I’m reading Waking up by Sam Harris and I’m not sure I understand the concept of self and illusion of self. Does that mean I’m not this thing inside my head that controls the body, but that I am in fact body and my brain and there’s nothing else?
Why is that important? How can meditation and ego death help with that?
Not a English native speaker but reading in English so I’m little confused.
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Basically “self” is who you are and “illusion of self” is who you perceive yourself to be. For example, you might see yourself as someone who “jokes around” with everyone all the time which is your “illusion of self”, but in reality, you’re just a douche whose mean to everyone for no reason. That’s your “self”
I’m not saying you do that, just an example
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