"Buddhism is about awakening, which means realizing something about the constructedness of the sense of self and the nothing at its core.

Usually that void at our core is so uncomfortable that we try to evade it, by identifying with something else that might give us stability and security.

The point isn't to get rid of the self: that's not possible, for there never has been a self. Nor do we want to get rid of the sense of self: that would be a rather unpleasant type of mental retardation. Rather, what we work toward is a more permeable, less dualistic sense of self, which is more aware of, and more comfortable with, its empty constructedness."

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