How to prove that you are really existing but not exist as an idea?

Question: How to prove that you are really existing but not exist as an idea!?

I mean how do you know that you are objectively existing but not merely existing as a thinking idea!?Prove it but don't say "you can feel !.!.!.etc!."!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Easy!. I think too!. An idea doesn't have independent cognitive thought!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you defined existence as "the continuance or maintenance of life"

!.!.!.then because my brain can be proven to be active and my heart can be proven to be pumping, then I can prove my existence beyond doubt!. Assuming that life is assumed to exist while there is brain and heart function!.

Is that what you meant!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

It would be a matter of showing that your mental existence is bound up with your physical existence!. Suicide would be the extreme test, but not one most people are willing to try!.

Hold your breath for an extremely long time and it becomes difficult even to make Descartes proclamation!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think; therefore, I am!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Simply hold your finger over an open flame!.

I advise not doing it for long and to use a finger not often in use!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you can't, you can only trust your senses, it's a matter of belief one way or the other I guess!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I can't prove itWww@QuestionHome@Com

My proof is my existence!.Www@QuestionHome@Com