>>33668181. I don't. Neither are you. "Self" is a mind made concept. It is merely a thought about taking credit for what is happening/has happened. Any thought is real as a thought. Doesn't make contents of said thought real. Thought about pink elephant doesn't make pink elephant real. Same applies to you.
You /doesn't/ exist.
2. Because there's nothing else.
3. Why bother?
4. They aren't. But there's nothing else.