In the death process the ego or ahamkara reveals itself

In the death process the ego or ahamkara reveals itself as really separate from the instinctive or lower mind or manas...The instinctive-species mind will tell the body complex it is time to let go and leave and maybe stop eating and drinking like the animals do. The ego however which is a possessing entity will confuse any life as an attachment and will not let go until it is no longer pleasant or possible to remain in the dying body...in the meantime it goes backwards and forwards like a caterpillar with its feet on the new leaf and at the same time its back feet on the old leaf.We are possessed by an entity the ego a false entity....