Are we our brians or our bodies?

No, humans are made up of spirit, soul and body.

We ARE a spirit (our inner person)

We HAVE a soul (our mind will, emotions and intellect)

And we LIVE in a body (our flesh and blood covering.)

The real us is our spirit which is inextricably linked with our soul and can only be separated by God's Living Word (Hebrews 4:12) When our body dies and goes to rot in the grave, our spirit leaves our body and returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7).

The brain does the thinking and 'feeling'. Emotions, mood and feelings are part of the deep part of the brain. The body responses through the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system.

Last time I looked my brain was very much part of my body.

If you want to conjecture that we are something that exists beyond our bodies (including our physical brains) then provide some evidence that supports the existence of this something.

All the hard evidence that I am aware of says that we are mundane and physical beings only.

Yep.

Your brain is a body part through which the body can recognize itself.

I would say both & neither at the same time. You have a good start, but I'd add neither just simply because I firmly subscribe to the idea that we are MORE than just the sum of our parts.

Do you mean 'What is "I"'?

You perceive by using your brain. Your brain enables you to see, hear, smell, taste and feel - and consequently think. The aggregate of these (put together) gives you a sense of "me". "I see, I hear, I smell, I taste, I feel, I think" - is all because your brain puts all these interpretations together into a neat package that you can experience as "I".

If you no longer can see, hear, feel, smell, taste or, consequently think, then there is no "I".

Both. Our body affects our brain and our brain affects our bodies. Trying to keep them seperate or define one as being our essence is a foolish task.

Brians haha, it's a name that's for sure. Sorry.

But yeah, our brain lets us learn and communicate. While our bodies are the tools we use.

Either way, not sure if this was of any helps, but alas, hope it helps

We are the soul living inside of our body. I believe that our soul uses our brain like a controlling device to move muscles. Like the wheel of a car, YOU being the driver and the steering wheel being our brain and the car being our body.

you are you.... you are the energy that makes up all that you are... your "body" is the container(matter) that holds the energy that is you..... those who know The Truth of God refer to that energy as ones soul( that which is the individual)