so, what is the SELF? what is that which controls thoughts and behaviors?

you never said what religion are you studying?

I have studied indepth:

The Bible
Tao Te Ching
I-Ching
Zen
Buddhism
Celestine Prophocey

I have looked into and read some of:

Krishna consciousness books
The Bhagavad-vita
The Upanishad
The Quran
Ancient mythologies, of most of the worlds diffrent believes
Shinto's
Rastafari
Hinduism
Vedanta

The may be more, yet that is off the top of my head for now.


What is the self, The self is spirit

It is you without needing to impress anyone, your natural self, your innercore.

Who you are when you are alone in nature, not needing any barriers or protection.

The self is nothing you have learned or felt, it is the very innercore of your self the bit that makes you stand up for something, where as other wouldn't even with the same knowledge and Experiences.
The part of you when all is going wrong, that either says I will do it or says I can't cope.

You said: "What is the self, The self is spirit"
So, Are we a spirit? I wonder why the dictionary doesn't use this word: Spirit. What is a spirit? What do you know about spirits?