Who and where are we? and for what purpose?

Well without going into the whole background, which is indeed vast; we are simply the perception that we are.

Similarly, we are in, as Einstein calls it, “Reality is perception, albeit a very persistent one” (and post Einstein, this became ever clearer: Heisenberg’s principle of uncertainty etc.)

And the purpose of it all is simple: God loves you! so exactly as a parent a. creates the child’s perception of itself (for without love a child would have no self-love) and b. creates the universe the child is born into: home, food, security etc. but ultimately c. allows the child the ability to discover