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There is nothing one should take as self as whatever you take as a self it will case unsatisfactoriness and is not permanent and not in one's control. … A normal worldling will consider conventionally that here is a self and it is permanent and it is satisfactory and it is in one's control. …

OP: Simillary, All we are like to gain a calm and pure mind. So we meditate. Isn't it a desire ? This is the case if you react with attachment and pleasure when the mind calms down and react with …

Once enlightened one does not have the 5 Hindrances including Thīna-Middha which makes us lazy.

, feeling, craving, are not-self, the tongue, sounds, tongue-consciousness, tongue-contact, feeling, craving, are not-self, the body, touches, body-consciousness, body-contact, feeling, craving, are not-self … Cha Chakka Sutta OP: could writing down and elaborating grandiose, self-themed stories exacerbate self-grasping which would otherwise be much less? Self-grasping is always there. …

, or - self as possessed of form, or - form as in self, or - self as in form … , nor self as possessed of form, nor form as in self, nor self as in form …

there is no interrelationship current state of existence and the future states are rebirths The more correct translation of Anatta is not-self, i.e., any experience is not self or not worthy of been … Also since the future self is not completely different this is motivation to liberate oneself. …

But later on it becomes apparent that even "the observer" is not unbroken stream or permanent hence not self. Craving arises at any of the six viññāṇas of the sense doors. … In Buddhism both extremities of there is a self and here is no self is rejected. Better rendering in English is not/non self. For more information see this answer and this answer. …

that runs and flows through the rounds of births Maha Taṇha,sankhaya Sutta There are other religions and philosophies which have this view but in Buddhism the observing consciousness is also not self …

Even Nirvana cannot be and should not be identified with self. If 'Atta' is physical body? Body is subjected to old age, decay and death hence not self. You leave your body when you die. … In this sense it cannot be taken as self. …

Whatever is dependently arisen and Nirvana is not self / non self, i.e., all dhamma is not self / non self. Volition is dependently arisen hence not self / non self. …

You should not believe or hold a view that: there is a self there is no self But whatever you consider as self is not worthy of being called self as: you cannot control it to your will it is impermanent … E.g. the eye is not self, what you see is not self, what you feel is not self, your corporeal body is not self, etc. …

Anything part of a being or if you take the the being as a whole this is not self. If you take your eyes this is not self as there are people without eyes. … If so was the volition the self or your body which was instrumental in doing is the self or is the result of the action the self. In each case none of it you can call self. …

Being proud is a natural consequence of certain thought patterns rooted in craving, i.e., when there is craving there is self conceiving in some cases and some cases when there is self conceiving can lead …

[Brahma,jala Sutta] Many conceiving of self happen through craving. (Vicarita) Tanha Sutta Many of these lead to suffering. … Emotions can be a form of suffering as you conceive the self as subject or receiver of any event or perhaps building of non conducive views which case suffering. …

When meditating you might get imaginative experiences which might seem very real. Just do not give any importance to them. Just be aware that you are experiencing something. These experiences has sens …