Compassion and cosmic oneness

Does the state of compassion imply a cosmic oneness that blurs the notions of self and other, time and space, and life and death?

Self and image

Just as mirror reflections of our outer selves are far from totality, so are social reflections of our inner selves. The "quality" of image is contingent not only on our perceptual sensitivities, but also on the adequacy of the reflectors we choose, and more so, on that of the obligatory mediums - light and language. Self-knowledge only begins with apprehending the illusional nature of the artifactual self.

Interpretive lens

Is it possible to see the self, let alone the others, with no agenda or artifactual lens whatsoever?

Sense of self

The more I verbalize my justifications, the more fluid my sense of self seems.

Language and authenticity

How does one become self-aware if despite the limitless symbolic capacity of language, the subjective experiences can neither be adequately nor authentically captured?

Language and self

In the pre-linguistic era, how were the subjective realities of own selves available to humans?