1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form?
Was there ever?

There is no separate entity in any shape or form and never was.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience ...

Dear Dion, hope it will work this time.
Gratefully,
Marina

Dear Stacy,
Thank you for you answer and your willingness to be my guide.
I must tell you from the beginning that while registering on the Gate, I also wrote an email to Dion and
he kindly accepted to be my guide. We are doing our weekly video sessions for the last month.
To be honest, I don't ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
We are not what we think we are. we are not our thinking process, neither what we think we are nor what others think we are. These are the lenses we use to look at what's around us and at ourselves ...