The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 63 of 254
Unity is the product of the self system
As has been suggested, but not yet fully explained, our unity is a product of various parts and processes working together. Unity is the product of the self system, it is not the basis of it. What this means, in broad terms, is that you, me and everyone else are in some sense constructions, of mind and of matter. Many will find this troubling. If we are constructions, then could we not have been constructed differently? Might we not reconstruct or even deconstruct ourselves?