WHAT ARE WE ?

Simplified, we are three entities in one. Namely the 'ME', the brain and the body. That's it.

This concept of three in one can be found in almost all of the great religions of this world. Even though this concept might be interpreted differently by the different religions of this world, all agree on the basic fundamental principle that we are more than just a flesh and blood.

THE 'ME'

This is the real us. This is the entity that makes the choice and decisions. All our emotions and feelings are the result of 'ME'. In fact, everything we do, good or bad is controlled by 'ME'.

'ME' is our awareness, our consciousness, our soul. 'ME' is real us. It exists forever and can never be destroyed.

Many of this world's greatest religions have this concept called the soul, eternity, heaven, reincarnation etc., The concepts of karma, sins, confessions, purification of the soul etc., These concepts of us being an eternal being are mentioned and taught many times and for many generations . But non of us know for sure ... or do we ?

THE BRAIN

The brain is an interface between the 'ME' and the body. To be more precise it's an interface between us and our body. Without our brain we would not be able to control our body directly. Without our brain we would not be able to feel and sense this physical reality. We ('ME') use our body via our brain to interact with this physical reality or dimension. For example, disable the brain and we won't feel any 'physical' pain or pleasure. All our interaction with this physical reality through our BODY ceases to exist. This doesn't necessarily mean that 'we' cease to exist. This doesn't necessarily mean that our interaction with this physical world ceases to exist. It could also mean that we might need to use another interface to interact with this physical reality. Please note that the BRAIN is our interface to our BODY. We use our body in order to interact with this physical reality.

What if we use another interface instead of the brain and another 'vehicle' instead of the body to interact with this physical reality or dimension ?


THE BODY

The body is just a tool, vehicle or a 'space suit' we use to interact with this world or physical reality. It's exactly that same as we use screw driver to tighten a screw or a car to take us from point A to point B. We are not the screw driver or we are not the car. This applies to our body too. Like all vehicles our body will need maintenance and like all vehicles it has all the necessary sensors to interact with this reality.

Therefore our body is not us. Most of the time we see 'ourselves' in the mirror and for whatever reason say ... "that's not me" ... "I am trapped in this body" ... That's why we have the expression "don't judge a book by it's cover". You will be surprised how different people are when you really start knowing them instead of just judging them by their look.

We can say that our body is just a representation of the 'ME' in this physical reality. It's like an avatar in a 3D virtual world (i.e., chat, games etc.,) representing the real player. If your avatar dies in a game, it doesn't mean that you are dead. You can always login to the game and play again or choose a different avatar. This is what our body is like.

Our body is just an avatar in this game called physical reality and we('ME') are controlling it using the interface (keyboard, joystick, software, PC etc., ) called the brain.

Even if your avatar dies, or you computer crashes you will still exist. No ? That's in fact how we are. We are 'ME'. We cannot perish, die or disappear. We have existed and will continue to exist forever. Like the great religions of this world have been saying  ... "We have been created in the image God"

That's as simple as that.