Alien Life and Dark Plasma: What Makes You Alive and Self Aware? Complex organic chemistry reactions inside you body. But the fungus inside an old log also alive by this definition. So what makes you different from fungus? Self awareness. And the self awareness arising from your brain neuron cells connections according to all text books. What if I told that the only thing your self awareness has to do with your neurons in your brain is nothing more than a power generator has to do with high voltage wires. That's right, your brain is just a bunch of wires powered by a generator far away. Brain - no mater how complex it is - just wires that enable your body to move, but self awareness and true life including alien life originates from a very different source.