Spiritual Lessons from Biology

  Have you ever noticed the questions people ask when they first meet you? They usually ask what your name is, what you do for work, or where you go to school.  They don’t ask, “who are you?” It’s a simple question, but a jarring one. If someone asked you that question right now, how would you respond?   Perhaps you’d revert to one of the former questions by giving your name, your occupation, and so on. But those things aren’t really who you are. An ancient Greek maxim states simply: “Know yourself.” Do we truly know ourselves? Or do we only have a handle on who we are with relation to external circumstances like jobs or families?   Socrates argued that it’s important to know ourselves so that we can understand our meaning in life. He said, “the life unexamined is not worth living.” But how can we truly know ourselves? We are lost to ourselves, and this is nothing new, as proven by the many ancient cross-cultural adages prompting us to find ourselves. G.K. Chesterton...