The ongoing re-generation of the sense of self is reinforced by our tendency to proliferating thoughts. This tendency is explored through the Honeyball Sutta (Majjhima 18).
The hindrances arise naturally within our practice. Developing mindfulness while the hindrances are present both brings in wisdom and transforms the underlying conditions.
Letting go of: All the wishing for more, for less, for anything else, the whining and defining, the needing and the resisting. Just this simple quiet opening. Aaahh!