Liminal Self

Separation may feel fundamental to ordinary experience, yet psychology, philosophy, and contemplative traditions repeatedly question where one self ends and another begins. Drawing from cognitive science, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, systems theory, and contemplative traditions, the book examines how the sense of a separate self is constructed, maintained, and potentially transcended through both conceptual understanding and direct experiential insight. Rather than treating selfhood as a fixed or independently existing entity, the book approaches it as a dynamic, emergent process arising from the interaction of perception, memory, attention, language, and social conditioning. The text also situates the illusion of separation within lived experience, examining its emotional, relational, and ethical consequences. Readers are invited to reflect on these ideas and apply them thoughtfully.