Is the human self nonexistent?

[Laird]

If the unique to that life human self simply reincarnates, for each Earth life, afterward each time remaining temporarily in the afterlife and merging with the higher soul self [#1] prior to the next reincarnation, then you have a succession of different temporary human selves, with the only continuity formed by the persistent higher soul self which is the separate being that is accumulating experience and wisdom [#2a] and past unique human individualities, capsulized merely as memories not conscious sentient beings. But the human is not benefiting from this. This would be a great injustice to the human self - all the benefit of the blood sweat and tears of physical life going to the soul, not the human [#2b]. I didn't want to suggest that option, and don't think it can be the truth. But it is a logical possibility that needs to be eliminated by some greater perhaps intuitive wisdom.

Again, I don't understand why you make some of the claims you seem to make, in particular the three I've emboldened with numbered editing notes.

Re #1: Why would we expect to "merge" with the (hitherto separate) higher self between lives? Is there even any evidence that this actually happens?

Re #2a and #2b: Why, in any case, would we expect to lose our experience and wisdom to the higher self after each life? Why could it not remain a part of us, but simply veiled from (most of) us while we are incarnated?