For thousands of years humans have endeavored to find the source of creation. And in some form we have all felt a connection to that source within ourselves. This feeling begs the question: who are we or what are we? The answer to these questions is simple and in the title of this article. The answer is consciousness, or rather, its degree. We, as a species, are an ever evolving form of conscious energy. We are singular points of awareness that focus the source of all life into a "virtual" reality we call existence. In other words, the answer to "who are we" is simple. We are the creators of reality.
Yet, for some reason, we feel powerless, and thus seek to control, destroy, and gain power over others. This, of course, feeble attempt to rule the world always ends in an inevitable blunder, simply because that is our unconscious intention.
The key factor to our reality is that we are one. So the question is not "who are we", but who am I. And, no, "We are one" is not just some new age term. It is the simplistic representation of the most basic truth of our reality.