Individuality - The Myth of the Self and the Paradox of Being  (Paperback, Gyan Prabhat)

We are born into a world that hands us a name before we can speak, a gender before we can understand it, a nationality before we've taken our first steps. Before our eyes can focus, we're given mirrors - not to see ourselves, but to see what others expect us to be. We spend our lives collecting masks: the good child, the perfect student, the model citizen, the social media persona. But beneath these layers of performance and expectation, in that quiet space where no likes or judgments reach, who are we really? 'Individuality' is a journey into the heart of this question. It begins where most self-help books end - not with easy answers, but with unsettling truths. Drawing from the ancient wisdom of Buddhist monks who spoke of 'no-self,' the piercing insights of existentialist philosophers, and the startling revelations of modern neuroscience, this book reveals how our deepest convictions about identity are illusions. The confident voice in your head? A clever impersonator. Your most cherished memories? Edited with each retelling. That unshakable sense of 'me'? As fluid as river water. Yet this isn't a book about despair - it's about liberation. By dismantling the myth of the fixed self, we discover something far more precious: the radical freedom to become. Through thought experiments that will rearrange your mind, psychological studies that expose our collective delusions, and meditations on what it means to be human in an age of artificial intelligence, 'Individuality' doesn't just change how you think about yourself, it changes how you experience existence itself. This is philosophy that bleeds, psychology that breathes, and wisdom that doesn't pretend to have all the answers. For anyone who's ever felt like an impostor in their own life, or wondered why they behave differently online versus in person, or questioned whether they're living authentically - this book is your mirror, your maze, and ultimately, your map to a deeper truth.