No matter what concept of self arises, the fact is always other than the concept. Udana III 10 . . . By transcending these perceptions one is a muni, a peaceful one. Monks, the muni is not born, does not age, does not die, is not confused, he does not yearn. Scientists have viewed it as atoms and molecules, lines of force, pure energy.
Some religions view it as mind itself.
Stepping out of perception to know perception for what it is. In meditation we experience the release from our worlds. The Buddha's word for this was mindfulness. T he Buddha asked us to understand views, to see their limitations and to experience the freedom of not attaching to them. We can use them wisely for the necessities of living and we can let them go.