@neologist,
We never were "alive", now were we?
Take out the heart - no more life.
Take out the brain - no more life.
Take out the water - no more life.
Take out the blood - no more life.
Take out the nervous system - no more life.
Take out the bones - no more life.
Take out anything - no more life.
Well, as you can see, we never were alive. It's really just "animation" and us seeing all the world through the Universe's eyes (the eyes have photo-receptors, which emerged from space prior to the emergence of stars and a microscope will give you the power to see that the human eye contains the design of a nebula, and certain nebulas look like human eyes in space).
My brain's profound epilogue: "The human existence is nothing more than a tornado. We have peace at the core, but chaos surrounds us. We don't really exist; the forces which govern us creates an animation, of which we experience. The Universe shaped us, for if the Universe could not be observed, it would not be known and we would not know."