You're overcomplicating this
No-self means that although it looks and feels like there is a self, the self is an illusion.
An illusion, according to the dictionary, is an instance of misinterpreted perception of sensory experience.
The self is a continual misinterpretation of experience.
That doesn’t mean the self is bad. It doesn’t need to be removed, killed, or even transcended.
It simply means that a self is not really there.
This illusion wouldn’t even be a problem if we weren’t duped by it. It’s the belief that the self is real that causes the suffering.
The good news about an illusion is that it is dispelled by SEEING it for what it is.
Therefore, the key to seeing no-self is to LOOK and SEE without interpretation whether a self can be found.
There’s nothing especially spiritual about this (apart from the fact that everything is spiritual).
Making it about spirituality overcomplicates how simple this is.
“The self is an illusion.
An instance of misinterpreted perception of sensory experience.
A self is not really there.
It’s the belief that the self is real that causes the suffering.
The good news about an illusion is that it is dispelled by SEEING it for what it is.”
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“It is a phantom self.” ET
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Isn't it ALL illusion? Why stop at self? I AM is also an illuson when you "faith" beyond it. Perhaps a better term than illusion is creation. The self is a creation. The Self is a creation. I AM is a creation. What is not creation? Maybe that from which Creation continues to emerge? Yes, it is all ultimately and always spiriutality.