There is no true/higher self.

[Schizophonia]

I've been reflecting a bit these days on the fundamental reason that pushes me to behave one way or another.
Why do I decide to make a joke or not, what kind of joke? Do I make a serious face or a smiley face? If I'm texting, do I use this smiley face, another smiley face, or no smiley face at all? Do I write "ahah," or "lol," or "Okay, I'll stop," or "Jk," or any other verbal tic, or do I leave it out?
Do I specify something? Do I hide something?
And so on ad infinitum, in everything that constitutes interpersonal communication.

The solution we usually give is "Be yourself," except that "be yourself" is an illusion.
There is no real self; it's just not true, a lie; There's only the ego, that is, the inclination to construct an identity, a mask, to narcissify oneself; and the pressure of this inclination generates a predominance of maintaining a language that's effective in maintaining the ego, and therefore a feeling of continuity of personality.

But this is purely relative; it's all based solely on memory, on limiting beliefs.

Even what we believe to be the most "pure" and desirable, the most romantic, the most abundant; behind all this, there are only limiting (relative) beliefs; it's a charade.

If there are no more limiting beliefs, there's no more interaction; no more love, nothing; just a pseudo-depressive collapse.

In fact, from a certain point of dissolution, there's not even orgasm or pain.
You could be masturbated as much as you want, or dismembered; There would certainly be automatic reactions due to the remnants of ego, but it would no longer have any substance; because no matter how realistic the hologram is, it is still just theater.

[Someone here]

 Eastern mystics have discovered this 5000 years ago lol.the ego is kind of "intelligent" (it's not just a dumb robotic system) and it will modify its behaviour with reality .

It seems like the ego is neccesary for surviving (If you want to survive in a body.. a selfish "I" thought is neccesary to know and interact with the world). But the ego can become self-aware (like it is connected with a ubs-cable to Consciousness Lol) and be less neurotic and have more concious behaviours aligned with the Truth of reality. (But of course.. the ironic thing is..that if the ego would be really aligned with this Truth..he would just dissapear Lol).

[LordFall]

I mean sure but to put it simply if you are the void then you build whatever you want out of that. Use your infinite imagination to build whatever existence you want and in a dating context to build whatever dream dating life you can conjure up.