The difference between ‘I’ and ‘My’

The difference between ‘I’ and ‘My’ 
Layman’s logic points to the existence of two different entities — the soul and the body or the Ãtman and the deha in another way also. Consciously or unconsciously, willingly or unwillingly, we generally maintain the distinction between ‘I’ and ‘my’ ; we use ‘I’ for the ‘self’ and ‘my’ for things which ‘I’, as a person, use or possess. For example, everyone says; ‘This is my house’ or ‘this is my car’; no one ever says ‘I am a car’ or ‘I am a house.’ Similarly, everyone says: ‘This is my face, these are my ears or my eyes" no one ever says : ‘I am the eyes, the ears or the face.’ So, when someone says: ‘This is my body’, his statement implies that the one who says this is different from the body. This, therefore, points to the distinction between the self and the body or Ãtman and deha. The pronoun ‘I’ stands for the person, the subject, the being whereas ‘my’ stands for what belongs to, relates to or is possessed, owned or used by that person. The former is conscient and metaphysical whereas the latter is material in case it is the body or something that is used by