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[Anonymous No.16722288]

So if “self” is comprised of a bundle of thoughts, feelings, and sensations compiled into one individual experiencer, doesn’t that necessarily imply the existence of something that is experiencing those thoughts and feelings and capable of compiling them into one individual self? It’s only true that an individual’s self is illusionary, simply because the only real “Self” is the one experiencing the thoughts and feelings as well as the sensuous world in the first place.

Additionally, it is indeed true that a thing without properties cannot be conceived of, but there is still something remaining, that is, it’s potential of being experienced in the first place. The most reducible quality of anything is it’s quality of being able to be experienced, this quality which all objects and selves are imposed onto