(first three paragraphs set the reason for the question)

I am conscious, or aware that my brain/mind has thoughts. I observe and watch its thoughts. Is mind watching itself? Is mind self-aware, or is there an “I,” watching? Is there value in knowing which it is, or does it matter?

If the mind is self-aware, it is self-analyzing, self-correcting. If there is an “I,” presence, it can analyze the mind and correct its thinking. Either works. So why the question?

When the body and mind die, it’s the end of both, but if there is an “I,” presence, maybe that presence lives after the body/mind dies. THAT’S the reason for the question, “Is there an “I,” and if so, does the “I” survive death of the body?

From a practical view, it seems ridiculous to experience the pain of life, to live and learn, and then all dies, and there is no “I” to continue experiencing and learning.

I suppose it’s comforting either way. You stop living, stop experiencing the pain and pleasure of life, and it’s over. Or, you continue living and experiencing more pain and pleasure of life. However, it would be enlightening to know which it is.

I have experienced being conscious way above my body, and when I realized I was way above my body, I slammed back into it. I have experienced being in outer space with a less dense body, and with no body what-so-ever, and both times upon realizing I was not in my physical body, I slammed back into. What am I to make of this?

You could say, the body has consciousness, OR consciousness has a body. Which is it?

If consciousness has a body, and can separate, then perhaps life after death is possible. If body has conscious, perhaps it all ends at death of the body.

It’s a mystery, and that’s why people who try to figure out the mysteries of life are called mystics, or scientists.

Let’s resolve this one mystery, this one question: Does the “I” live after the death of its body? Is there proof? What kind of proof (belief and faith are not proof). Would that proof suffice in a court of law? Would it meet scientific proof? Personal proof, a personal experience, cannot be repeated for others, thus no court of law proof, no scientific proof, just personal proof.

Leaving your physical body and wandering around–is it hallucination or proof? Is personal proof even possible, considering the definitions we give words? Using the word “hallucination” to explain away every “mystical” experience, may be an error. It may be that while alive, there can be no proof, which means you have to die and stay dead to experience the truth (when you die, you’ll either know you are still alive, or you won’t know because you’re dead, which reduces the possibility of know and telling others to zero. Believe what you will. And yet, BELIEVERS MIGHT BE RIGHT, but they too won’t know (or not) until they’re dead (to bad belief and faith prove nothing - but for some, it's good enough).

What proof (if any) would convince you there is, or isn’t, life after your body is fertilizer?