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If we want to understand the psychological development of a human being, and therefore the way his identity has developed, we have to start the story at the very beginning. How do we interpret, for instance, the moment when the sperm cell fuses with the egg? The idea that a winning sperm bores into the egg cell and captures and conquers it, seems to be a very male-competitive idea. In reality, it is more likely that when the moment is right, the egg opens and invites a sperm cell to come to it. There is differing scientific opinion as to how the sperm finds its way to the egg, whether it is attracted by a lily of the valley scent or by the female sex hormone progesterone.9 But what seems to make sense is that the first encounter between egg and sperm is an act of love and not of struggle.

In any case, the coming together of egg and sperm provides the spark and the big bang for the emergence of a new life. And in this way a new human being comes into this world. In this being there is an enormous life force, an irrepressible will to live and a boundless zest for existence, all of which they will be able to make use of throughout their life. This is the indestructible core within us. We do not have to compare ourselves with anyone else or feel imperfect or inadequate. In this state, every person can appreciate and cherish themselves for what they have and who they are. This is the primal state of everyone in their healthy identity. There is an unconditional big YES to our own lives and existence.