Right, but who is the do-er when you do something without thinking? Walk into a room and can't remember what you were doing? I think of the ego as more of a narrator at this point and I often find it's commentary humerus.
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So, when you walk into the room without consciously thinking about it who is the do-er? Who walked in the room? You did, the sense of "I" is the do-er, your body, etc. The witness doesn't change no matter what arises or does not arise. Think of you attention, as it is. What part of the ego is attached to it? It's just eternally now. It becomes distracted by the different distractions of the mind but it is not associated with any of your egoic tendencies or narration you mention.
I like the first question best. Who is the do-er? Do they exist at all? The "I" is just a construct of our self perception. It doesn't make it any more or less real. I think trying to define consciousness is just another part of the human condition that we can't fully escape while still having the experience. If we aren't the "I" that is the construct of our thoughts and perceptions then who are we really? :)
That's the great question my friend! I think that Dr. Suess said it best in one of his books (I think the Grinch stole Christmas) it was something like "he's not a Who, he's more like a What"