We as humans are the only sentient beings as far as we collectively know, we parted ways with our true nature long ago when we started to build this society which looks to be perfect because of our gadgets but deepdown is not. We're nearly 8 billions now, 8 billions opening of the universe that are "thinking" they're not the universe. Thinking with our rational minds, and yet we manage to cause a lot of suffering, suffering to the environment, to other species, to ourself. Numerically speaking there's more suffering today in 1 year than 10000 years ago in 100 years. So a large part of the universe is suffering with us . . . Poor people suffer, sick people suffer, rich people suffer, healthy people suffer and the number of people who are chasing enlightenment is becoming greater each year. I think its more than ever. . . I dont know almost nothing about hinduism but i guess this time is called kali yuga and after this the manifested cease to exist and god awakens to sleep again... Ok time to pull out my hand and look at it for another 30 minutes... Bye