Why take your “self” so seriously? From the world’s perspective, your “self” doesn’t exist

At the end of the day, the only thing that we really “know” is based on what we can experience, or more precisely what we can perceive — that is, what we can confirm from the interactions with the world, as told through our own senses. We know that a honeycrisp apple is real because we perceive it by feeling its weight in our hand, seeing its bright red, golden and green hues, and enjoying its juicy and sweet, slightly tart taste. We know that the sun is real because we feel the pleasant heat of its rays on our arms and face. We know that bills are real because they come to our door demanding to be paid — either in paper or pixel form. We know that our friends and family are real from the hugs we give them or receive, and our conversations with them.

If we apply this idea that perception is what grants the quality to some thing of being real, then it follows that from the perspective of the world around us, the concept of a “self” is not real.

The remainder of this essay dives deeper into this concept of the “self” not actually existing, but before that, please note that this essay is attempting to accomplish something far more important than winning the self does not exist argument. That’s merely a facetious pursuit, that is wholly besides the true point and…