The self that we see as ourselves is manifest of the body. This aggregate of chemicals and electrical impulses produces this self that we believe that we are. This consciousness is a part of this body and is impermanent. Only here while the body is alive. Some we want to say that we are more than that. If you live in the portion of your consciousness where drinking alcohol affects you mind … Or, eating certain food affect your mood then your consciousness is connected to this body. When the body dies then this self dies. There is no self. Self is a concept cause by the persistence of living and experiencing. The effect is self. The cause is living and experiencing. The condition is the body. Cause finds the condition to produce the effect.

The realization that one does not truly exist .. is not enough. One has to find the other shore where upon one can stand to see this side of life. It is not bliss. It is not enlightenment. It is finding who we really are. What is ones face before one is born??