Not once, in all my explorations of the last 40 or so years, have I had proof we are INSIDE the body. I've only ever realised and witnessed being an OBSERVER of an apparent body.
This apparent body I've always determined has some kind of intelligence of its own. It has instincts; it has identity; it has purpose; it has all the traits of a classic servitor. A classic servitor being a thought form energy sent out into 'the astral plane' with the purpose of finding the information, or performing the task, set by its creator. Only when this task is completed does the energy of the servitor deplete. Only then does the servitor die.
I comprehend that 'the soul' is separate to us. It is not us. It is an inherited identity that we observe from out separated vantage point. The soul is the identity of the apparent body we are told is us; but is not us. Our observation is wired in such a virtual reality way that we are overwhelmed with its five senses and we are made to think it is us.
Now my comprehension of The True Self, Higher Self and the Spirit refer to us, the observer. These aspects are totally separate to the body and do not relate to anything earthbound. We observe the earth but are not on the earth. The apparent body and its soul are an artificial intelligence. A creation of a quantum computer. Our location is outside of this quantum computer.
