> This is because the so-called self is a construct of words and memories, of fantasies which have no existence in immediate reality.

I think this is Maya.

> If, however, you can really do the thing itself -- that is, if you can learn to wake up and concentrate at the drop of a hat -- you can take or leave the trimmings as you will.

The paradox of psychotherapy for me was that it was about doing this, and very little else. All of the discussions about this or that during sessions always led back to presence in the moment, or concentration.