Who do you think You are ? - SAGES Leadership Academy

Is a demeaning question hurled at someone, to imply that he/she is Nobody .

Without getting too much affected by the supposed intent behind – we can view it as an opportunity to ponder over – “Who do I think I am & why do we exist?”

We exist at many successive levels. Taking my case :

– I belong to a ‘Samant’ family

– Ethnically, I belong to a larger group of GSBs

At a larger – geographical levels I have my roots in Maharashtra
In an even larger context , I am a Marathi speaking person across many geographies
Above all group identities , I am a proud Indian
As a Hindu , my horizons extend beyond National boundary
Though my larger connect with humanity is as a Human being
Beyond confines of human species – I belong to the Community of all living beings on Earth
I also have a scope beyond to belong to all forms of life in the Universe

Our imagination need not be limited to the visible Universe – Ancient Indian wisdom & specifically Hindu philosophy helps us see beyond as an integral part of the ‘Universal Energy’ ( शक्ती ) – many understand it as God. Expand to merge with it will be a perspective larger than the largest.

We understand ‘liberation’ or मोक्ष – individual आत्मा merging with परमात्मा, as the final culmination of all pursuits. Elevating perspective to a level , takes us beyond all existence. In Convergence – we exist by not existing. We become the Universe and the Source, we came from.

Across all these progressive levels , I think we exist at different levels at different points in time depending on the context. Just like the multiple roles we have a family / life …. they all are facets of us.

I think sooner than later in life, we owe it to ourselves to ask the question – “Who am I“ ; to undertake the journey of self discovery. It is important to understand the ‘reason for being‘, our Purpose of Life – so that we can reorient our pursuits to align with it – not only to seek synergies of our energies, but also facilitate ‘Fulfillment‘ in life or Liberation having realized our ‘reason for being’.