"Personal existence" refers to the state or condition of being alive and having an individual identity. It represents the unique presence and experience of an individual in the world. Full definition
Even if we extend the term individual to its usual designation of personal existence from birth to death, the idea of an individual apart from community is meaningless. (religion-online.org)
The expectation of conscious personal existence beyond death will gradually be abandoned. (religion-online.org)
It is also a matter of historical record that countless generations of people in many vigorous cultures have lived meaningful and ethically robust lives without any belief in continued personal existence after death. (religion-online.org)