There is no "I" in "You"

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Good response. Is the self itself such a generated illusion?  What exactly is the self..is it the body, mind or some odd commingling of both?

Well, I think our resident atheists have done a good job approaching this question for you already.  The consensus here in this thread is that our egocentric sense of self is the result of the experience of consciousness, generated by our brains.  So, a combination of both.  Maybe scientists will explore this subject sometime in the near future, as I do find it quite fascinating.

Well, they've aptly reduced the issue to a brain process.  Though the idea of identity remains problematic....one popular thought experiment involves the downloading/overwriting  of ones memories, personality, experiences etc. onto another's brain. Say, you've just had the contents of your brain (effectively "you", supra) uploaded to another's brain. How is this particular self identified....is it a new self in a new body; the old self in new body; old body, new self? How would others identify this new conglomeration...by form or function?