Well put. There is a wealth of world literature, poetry and song, in various cultures from Buddhist, Christian mystics, Sufism, etc., that celebrate this state

Well put. There is a wealth of world literature, poetry and song, in various cultures from Buddhist, Christian mystics, Sufism, etc., that celebrate this state of being free from your "self". It's called "death" because it can be scary as f to experience the dissolution of what you thought was yourself, it can feel like the end of the world. Sometimes it's described as a "surrender" to a higher power, though the latter is beyond words and religions often prohibit pointing directly (HaShem). Why surrender? Because the ego and the little self will go to great lengths to prevent from losing its dominion, including emotional and psychological tricks from outside your conscious view - so you don't even know what your "self" is doing. This is why people say, "Your worst enemy is yourself." But of course you are your best friend also. My favorite is how this transcendent experience is called "love". How do I love Thee? Let me count the ways. When you get it, you see how so much of poetry and music is singing about this.