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The second level of identity can be described as feeling as if one's identity is attributed to their brain or body. This is often said to feel as if one is a consciousness located within a body which is approaching and interacting with a distinctly separate external environment. It is usually accompanied with a sense of free will or agency which results in one feeling as if their decision-making processes are arising from an internal source which is not necessarily controlled by cause and effect in the same manner as external systems.

A self contained separate identity is by far the most common form of identity. It is typically considered by mainstream cultural notions to be a factual or logical way to ~~percieve~~ the world and the only form of identity which ~~isnt~~ intrinsically [[delusions|delusional]]. However, this notion has ~~recieved extensive~~ debate and criticism within modern neuroscience and philosophy.<ref>The self is an illusion: a conceptual framework for psychotherapy (sagepub.com) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1039856216689531</ref><ref>The self illusion and psychotherapy (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-shrink/201703/the-self-illusion-and-psychotherapy</ref>

A self-contained separate identity is by far the most common form of identity. It is typically considered by mainstream cultural notions to be a factual or logical way to perceive the world and the only form of identity which isn't intrinsically [[delusions|delusional]]. However, this notion has received considerable debate and criticism within modern neuroscience and philosophy.<ref>The self is an illusion: a conceptual framework for psychotherapy (sagepub.com) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1039856216689531</ref><ref>The self illusion and psychotherapy (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-shrink/201703/the-self-illusion-and-psychotherapy</ref>

<ref>The Self is Not an Illusion (PsychologyToday)https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-self-illusion/201205/what-is-the-self-illusion</ref><ref>The Ego Tunnel (pdf) | http://xenopraxis.net/readings/metzinger_egotunnel.pdf</ref><ref>The Illusion of the Self An Interview with Bruce Hood | https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-illusion-of-the-self2</ref><ref>The illusion of the self (philosophynow) | https://philosophynow.org/issues/97/The_Illusion_of_the_Self</ref><ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201704/the-self-is-not-illusion</ref>

====3. Identifying with specific "external" systems====

The third of these differing levels can be referred to as a state of “''identifying with specific "external" systems''.” It can be defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person’s identity and the specific physical systems or concepts within the perceivable external environment which are currently comprising their central point of cognitive focus.

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 The second level of identity can be described as feeling as if one's identity is attributed to their brain or body. This is often said to feel as if one is a consciousness located within a body which is approaching and interacting with a distinctly separate external environment. It is usually accompanied with a sense of free will or agency which results in one feeling as if their decision-making processes are arising from an internal source which is not necessarily controlled by cause and effect in the same manner as external systems.
-A self contained separate identity is by far the most common form of identity. It is typically considered by mainstream cultural notions to be a factual or logical way to percieve the world and the only form of identity which isnt intrinsically [[delusions|delusional]]. However, this notion has recieved extensive debate and criticism within modern neuroscience and philosophy.<ref>The self is an illusion: a conceptual framework for psychotherapy (sagepub.com) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1039856216689531</ref><ref>The self illusion and psychotherapy (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-shrink/201703/the-self-illusion-and-psychotherapy</ref>
+A self-contained separate identity is by far the most common form of identity. It is typically considered by mainstream cultural notions to be a factual or logical way to perceive the world and the only form of identity which isn't intrinsically [[delusions|delusional]]. However, this notion has received considerable debate and criticism within modern neuroscience and philosophy.<ref>The self is an illusion: a conceptual framework for psychotherapy (sagepub.com) | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1039856216689531</ref><ref>The self illusion and psychotherapy (PsychologyToday) | https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-skeptical-shrink/201703/the-self-illusion-and-psychotherapy</ref>
 <ref>The Self is Not an Illusion (PsychologyToday)https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-self-illusion/201205/what-is-the-self-illusion</ref><ref>The Ego Tunnel (pdf) | http://xenopraxis.net/readings/metzinger_egotunnel.pdf</ref><ref>The Illusion of the Self An Interview with Bruce Hood | https://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-illusion-of-the-self2</ref><ref>The illusion of the self (philosophynow) | https://philosophynow.org/issues/97/The_Illusion_of_the_Self</ref><ref>https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201704/the-self-is-not-illusion</ref>
 ====3. Identifying with specific "external" systems====
 The third of these differing levels can be referred to as a state of “''identifying with specific "external" systems''.” It can be defined as the experience of a loss of perceived boundaries between a person’s identity and the specific physical systems or concepts within the perceivable external environment which are currently comprising their central point of cognitive focus.