With youth: Why am I here in this universe?

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Questioner (Q): Why are we here in this universe?

Acharya Prashant (AP): How do you know you are somewhere? We have to be attentive here! How does one know that he is anywhere? What do you call as this universe? You can claim that you are here in this hall or in this universe only because you see this universe. Right?

Listeners (everyone): Yes, Sir.

AP: What do you mean by seeing? You mean that your eyes receive a certain sensation. As a science student, you must know that your eyes receive a few waves falling upon them which creates a particular sensation, a message travels to the brain and the brain says that something is happening. And that is how you are trying to conclude that we are here purely on the basis of the eyes, the ears, and the brain. Correct?

But you see, the brain itself is a product of this universe. It has been configured into its present form by the universe and the only proof that the universe is has been given to you by your brain. Except for the brain, is there any proof that the universe is like this? The moment the brain changes, the universe is no more like this. You go to an animal and its universe is very, very different. It hears different sounds, it sees…