godnotgod
Thou art That
All living organisms are subject to birth and death, there doesn't have to be a self. Sure, it's all a process, but I'm not sure that really answers the question.
Maybe the self is an illusion, maybe it isn't. Maybe we have a soul, maybe we don't. What's your view on these questions?
The mind is a self-created principle, and it is the mind which creates the idea of "i". 'I' live; 'I' die' 'I' think, etc. 'It is only an idea, not a reality. In your meditation, look for this 'I'. For centuries, mystics have come up empty handed.
If birth and death are only processes, without a processor, then where is the 'I' that is born; that dies. Who is it that lives? Who is it that dies?