You are consciousness. You are everything. Your physical body is a manifestation of your consciousness, as is everyone else's. Why consciousness chose this body to see things through, I don't know. Why my perspective is here and not within you, I don't have a clue. That is the one thing that isn't really explained. Sure, I'm everything, but I'm tied down here to some degree. Why? So I can interact with what I've created? How come I am me and not you? If I want to interact, it makes sense I choose a body, but why this one and not that one? There are lessons my soul has to learn, but if I am everything, then I must have already learned these lessons previously or at the same time. If I am everything, then why do I need to learn lessons I must already know?
I have no doubt there's life after death, but I feel like I won't get any "why" answers until my physical body dies out. I'm not at the right level to know all this. Without knowing the "why" behind everything, it is hard to make any decision because you do not know what the point of any of it is. You live your life, day in and day out, for what? Why? Who knows? So, you help people do this and that. What is that supposed to mean? None of these ideas really give us any answers to why we are here. Is there even a reason besides pure entertainment and meaningless goal achievement that will be obsolete once we die out?
All I can say is I don't know. What is the nature of existence? I'm pretty sure we are all connected and one conscoiusness, but I don't know why? I don't know how. I just feel it. But without an answer why, it's hard to figure out which step to take next. I need that damn instruction manual!