answer:Separate identity is an illusion, an artifact of the way the intellect processes experience, reinforced by social convention. We interpret these separate identities to be intrinsic features of reality, but they’re just boundaries that the intellect superimposes on an essentially unbounded continuum of being. Here’s how Einstein put it: ”A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” Mentally dividing reality into identities has its uses. But, as Einstein recognized, when we forget that this is just an intellectual expedient, then we lose track of our intrinsic wholeness: that in fact nothing separates us.