The "discrete and separate self" is a @label created and explored by @Charles Eisenstein in @The Ascent of Humanity. In the book, Eisenstein frames the separate self, our @ego, as an illusion while the true self is the royal Self; @the Self. The book's description reads:

The Ascent of Humanity is about the history and future of civilization from a unique perspective: the evolution of the human sense of self. This book describes how all the expressions of our civilization—its miraculous technology as well as the pillage of earth, culture, goodness, and beauty—arise from our identity, our way of being, “the discrete and separate self”.

Reflections

"It’s not that we shouldn’t be selfish, it’s that we misperceive the @self. [...] When the other is not an other, then to be good to an other is to be good to yourself." ~ @Charles Eisenstein

Contexts

• #ascent-of-humanity (See: @The Ascent of Humanity)
• #charles-eisenstein (See: @Charles Eisenstein)