960. The answers in terms of weights and measures therefore give rise to, in the first instance, unshakable superiority and power.
But life is something other than, and more than, the mere transformation of these answers in terms of weights and measures into automatic functions, abilities, innate talents and power, and the resultant mastery over matter and the fellow beings that are bound by this matter.
That life is something other and more than this can be seen through the fact that power cannot constitute the complete satisfaction of life.
Every individual that reaches the heights of power and rules with sovereign superiority over both matter and its fellow beings will always eventually realise that there still remains an unsatisfied area in its consciousness.
This lack of satisfaction or this hunger will be all the more perceptible due to the fact that there is no possibility whatsoever of satisfying it, neither using the answers in terms of weights and measures nor the power provided by them.
And as long as there remains an unsatisfied area in the individual's consciousness that it has no possibility whatsoever of satisfying, the being is "bound".
It cannot command anyone to give it this satisfaction, neither can this satisfaction be in any way obtained purely and simply through a pharmaceutical preparation or combination of material substances.
This dissatisfaction or hunger is felt as the aforementioned great question: "Who is life?"
Answers in terms of weights and measures (experiences, abilities and power) prove that life exists and they indicate "what" it "weighs" or "measures", but "who" it is cannot possibly be answered using weights and measures.
That a being weighs a certain amount, is white or black, is this good or that bad, or can be measured as having a certain degree of development or giftedness, can express only "what" it is, but is totally unable to say anything directly about "who" it is.