The traditions divide on the self. The Upaniṣads teach that the true Self, ātman, is one with Brahman; the Buddha taught that no permanent self can be found; Christian and Sufi writers speak of losing the self to find it in God. Many hold that what is ordinarily called self, the ego, is not the deepest truth of who we are.
Self
The subject of experience; in contemplative traditions, either the true inner reality or a constructed illusion.