If a vehicle is something that carries or conveys, then the human body can be understood as the vehicle of the self.
Your body:
- carries your mind
- carries your soul
- carries your consciousness
- carries your actions through the world
So in this sense:
Your body is the vehicle through which your being moves through reality.
Ancient Philosophy
This idea appears across many traditions.
Greek Thought
In the dialogue Phaedrus, Plato describes the soul like a charioteer guiding horses.
The image suggests:
- the soul = driver
- the body = chariot
The body carries the soul through the material world.
Christianity
In Christian thought, the body is often described as a temple or vessel.
In the New Testament:
“Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.”
— from First Epistle to the Corinthians
Here the body is seen as the dwelling place or vessel for the divine presence.