Light becomes visible only when there is an object on which the light shines. You cannot see a ray of light if there is no smoke/dust in the air or a wall which gets illuminated. The same way (I think) awareness cannot be aware of itself without the 'I am sense'/beingness which works like some kind of a mirror for awareness to realize itself. When the body-mind dies the light still shines but it isn't aware of itself because it has nothing to shine onto.
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