Often, I have found in western philosophy that identity is identified not with body but something non-substantial. But by being non-substantial how can one claim its existence?

The problem arises from the fact that consciousness is aware of the consciousness that brings about this awareness.

I will argue that the problem isn’t about consciousness, awareness, or self but that any of these so-called “things” are brought about by the body that does the process of these actions.

It is like we have been tricked by mirrors placed facing each other, seeing a depth that is not really there. It is self deception. We forget that someone has to place the mirrors in such a configuration to begin with. That someone is not God (or some other power) but this physical being.