it (the self) is just a fictional character. Although it is made up of and made out of real things, that is; invisible thoughts and emotions. it is also only who 'we' think 'we' are, when we say things like; "I am ...". 'We' just being the individual invisible thinking, within each human body, or, one of the individual invisible set of thoughts, within one human body.Dontaskme wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 8:51 amI'm always intrigued by this 'self' concept...where does it originate?...do you have any clear answers to the question, ''where does the actual 'self' idea originate?''.. is it real fact or just a fictional character?Age wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 3:17 am
Yes, very simply and easily.
'self' is the the invisible thoughts and emotions within a body, of which there are many.
What knows this is Thy True Self. There is only One True Self. This 'Self' is the One, and only, Mind, which is always OPEN.
The OPEN Mind is what allows human beings to continually learn and discover, more and anew.
This ability to learn, understand, and reason, any thing and every thing, combined with the human brain, which is able to grasp and store amazing amounts of knowledge/information, allows human beings to keep progressing/evolving into finally discovering and knowing things like, Who 'I' am, How the Universe works, What is the meaning of Life, Itself, et cetera, et cetera.
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Where this idea originated from is from past generations telling the younger ones, incorrectly, who they are, through examples like; "I am a doctor", "I am a welder", "I am a mother", "I am an american", "I am a muslim", et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. This, false, idea carries on through younger human beings believing that they are "A boy", "A student", "A child", et cetera, et cetera., who then grow up to believe that they are some thing also, and then repeating the exact same false "I" concept. Repeating the process over and over again.
The exact date and time this process originated, and the exact human body from where it originated, is not known to the thoughts within this human body, but the process of believing the false 'I' has originated, and continues on.
This 'self' concept is usually just a reflection of what the body experiences - is experiencing or has experienced.
The answers are clear within this body, but there may need to be much more clarification to make the answers clearer within other bodies.