Definitions of 'The Self'

SELF
–noun
1. a person or thing referred to with respect to complete individuality: one's own self.
2. a person's nature, character, etc.: his better self.
3. personal interest.
4. Philosophy.
a. the ego; that which knows, remembers, desires, suffers, etc., as contrasted with that known, remembered, etc.
b. the uniting principle, as a soul, underlying all subjective experience.
–adjective
5. being the same throughout, as a color; uniform.
6. being of one piece with or the same material as the rest: drapes with a self lining.
7. Immunology. the natural constituents of the body, which are normally not subject to attack by components of the immune system (contrasted with nonself).
8. Obsolete. same.
–pronoun
9. myself, himself, herself, etc.: to make a check payable to self.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
10. to self-pollinate.

Well, no wonder I am confused! Look at our agreed reality of what the word 'SELF' actually means! All about the context I hear you say? Indeed, context is everything. But how do we verify for our own sense of self, our sense of our own identity. Because is not the ego different to the soul? Of course it is. The ego is our mind, our belief system it is not who we really are ... we are our spirit ... hmmm still confused about all this ...