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We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn't define us, it has no center.

Adyashanti (2009). “The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment”, p.2, ReadHowYouWant.com
We realize--often quite suddenly--that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn't define us, it has no center.