Why are we not the body? Because the body is an object, the same as 'other bodies', or cars going down the street.
Normally we consider the body ('ourselves') sort of a weird mix of subject/object we call a 'person', but it's not so. The body is an object, appearing in/to the real subject, awareness.
Look down at your legs and chest for a second. Aren't these appearing in awareness? Awareness is not appearing 'in' the body, the body is appearing 'in' awareness. This is actually obvious, if you take a moment to check.
Now, look around the room for the moment. Isn't this the exact same awareness that the body is appearing inside of?
And so, the separation is false. The body is not what we are. We are the awareness in which it arises. The body is "too far away" as an object to be what we are. Awareness is much 'closer' -- all is inside it, and all IS it.
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