“The sense of self is only the false understanding of the ignorant mind. There exist merely the natural processes of body and mind which function as mechanisms for processing, interpreting, and transforming sense data. If these natural processes function in the wrong way, they give rise to foolishness and delusion; so that one feels that there is a self and things which belong to self.
“If these natural processes function in the correct way, these feelings don’t arise. There is the original mindfulness and wisdom (sati-panna), the fundamental clear knowing and true seeing that there is no ‘I’ or ‘mine.'”
~ Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, Heartwood of the Bodhi Tree