So who are you? We all experience 'self'-ness, and I don't question it. Life is confusing enough. Pragmatically speaking - I suspect pretty much the same as anyone else.-Philosophically and metaphorically speaking - an eddy in an unfolding universe.-> I think they are all on autopilot, molded by what we want. I would include our wants, wishes and wills being on autopilot ... they are of the same substance as our autopilots.