Srinagar, March 16 -- The question of being has always been the deepest and most enduring question in the history of human thought. Philosophers from ancient Greece to modern times have struggled to understand the meaning of existence and the restless nature of human consciousness. The very fact that a human being exists in the world brings with it an inherent tension-a tension between calmness and desire, between ethical responsibility and the urge for dominance. Indeed, the existence of being itself appears to be the greatest philosophical question of the world.

Human beings do not merely exist; they constantly seek to assert their presence. The nature of being seems to carry an inner impulse to dominate, to expand, and to influence th...