Whatever you define (as subject) as "self" (object) cannot be your self. For more on this I recommend Maharshi's "Self-Inquiry" method.
These discussions are maybe entertaining but fundamentally meaningless, in my view. The problem is that they can also be misleading.
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My view: Know your mind first. This requires awareness. The more aware you become, the less you identify with the mind/thought phenomenon.
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There is no difference between self and awareness in definition or experience.
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Exactly.
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All awareness springs from the mind... all self springs from the mind.
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To define something is to differentiate it. That is the mind, not awareness. When you are in a state of non-differentiation, who are you?
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Define "state of non-differentiation". I am only aware of one "state" and it is called existence
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See?You think you need to define it to understand.My question was pointing exactly to that. It's not about defining, it's about experiencing
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Defining is experiencing if you are a human; the pattern of this definition is your self
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