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{{proofread}}[[File:Artistic_depiction_of_unity.png|thumb|right|upright|238px| This symbol depicts the universe as a "self-excited" circuit. It was originally created by the late theoretical physicist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler] in his 1983 paper [http://psychonautwiki.org/w/images/3/30/Wheeler_law_without_law.pdf Law Without Law]. The eye represents the self and the line directly opposite represents that which it is perceiving within the "external" environment. The two sections are connected into each other via arrows to demonstrate that it is a singular and unified system.]]
{{proofread}}[[File:Self-concept.jpg|thumb|right|upright|238px|One's self-concept is made up of self-schemas, and their past, present, and future selves.]]
 
An essential component of human perception is experiencing a sensation which leads an individual to feel that they are a separate something which is differentiated that which is around them. This is commonly referred to as one's identity, ego or sense of self. It is referred to in linguistic conversation through the use of pronouns such as I, me, mine and myself as a tool for contrasting one's self from other people or any other system which is not felt to be them.
An essential component of human perception is experiencing a sensation which leads an individual to feel that they are a separate something which is differentiated that which is around them. This is commonly referred to as one's identity, ego or sense of self. It is referred to in linguistic conversation through the use of pronouns such as I, me, mine and myself as a tool for contrasting one's self from other people or any other system which is not felt to be them.