What we call self is viewed in many ways.
The way defines the understanding of what we call self. And besides each way has many schools. Each school presents it differently. Many a time the explanations conflict with each other.
Therefore the assetion: एकम संत. विप्र बहुधा वदन्ति.
Ekam Sat. Vipra Bahudha Vadanti. Truth is one. Different persons describe it variously.
This truth is there is what is called 'the real self'. There is no mine, yours, their’s, our.
We are born from a fertilised ovum. The ovum itself is the cell of our mom's body. Every cell is anna-maya food stuff. So we are food stuff. Every thing in this universe is combination of five elements.
These elements are: Prithvi/Bhudevi (Hindi: पृथ्वी:, Earth), Apas/Varuna/Jal (Hindi: अप:, Water), Agni (Hindi: अग्नि, Fire), Vayu (Hindi: वायु:, Air), Akasha/Dyaus/Ether (Hindi: आकाश, Space ). Wikipedia.
Backward dissolution takes us intellectually to energy and still backward to space, and still backward to nothingness. That nothingness is full. That is the real self', true self, the self, the it, the Brahman.
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