WHAT IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT MOST OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS 'US' IS UNORIGINAL BECAUSE WE WEREN'T BORN WITH IT, WHICH MAKES IT A DISTORTION OF OUR TRUE NATURE, AND THAT MOST OF WHAT WE CALL OUR 'SELF' IS JUST A VAST COLLECTION OF OUTSIDE INFLUENCES THAT HAVE SHAPED OUR PERCEPTIONS AND BEHAVIORS SINCE CHILDHOOD?