Issues of the Self

Recently I have been very interested in Buddhism and its view of the self in relation to scientific theories such as the string theory and the zero point field. Through lectures such as one's on eastern beliefs of existence the idea of the impermanent nature of physicality and the belief of the individual self as being an illusion, I have come to realize the dynamics of life in a more natural means, one in which the central focus of purpose is not the individual but more so the collective essence. This perspective drastically alters my preconceived notions of the thesis that all human activity is a combination of P.C.A.S. , it is very plausible therefore that the essence of the qualities P.C.A.S. are even more real than the human beings that express them in their actions. This Buddhist perspective is very appealing to me, although the Hindu perspective seems more grounded in traditional views of birth and rebirth in the continuum of a physical self. Either way you like to perceive the thesis through eastern views of the self, the qualities that embody human action (P.C.A.S.) seem more realistic and permanent than the distinction between permanent self in relation to an outer world or other individual permanent selves acting autonomously in an individualized physical outer world.