Am I the Body? | A Dialogue Between Neuroscientist David Eagleman and Sadhguru

David Eagleman: What is the “you” that can be separated from the physical body?

Sadhguru: Is it a fact that you gathered your body over a period of time?

david Eagleman: It is a fact that this body was gathered together over a period of time, and it may be that the feeling of “I” emerged as a consequence of that – as opposed to me doing the gathering.

Sadhguru: Have you been having lunch and dinner?

David Eagleman: Yes

Sadhguru: That means what you refer to as “my body” right now is an accumulation of food. What you call as “my mind” is largely impressions accumulated over a period of time. If you have to accumulate all these impressions and this much body, something more fundamental must be there.

David Eagleman: Houston, Texas is an accumulation of roadways and buildings, but we would not say that Houston was there before they gathered together.

Sadhguru: But you are not a piece of geography, are you?

David Eagleman: I may be exactly that. From my perspective, this seems like a possibility because there are thousands of people whose geography is changing because of Alzheimer’s, stroke, tumor, or traumatic brain injury, and who they are changes. It does not seem like there is something fundamental that outlasts damage to the tissue.