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The most important elements comprising the Western concept of the self are probably the soul and self identity. As Plato has made clear, you really are just a soul before God. Believing in this religious answer to the question: "Who am I?" means accepting that your possessions and accomplishments along with your body is nothing; merely insignificant. In philosophy this soul or "real self" is called the "essential self." The essential self is the set …

…accepted that, "I am here, whether for some unknown purpose or not," or as in my belief, "My knowing why I am here is not as important as the fact that I carry out the unknown purpose as God so has willed." Though many people have probably not thought in that exact sentence pattern, I still believe that most people have just begun to accept that they are here and they do not know why.