A questioner asks about the purpose of life, suggesting that since birth is not in our control, we must have been sent to this world by a higher power for a specific reason. He questions whether one should try to discover this pre-ordained purpose or find one's own. Acharya Prashant responds by dismissing the idea of "being sent" as a childish notion. He explains that humans have a tendency to anthropomorphize everything, projecting their own human logic and qualities onto metaphysical concepts. This is a function of the ego, which places itself at the center of its world and imagines everything based on its own limited experience. For example, because in the human world, things are made by a creator with a purpose, we assume the same for the entire universe. We imagine a creator who is just like us and acts with a purpose, which is a projection of our own ego. Vedanta, he states, takes a different approach. Instead of asking why we were sent, it first asks, "Are you even real?" It challenges the very basis of our perceived existence. The proof of our existence is limited to our own senses and mind, which is the ego; there is no external, independent proof. Vedanta posits that if one must first exist to be sent, the primary inquiry should be into the nature of one's own existence. Acharya Prashant elaborates that Vedanta teaches the world is *Jagat Mithya*—an illusion, not the ultimate truth. It is like a dream that appears real only through our experience. This experience is unreliable; it changes with our state of mind and is different for every being. Therefore, something is not true simply because we experience it. In fact, Vedanta suggests that what is perceived by the senses is certainly not the ultimate truth. The fundamental question in Vedanta is not about God or a creator, but about how to live a life free from suffering. This freedom from suffering comes from freedom from delusion (Maya). The delusion is to believe our experiences and the perceived world as the ultimate reality. We suffer because we place our faith in things that have no real substance, which inevitably leads to disappointment and pain. Thus, the purpose of life, according to Vedanta, is to understand this delusion and be free from it.