To take up less space than you currently do seems deceiving It announces the decision to all who care to know You are always only a self The condition of the body serves no purpose to the self only to those viewing it So, to what end does this physical reduction cease being an observation? One could imagine that the physical aspects of an individual were indeed their character but such is merely fantasy After the desired state is achieved, the self unmarred except by the result of the change still, separately exists