Who am I?

This post is not meant to describe the author, it is meant as a guide to inquire into the true nature of the self. Let us make a mental exercise:

Should I lose all my possessions, would I still be me? Should I be fired from my job tomorrow, would I still be me? Should I lose the use of my body and become paraplegic, would I still be me? Should I lose all my family and close friends in an accident, would I still be me? Should I change my political alliance, would I still be me? Should I wake up tomorrow and find I don’t remember anything about my past, would I still be me? Should I have stroke and have my personality changed drastically, would I still be me? Should I lose the capacity to earn my living as I’ve always done (lose my profession) would I still be me? Should switch my spiritual polarity, and lose or gain religion, would I still be me? Should I wake up with my sexual preferences inverted, would I still be me? Should my nation declare me undesirable and exile me, would I still be me? Should I lose my sanity and become Schizophrenic or Psychotic, would I still be me? Should my physical appearance become mangled in a horrific accident, would I still be me? Should I eat meat exclusively, would I still be me? Should I eat plants exclusively, would I still be me? Am I what I do? Am I still me when I’m very drunk? Am I still me when I’m very high? Am I still me when I’m very depressed? Am I still me in my dreams? Am I still me lost in dance? Am I still me lost in sex? Am I still me lost in anger?

The purpose here is not to project the grief, but to