Between Sleep and Death: Who Are You Really?

Intro – The Common Illusion

We move through life with a quiet assumption:
“This body is me.”
It feels natural, unquestionable. Yet the body is only a shell—a house we are living in. To test this, let’s step into three states we all encounter: waking, sleep, and death.

Scene 1 – The Waking Grab

Imagine this: you’re awake, alert, alive.
I place one million dollars in your hand.
Without hesitation, you grab it and lock it in your cupboard.
Simple. Clear. Direct.

Scene 2 – The Sleep Block

Now, same body. Same hands. Same heartbeat. Same breath.
You’re asleep.
The same one million dollars is placed in your palm.
But this time—you don’t sense it. You don’t react.
The money exists. Your body exists. Yet you are absent.

Scene 3 – The Death Silence

Hours after death, your body is still there.
The skin, the hands, even the weight of flesh remains.
One million dollars can be placed beside you.
But there is no awareness, no response.
The house is there—the resident is gone.

Scene 4 – The Observation

See the pattern:

• In waking, you act.
• In sleep, you vanish.
• In death, you disappear entirely.

If you were truly your body, all three states would be equal.
But they are not.
Something beyond the flesh is deciding when the body functions as “you.”

Scene 5 – The Breakthrough

So here’s the revelation:
The body is not you.
It is only a vessel.
The senses are windows.
The real “I” is hidden—abstract, ungraspable—yet undeniable.

Closing Line

From this experiment, one truth is clear:
You are not the body. But then—who are you?

That unseen character watching through the windows of flesh—what is it made of?
Solid? Liquid? Gas? Or something that no element can define?

The journey begins here.
To discover the “I” between sleep and death—
and to uncover the ultimate You.