True self (non-separate self, or the Absolute) is closely related to subconscious in the realm of the ultimate truth (implicate order, the noumenal), or in the ultimate dimension.
I feel the relation between intellect or ego and true self is equal to the relation between Mara and Buddha. They are two sides of the same coin. They are not two but are not one.
http://plumvillage.org/transcriptions/mara-and-the-buddha-embracing-our-suffering/
It's time to say goodbye to brain. It's time to live in awareness as subconscious. http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/goodbye-to-brain
Non-separation of oneself from others is the key for self-transformation. http://www.slideshare.net/compassion5151/self-transformation-44490452
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