On the notion of "oblivion" as a goal.
See the movie Harvard Man. Then go back through with director's commentary. It's psuedo-autobiographical, and it really messed me up for a while in the middle. The guy truly loses all self and breaks through to the oblivion behind the self. Then come back and we'll talk some real philosophy of the self, and the notion of self, and the formation of self -- all of which can be done using philosophy and/or religion.
