The Buddhist Concept of No Self

The self is ultimately a product of incessant conceptualization and thinking. Once your urge to constantly conceptualize and think can be settled for periods of time through practices like meditation the quieting down and a looking without commenting can show you that what you took to be a permanent existing self is actually just another conceptionanother form of thought which rises due to certain conditions. Modern science has actually really reinforced the Buddhist view of the self we are a bunch of parts which are in a constant state of change okay but so but we do have this illusion but the fact that you know it's an illusion doesn't make it go away.