What can be the the most profound Question in the spiritual arena?

Is it a question on Afterlife? Is it about Eternity? Is it on Death?

Perspicacious people say "none of the above".

The most profound question is " Who am I".

An anecdot:

A mendicant met a person who was very erudite. Thro' difficult arguments he could refute most of the viewpoints presented by the mendicant.

Finally, the mendicant asked the person, " so, you are ceratin that your soul would go to heaven upon death."

"I am sure", he replied.

"Are you also sure that your body will be burned upon your death?", the mendicant asked again.

"Yes, I know that", the person replied.

"Then where will you be?", the mendicant asked the person.

So this is the dilemma and hence the most profound spiritual question is " Who am I ?" and not even "Who is God ?"

Have you noticed, all answers associated with the above question result in bad grammer or confusing expressions such as: -

1. The Self is
2. Self is nowhere and everywhere
3. You cannot know Self, but you can find it within

In fact, the third statement smacks of Jesus Christ's " The Kingdom of God is within you."

The first one reminds me of Yave's conversation with Moses, "I am what I am."

Michael Jackson had set out on this Search of Identity at a lower mental plane thro' the avenue available to him, and as you say, the nuances and subtlities of his Search expressed thro' his music would have made him subliminally closer to a million hearts.