Is it an esoteric question? Externally we as the Mayapuris are the product of our upbringing. Vish has an Indian father and an Italian-American mother, Kishor and I (Bali) are brothers, one year apart, born from Colombian parents and Jagi is Venezuelan with Israeli descent. We grew up in temples, on farms, in villages, in cities surrounded by Krsna culture, playing mrdanga, singing, dancing, revelling in the joy of kirtan from birth until now. This is where we come from. Internally? That in itself is a whole other discussion. These vehicles of flesh, these bodies, our facilities for control, thought, and movement, these are all material. There is something deeper. There is some distinction within each and every one of us, some life force that mans this vessel, that is behind and beyond the temporary carriage that is our body, and the passing experiences that constitute our environment. The soul. We are not these bodies. We are the eternal spirit within. We are lost souls in a very big material world trying to find our way home. We have a consititutional position; that of self-realized beings in complete harmony with the divine, with the Supreme, with the Absolute Truth. Intrigued? Finding our way home, to our true selves is a process, a path fraught with obstacles, but there is a way. In this modern age of quarrel and hypocrisy the prescribed method of self-realization is kirtan. Through it we find Truth. Through it we find Peace. Where do we come from? We come from a place where every word is a song, every step is a dance. We come from a paradise where the sound of kirtan can be heard from every direction at any hour. We come from the spiritual sky, each and every one of us, and we are just trying to get back. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.