Gorffman's "Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" was required reading when I was in school. The only other people who read as much as us are the French. A couple of them will light up this forum.
You cannot come to consciousness unconsciously. Directed attention supposes someone there to direct it--not just chariot without driver. All work begins with the control of attention. Madame Ouspensky
A man is unable to explain what he himself really is. Gurdjieff
Gurdjieff said to Ouspensky: "You always think - I only now and then."
"I not think - I look: necessary to look". Gurdjieff
In other words, there are no individuals. There are only viewpoints.
Can we proceed further and faster with this lesson, Professor Gopal? I know you have been trying to teach duds here. I wish you would lay out your entire theory and let me check it out.
We are naming view point of Consciousness as Individual.
So a Consciousness-appearance is an 'individual' (or viewpoint). So is it wrong to say that a Figment-appearance is an 'individual'?