The Identity Problem

Most of us at some point in time have to ask ourselves the question “Who am I?“. When we already have a name and being recognised in the society and family with a particular identity what’s the meaning of such a question? The question seems silly isn’t it? There are so many ways we can identify ourselves and answer the question of who am I. You can say you are son of this, daughter of this, creator of this, writer of this and so on. So when there are so many ways to identify us in the world, not to miss the unique form and personality that every one of us has, why do we then ask that critical question concerning our identity? I think the reason is very simple. Nothing that we identify ourselves with is actually sufficient to describe who we really are. It is because our identify in relation or reference to something else is but of temporal nature and in some subconscious way we all have the feeling that we are not temporal. Our body, this very world and everything else we see and feel may be temporary but someway we have the inner notion that whatever we really are is not temporary. Since we are eternal entities no temporal identity suffices us to explain who we really are. Only in relation to an eternal entity that we can identify ourselves properly. And I believe that eternal entity is God and unless we identify ourselves in relation to God, no other identity will be sufficient to best describe us. There can be many answers to the question Who am I, but the most meaningful answer would be “You are a child of God whom He has brought forth to existence for His purpose”.