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Firstly, since we cannot point directly to the true self - since it is a no-thing, these are just analogies for a beginner trying to understand no-self. I am not saying the big bang is the true self, in fact I refer to the true self being the consciousness/awareness/void that, as Anna1 mentioned, permeates everything, including the orb, and including everything the orb is, was or ever will be. True self is not the orb, it's the no-thing inside which the orb exists. It is the no-thing in which the whole universe exists.