The minimal self goes hand-in-hand with immersion in the shared social world, such that "he world is always pregiven, ie, tacitly grasped as a self-evident background of all experiencing and meaning." This is the self-world structure. The minimal self cannot be further elaborated and normally one cannot grasp it upon reflection. These experiences that are part of the minimal self are normally "tacit" and implied, requiring no reflection on the part of the person experiencing to know that the experience is theirs. The minimal self has been likened to a "flame that enlightens its surroundings and thereby itself." Unlike the extended self, which is composed of properties such as the person's identity, the person's narrative, and other aspects that can be gleaned from reflection, the minimal self has no properties, but refers to the "mine-ness" "given-ness" of experience, that the experiences are that of the person having them in that person's stream of consciousness. 4 Examination of Anomalous World Experience (EAWE).3 Examination of Anomalous Self-Experience (EASE).
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