Change and the Eight Senses

Yes, I could use a nap. An epic Rip Van Winkle sort of nap. I'm having a fantasy about combing a long white beard. There could be a new president. There could be nuclear holocaust and all that would be left are roaches and fruitcake.
I found an old notebook of mine today (Yes, there was housecleaning involved). It appears that while I was supposed to be taking notes, instead I was writing little stories. A LOT of little stories. Some of them were even good, though not that many. It's interesting to look back on some of the ideas I had, most of which I didn't even remember. I sometimes eschew past writings as a product of a different self, but right now I'm conflicted on that. How much do we really change over the course of our lives? Can we even know? I mean, despite various philosophical beliefs, our minds live very much in the moment. Mahayana buddhism defines eight senses, as opposed to our usual five sense concept. These include the five original senses, as well as a sixth sense that connects the five together so they can work together. For example connecting the sight of an object in our hand with the feel of that object. It's a networking sense, so to speak. The seventh sense compiles all this sensory data together and holds it, sort of like a hard drive and RAM. The eighth sense is essentially the self, it organizes and acts on this data. I think at some point around the seventh and eighth senses you could start to merge the Freudian concepts of id, ego and super-ego into the structure, but that is strictly my theory and should be considered with reservations. I believe the subconscious structures just how the eighth sense reacts to the seventh sense's organization of sensory input. I should note that this is wholly independent of reflection and premeditated action. Though where the boundary is, could easily be a matter of unresolvable debate.
So we have this structure in place and while who I am and who I want to be is often different, the person that I am may remain the same, while the person I want to be is constantly changing. I am starting to agree with Sartre in this, when considering the statement 'I think, therefore I am', he stated that the 'I' that thinks is not the 'I' that is. I'm paraphrasing of course, but you get the idea. Well, I'm so tired I'm not even going to spellcheck this. So, be.. uh... postwarned.