There is no actual “you” in the way that it seems to be. A persistent thought pattern / meme complex got mistaken for a “you” by awareness and, sooner or later, awareness can see through the “you”, which is a tremendous relief when it occurs.
As Einstein put it:
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
There is no actual “you” in the way that it seems to be. A persistent thought pattern / meme complex got mistaken for a “you” by awareness and, sooner or later, awareness can see through the “you”, which is a tremendous relief when it occurs.
As Einstein put it:
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness.
This delusion is a kind of prison for us. . .