How do I stop the self?

how do I stop the self? How do I escape the, I guess, like the matrix, maybe someone could say, or Maya, right? It's by knowing what you don't want to know, by feeling what you don't want to feel. It's by entering into the very center of the avoidance, into the center of the circle, into the center of the avoidance of your addiction, right?

What is it that your addiction does that helps you avoid and then enter into the middle of it? And what you find is both your greatest fear and the doorway to your own liberation.