There are many words that try to capture a way of saying who we in essence are:
consciousness, awareness, love, loving awareness, being, light, spirit, soul, buddha nature, source energy, heart, wairua, inner self, eternal subject, knowingness, and many many more of many different languages.
Even when our physical bodies pass away, the truth and light of our being, our wairua remains.
Nothing can remove consciousness.
RATNA DYER 