What truly makes us human? Where does our existence begin, and where does it end?

These questions have stayed with me for many years. Hence, my reflections and writings often return to one theme — the mystery of human structure. We know the body, but perhaps we are made up of more than that. This is not an easy subject to write about. It belongs to a realm that lies beyond what we can measure or prove. Yet I believe that truth often begins where certainty ends.

Our daily life is built on what our senses allow us to perceive — what we can see, hear, and touch. But human existence is not limited to the body. The body is visible, measurable, and real. But within it lives another type — the mind. With the body in perfect health, when the mind is calm, the whole person feels at peace, when the mind suffers, the entire being is disturbed. This shows that the mind is separate from the body but a part of what we are.

Beyond the mind, there seems to be something even deeper — silent, yet profoundly. We may call it the spirit. We cannot describe it, yet we sense it in moments of life and death. Just as the body has its own physical world around it, the mind likely has its own world that is similar to it too. And as the body and mind work together, these two worlds also overlap — connected through an invisible bridge.

In certain extraordinary moments, such as a near-death experience, people describe being conscious even when their bodies have stopped working. It is as if the mind awakens into freedom — seeing and hearing beyond the limits of the body. These experiences suggest that the mind has its own existence, intertwined with but not confined by the physical realm.

Time, too, seems to emerge from the relationship between body and mind. When the mind perceives the physical aspects quickly, time rushes by. When perception slows, time stretches. In this way, time becomes a rhythm — not an external force, but an expression of how we experience life from within.

When death occurs, the body and mind separate. The body — fragile and perishable — returns to the earth. But the mind, and may be something deeper within it, perhaps continues elsewhere. Death, then, may not be an ending but a transformation — a crossing from one state of being into another. We see a hint of this every night in sleep. The body rests, while the mind travels freely in dreams. The difference is simple: in case of sleep, the mind returns; in case of death, it does not, hence causing end of the body unless under machine support.

Something beyond both body and mind determines whether separation is temporary or final.
We might call this third element the spirit — the center of our existence, where the visible and invisible meet. Just as our physical world holds many forms of life, it’s possible that the world of the mind holds many other forms of being. However, they are only visible to the eyes of the mind when they are independent as in sleep or death.

Human life unfolds across two planes — the physical world of the body, and the invisible world of the mind. The first is three dimensional space based, and the other is not. Their relativity creates the perception of time inside human. They are distinct, yet inseparable. However, to understand them fully, we must think not only with our brain but also with the mind. When we do, we begin to see ourselves as we truly are — a combination of the visible and the invisible, the known and the mysterious.

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