“an overintellectualization of certain Canon.” - Buddhism has a long history of intellectualization of its teachings. However, it also has an anti-intellectual strain, which includes its teaching that our thoughts are illusions. To reject that anti-intellectual and anti-human doctrine is not an overintellectualization, it’s accepting a basic truth.

“If our personal thoughts depend on our interpretations based on ideas and concepts that we have unconsciously accepted, rather than created, then how could those thoughts constitute a permanent "Self"?” – Talk about an overintellectualization! When a tree is blown by the wind bending it in a certain direction, do you then try to find an excuse to say there is not a tree? We have a Self, and that it is constantly “blown” by its environment does not make it not a Self. More to the point, our Self is continually responding, adapting, and growing to our environment. Don’t make the mistake made by Buddhists and Ancient Greek philosophers that change equals unreality! It is a good and beautiful thing that our thinking can change who we are and improve ourselves, our lives, and the lives of those we interact with. Why deny this beauty?