The ultimate expression of Buddhist and Vedantist dharma could be expressed as follows: There is no separate object, and there is no “self” that is a subject to the object. There is only Reality of existence in which everything is happening.

In other words, you are not an imagined interior “subject” making a presumption of separate objects—although you seem to be. This imagined subject can be described as the “ego I.” It is a demand on our attention. You’re sure it’s there, but like a mirage in the desert, it’s not really there. This unsteadiness means it forever needs propping up and defending. But like a mirage, it can disappear.