She said it was "especially shocking" that this specific fear of death would be present for Buddhists, considering the idea of the "self" is an illusion under their beliefs. Our paper on paradoxes ...

Sam's the one asking the questions and these are my answers. In what sense is the self an illusion? For me, an illusion is a subjective experience that is not what it seems. Illusions are ...

If you know absolutely nothing about yourself or your likes, wants, values, or personality, you either are a baby or have ...

In his excellent new book, The Self Illusion, he seeks to understand how the singularity of the self emerges from the cacophony of mind and the mess of social life. Dr. Hood was kind enough to ...

With this, he points out the most fundamental problem with the self-help industry — its focus on the individual. The self-help industry revolves around the idea of individual responsibility. However, ...