The higher self is a projection

 The real you is not the person who experiences fear, desire or thought.

The real you is the silent witness of all these movements.

Deepak Chopra

 

The self you believe in is just a convenient illusion.

In reality there is no trace of it.

Shunryu Suzuki 

 

Albert Einstein concluded that we cannot solve a problem on the same level as it was created. The “self” that reads Deepak Chopra’s conjecture is bound to project into the “real self” in order to leave behind the experienced misery or reach the desired happiness and perfection. So how to get to Shunryu Suzuki’s understanding that this self that reads spiritual quotes and projects into perceived spiritual messages is entirely made up? Observe the fear, desire and thought and realize it is “me.” Just maybe these fearful stories, desires and projections are recognized as empty and a new dimension of being emerges.