Start with the observation

We can describe a person by age, work, family and biology, yet none of these descriptions answers why this conscious life is here or where its story is headed.

Follow the reasoning

  1. A label tells us how a life appears inside one system; it does not tell us why the system or the life exists.
  2. The question of origin changes the meaning of the present. A gift, an accident and an entrusted responsibility are lived differently.
  3. The question of destination changes the value of every choice. A road cannot be understood while its end is deliberately ignored.

A passage to hold beside it

“What are you? Where do you come from? And where are you going?” 1

Read plainly

These questions are not puzzles reserved for specialists. They are coordinates. Without them, a person may move quickly while remaining unsure where the movement belongs.

Try observing this

Describe yourself without using your job, nationality, possessions or relationships. Notice which part of the question remains unanswered.

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