy completely distinct from matter.

You, the self, are an indivisible unit of the element known as life. Thus there are two fundamental energies—matter and life. Your body is made of the element matter, but you—the self—are a spark of the element life. When you, the life particle, are in or wedded to a material body, that body is called a living organism.

So the answer to the question "Who/what are you?" is: You, the self, are a particle of the element life. You are presently within a material body. You are temporarily possessing and using that body.