A yogi reported that when he relaxed, the idea of ‘self’ disappeared; why?

Because we believe that effort is ‘me’. That’s why all our life we always say ‘I try, I try.’ It means that we believe that effort is ‘me’. The identification grows stronger when we exert more effort.

When the mind doesn’t push, the idea of self disappears. That’s why when meditation becomes natural, when meditation is happening on its own, no one is meditating.