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However, it is important to note that identity is not a static or objective concept. There is no component of the human brain or body which can be singled out as the part of them which is inherently where they as individual lie. The self is thus a learned and constructed concept that arises through a combination of experience, language and social interactions with other people. This notion is in stark contrast to the common cultural conception that human beings each contain a separate physical identity that is a real and separate system from that which resides around it.

Within traditional religions, the intrinsic nature of a human identity differs depending on its specific doctrine. For example, abrahamic religions use an inherently "dualist" approach which claims that the ~~nature of one's~~ self is a soul ~~that~~ resides within the body and is inherently separate from its external environment. In contrast, eastern religions such as ~~hinduism~~ and ~~buddhism~~ take an approach known as "nondualism" which generally speaking, posits that there is no difference between ~~the self~~ or soul and the "external" universe which it resides in.

Within traditional religions, the intrinsic nature of a human identity differs depending on its specific doctrine. For example, abrahamic religions such as Christianity and Islam use an inherently "dualist" approach which claims that the self is a soul which resides within the body and is inherently separate from its external environment. In contrast, eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism take an approach known as "nondualism" which generally speaking, posits that the separate self is illusory and that there is no difference between one's identity or soul and the "external" universe which it resides in.

When experienced, this subjective effect directly changes that which one's self is currently attributed to so that it becomes capable of including systems which were previously perceived as separate to one's identity or being. The experience of this alteration results in intense and inextricable feelings of unity or interconnectedness between oneself and specific or multiple "external" systems.

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 However, it is important to note that identity is not a static or objective concept. There is no component of the human brain or body which can be singled out as the part of them which is inherently where they as individual lie. The self is thus a learned and constructed concept that arises through a combination of experience, language and social interactions with other people. This notion is in stark contrast to the common cultural conception that human beings each contain a separate physical identity that is a real and separate system from that which resides around it.
-Within traditional religions, the intrinsic nature of a human identity differs depending on its specific doctrine. For example, abrahamic religions use an inherently "dualist" approach which claims that the nature of one's self is a soul that resides within the body and is inherently separate from its external environment. In contrast, eastern religions such as hinduism and buddhism take an approach known as "nondualism" which generally speaking, posits that there is no difference between the self or soul and the "external" universe which it resides in.
+Within traditional religions, the intrinsic nature of a human identity differs depending on its specific doctrine. For example, abrahamic religions such as Christianity and Islam use an inherently "dualist" approach which claims that the self is a soul which resides within the body and is inherently separate from its external environment. In contrast, eastern religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism take an approach known as "nondualism" which generally speaking, posits that the separate self is illusory and that there is no difference between one's identity or soul and the "external" universe which it resides in.
 When experienced, this subjective effect directly changes that which one's self is currently attributed to so that it becomes capable of including systems which were previously perceived as separate to one's identity or being. The experience of this alteration results in intense and inextricable feelings of unity or interconnectedness between oneself and specific or multiple "external" systems.