This is no more a thought experiment in my mind. It’s an absolute truth I believe in. The essence of self in all of us is not a figment that happened to take on your body or mind. It’s a continuum of something, something divine so above and beyond energy and mass. The limitations of the english language or any language for that matter oblige me to use the word CONSCIOUSNESS. Not because it sounds grand but because I am evidently aware of its existence.
This thing that I am in the blood, flesh and bones elevated by my thoughts, memories and emotions brought to life by my soul is comparable to a small cell, the unit of biological life. So we in all our glory make up tiny blocks of the collective consciousness. Many spiritual teachings refer to this as the BRAHMA. It translates to vastness.
This is not an act to buy you as fresh perspective or to tickle your fancy. I want to surrender to this vast existence, I want to lose my sense of being a separate entity rather fall into the infinity. I think we belong to the infinity so parts of it doesn’t make sense. If not believe at least investigate this idea. Let it become your thought experiment at the least.