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cobber2005•about 2 hours ago

> In effect, these different cognitive processes together give rise to our self.

I think this describes what happens in Simondon’s ‘psychic individuation’.[1]

turtleyacht•about 6 hours ago

If that's true, what is "ego death?"

chychiu•about 5 hours ago

If you mean this in a psychedelic context, my theory is the temporary dissolution of this “society” in recognising the “self” as “self”

There is no you in your brain – your identity is a "society of the mind"