These are actually some of the preliminary contemplations on emptiness (sunyata) and non-self (anatman) that are done in Buddhist lineages. Each school does it

These are actually some of the preliminary contemplations on emptiness (sunyata) and non-self (anatman) that are done in Buddhist lineages. Each school does it slightly differently -- maybe ngondro in vajrayana, study of the heart sutra in zen schools, etc. -- but generally you meditate looking for a permanent thing you can call self until you realize there isn't one. When I was first starting my practice I found Thich Nhat Hanh's translation of the heart sutra [1], Thanissaro Bhikkhu's book on anatman [2], and the four thoughts from ngondro [3] to be the most insightful. [1] https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/thich-nhat-hanh-new-heart-sutra-translation https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/letters/thich-... [2] https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/selvesnotself.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/selve... [3] https://www.shambhala.com/videos/mingyur-rinpoche-on-the-four-thoughts/ https://www.shambhala.com/videos/mingyur-rinpoche-on-the-fou...