Who am I? reflection on human identity. ??You should include (i) A brief comparison of at least 3 of the theories discussed ?(dualism, mind-brain identity, hylomorphism, & Advaita), combined

From the Brihadâranyaka Upanishad Upanishad, Part 1, Chapter 4

7.    Now, all this universe was then undifferentiated. It became  differentiated by name and form: it was known by such and  such a name and such and such a form. Thus to this day this  universe is differentiated by name and form; so it is said. "He  has such a name and such a form."  This Self has entered into these bodies up to the very tips of the  nails, as a razor lies hidden in its case, or as fire, which sustains  the world, lies hidden in its source. People do not see the Self,  for when viewed in parts It is incomplete: when breathing, It is  called the vital breath (prana); when speaking, the organ of  speech; when seeing, the eye; when hearing, the ear; when  thinking, the mind. These are merely Its names according to Its  functions. He who meditates on one or another of Its aspects  does not know, for It is then incomplete: the Self is separated  from Its totality by being associated with a single characteristic.  The Self alone is to be meditated upon, for in It all these  become unified. Of all these, this Self alone should be known,  for one knows all these through It, just as one may find an  animal which is lost through its footprints. He who thus knows  the Self obtains fame and association with dear ones.  8.    This Self is dearer than a son, dearer than wealth, dearer than  everything else, because It is innermost. If one holding the Self  dear were to say to a person who speaks of anything other than  the Self as dear, that he, the latter, will lose what he holds  dear—and the former is certainly competent to do so—it will  indeed come true.  One should meditate upon the Self alone as dear. He who  meditates upon the Self alone as dear—what he holds dear will  not perish.  9.    They say: "Since men think that by the Knowledge of Brahman (God, the All) they become all, what, pray, was it that Brahman knew by  which It became all?"  10.    This self was indeed Brahman (God/the All) in the beginning. It knew itself  only as "I am Brahman." Therefore it became all. And whoever  among the gods had this enlightenment, also became That  Brahman. It is the same with the seers (rishis), the same with  men. The seer Vamadeva, having realized this self as That,  came to know: "I was Manu and the sun." And to this day,  whoever in a like manner knows the self as "I am Brahman,"  becomes all this universe. Even the gods cannot prevent his  becoming this, for he has become their Self.  Now, if a man worships another deity, thinking: "He is one and  I am another," he does not know. He is like an animal to the  gods. As many animals serve a man, so does each man serve  the gods. Even if one animal is taken away, it causes anguish to  the owner; how much more so when many are taken away!  Therefore it is not pleasing to the gods that men should know  this. 

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