Acharya Prashant explains that there are two ways to look at our existence. The first is to identify with our physical body, to say that we are purely physical and material. The second way is to see that you are not the body, but rather you are with a body or you have a body, as evidenced by the common phrase "my body," not "me body." The first way, identifying with the body, is more common, straightforward, and easier to take. This duality in our existence, the speaker states, is the fundamental reason behind all human suffering. On one hand, there is the pre-programmed body with its own processes and intentions. On the other hand, there is the invisible consciousness, which is related to this body but has a very different objective. This creates a "twoness" that is not experienced by animals, whose consciousness is almost always in agreement with their physical being. An animal's mind finds ways to get what the body wants without questioning or resisting. In human beings, however, there is a clear dissonance. The body may want one thing, like sleep, but the mind may want something entirely different, like finishing a movie or completing a task. This inner conflict is between the pre-programmed, natural self and the urge of consciousness for liberation. The Upanishads decree that life, the mind, and the senses are born from "Him," the ultimate reality, not merely from physical parents. This implies that our real identity is consciousness, not the body. If you believe you come from two physical bodies, you have settled the conflict in favor of the body, and your identity becomes that of the body. The speaker concludes that the measure of our humanness is the level of our consciousness and its freedom from the impulses of the body. The more one lives a body-centered life, the more of an animal one is. Human beings, unlike animals, have the potential to be vastly different from one another—one can be a Krishna, another a Kansa—because of the autonomy of consciousness. The Rishis and Upanishads try to drill in the point that you *are* the consciousness, and you *have* the body. While the body is a fact and its state influences consciousness, it is not the central fact. Consciousness has a certain autonomy, which is our hope and our last chance for liberation.