consciousness is not a pure awareness or awareness itself. It's the awareness which is already mixed up in thoughts, feelings and emotions. The subtle body also constitutes, is constituted with prana, the energy. So that energy now makes a life energy, which enlivens the physical body. Now you have a body mind system, an active capable because of your presence. And here an ancient sancan saying is relevant, sankin saying. Every complex entity, every compound entity, is meant for something apart from that compound entity.