Goitsemang Elias Mabiletsa
A Setswana name that asks, “Who knows?” — and a life spent finding the answer.
Who knows?
I am Goitsemang Elias Mabiletsa. Goitsemang is the name my parents gave me at birth – a Setswana question asking, “Who knows?”. My name instantly started charting my course through life when, as a little boy, I developed the need to make sense of what life is all about; who we are; where we are; who put us here; why they did; and how best to be here.
Like many people, I suppose the reason for my curiosity was to try and understand the coexistence of happiness and suffering in life, and with happiness as our preferred way to be, to figure out why suffering is very much a part of our pursuit of this happiness.
Understanding the questions of life
Through all the struggles and lessons of growing up, in my direct life experiences and of the people I have encountered in my life, I have gained a wholistic knowledge of existence by which I can understand, answer and explain the key questions regarding life; what it is, what motivates and sustains it, how it ends, and the equal power that each of us wields over the process of life. As a result, I can finally declare with confidence that I have found the answers to the key questions of life itself and have in that way lived up to the name that my parents gave to me.
Simple, direct, available to everyone
My access to this knowledge has not come in any way that could be regarded as supernatural, even though I have found the supernatural to be humanity’s natural state of being. The answers came through the simplicity of observing myself, primarily my thoughts, the people I encounter every day, as well as how all of us relate with each other and the environment in which we live. I found the answers to have always been directly accessible to anyone and everyone, requiring only that we simply have the presence of mind to become aware of them as they unfold within and around us.
A two-part journey of life
For me, finding these answers is only a completion of the first part in what I believe to be a two-part journey of life, which starts with the need to understand who we are - our minds and bodies - as the ‘tools’ or means we have for living, and then to begin to live in our world from this understanding. In fact, the quality of any knowledge that we may acquire as a species could only be measured by the extent to which it helps us to find peace of mind and to coexist harmoniously with each other in the shared environment of our planet Earth.
Healing myself, and extending it to all
My new quest in life is to use the knowledge I have gained to heal myself through a better regard for my mind, body and surrounding environment, and to see more of what the world has always been outside of my comfort zones and the routine life that my habits have over time helped to establish. On a broader scale, I intend to extend this healing to all who are in search of the purpose of life, beyond the daily pursuit of money and possessions, who want to remember their true selves and the power they have over the circumstances of their lives. In that way, my goal is to inspire the will to live in the world, which I believe to be the only home for humanity, which we all need to cherish and to share as equals.
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