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@Ayla Thanks, The conciousness is trying to digest your responses. See, I believe that I understand the concept of no-self. I understand that the goal is to get rid of the 'I'. (It can be assumed that this has not been achieved yet.) However, there is still a need to communicate with each other (not least on a forum) and it would seem to 'me' to be almost impossible to communicate effectively without resorting to (albeit false, but) convenient concepts such as YOU and ME. Or am I totally getting it wrong?

@Ayla Touche ;-) ... but can the question not be rephrased without the 'I' ? "Is there a danger that conceit and 'false-enlightenment' can preventing the achievement of true enlightenment?" And how can that be avoided?

I sometimes feel like I really 'get it'. The illusions are seen for what they are. I can use that to make myself feel better about things but it takes effort to go from A to B i.e. (thinking) ... this is not reality ... this is a mind-story ... i can let it go. It's certainly nice to feel like I can do that but I don't feel enlightened (presumably because I'm not) and even if I started to consider that I was enlightened or even getting that way how do I know that is not just another mind-story anyway?

Hi everyone :-) I'm in London.