Real Self

 ...the real Self or real "I" is, contrary to perceptual experience, not an experience of individuality but a non-personal, all-inclusive awareness.  It is not to be confused with the individual self which.... [is] essentially non-existent, being a fabrication of the mind which obscures the true experience of the real Self. ...the real Self is always present and always experienced but...one is only consciously aware of it as it really is when the self limiting tendencies of the mind have ceased.

from Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi ( David Goldman, Penguin, Kindle Edition)