Ajahn Dhammasiha is asked to give examples of attachment to Self, clinging to the illusion of an identity, called Sakkāyadiṭṭhi = Entity View by the Buddha.

The quote Ajahn mentions:

"Yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā."

"By whatever they conceive, that is becoming otherwise."

= "Whatever they use as support for their illusion of identity, that is all changing and becoming otherwise"

(Majjhima Nikāya/Middle Length Discourses #113, "Sappurisa Sutta" / "Discourse on the Authentic Person")

In other words, the prop ups we're using to build our delusion of entity will always fail, causing a threat to the illusion, and thus leading to anxiety, fear, worry and suffering, as we're deperately trying to maintain the illusion, despite its foundation crumbling right in front of us.

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