The Archipelago of the Self — Quick Reference

1. Minimal Self

• Sensory and proprioceptive perception of the body.
• The "here and now" experience without reference to past or future.
• Recognition of the self as an entity distinct from the environment.

2. Ecological Self

• Use of objects and adaptation to the surroundings.
• Sense of orientation and location in space.
• Balance between internal and external stimulations.

3. Narrative Self

• A self-narrative based on memories.
• A sense of continuity between past, present, and future.
• The ability to project oneself into future scenarios based on one's history.

4. Ideal Self

• Moral, ethical, or existential principles.
• Goals, dreams, and visions of who one wishes to become.
• Judging oneself against an internal ideal.

5. Social Self

• Position held within social groups.
• How one is perceived by others.
• Modulating actions based on social expectations.

6. Productive Self

• Practical skills and operational efficiency.
• Production of objects, ideas, or effects in the world.
• Self-worth derived from tangible achievements.

7. Shadow Self

• Desires, impulses, and memories not integrated into the conscious identity.
• Attributing traits to others that one refuses to recognize in oneself.
• Undeveloped or repressed aspects that can be reintegrated.

8. Phenomenal Self

• Qualia, the sensation of "what it is like" to be conscious.
• Witness consciousness, detached from mental content.
• A state of consciousness without an object, pre-reflective.

9. Non-Self

• Recognition of interdependence with all living things and the cosmos.
• Experience of non-duality between the self and the environment.
• The feeling of being one with the experience, without subject/object separation.