Think about it

"Think about yourself for a moment. What does that mean, exactly? Do you have a visual image of your body - now or in the past? Do you think in terms of situations you have been in, things you have donne? Do you envisage some bodiless «I AM» sitting just behind your eyeballs?The sense of self is a crucial concept. (...)Thus, the symbolic self could include the capacity to reflect and to be introspective, to make long-term plans, to have a sense of one's own mortality, to develop morala rguments and even form governments.The ability to think of yourself and your actions in the abstract enables reflection, and thus forward planning." (p. 163/164) Robert Winston - The Human Mind and how to make the most of it.Bantam Books, 2004.