False view of self is normally considered to be a permanent abiding entity. As we practice in, especially with insight type meditations, we start to see that this self we have created is a process of Cause and Effect, Cause and Effect, and is constantly changing. A bit like a river. The Mississippi River exists, right? It's right there in the United States. It's on the map, but if we go to the side of the Mississippi River and look at one spot in the middle of the river, is it the same water going by? We see that it's constantly changing, but the concept, Mississippi River remains the same. In the same way, we have an idea of ourselves. Our name like the Mississippi River, we have a concept of what that is. But if we observe more moment-to-moment, we see it's a process of Cause and Effect and it's not the same thing going by. Not a permanent entity, that goes from one moment to the other, but a process of Cause and Effect, Cause and Effect, Cause and Effect.
So if we start to understand this idea of ourselves, then we work more in harmony with this Law of Cause and Effect. If we prefer a certain result, we have to put in a certain cause and it's not in our power to change this law. We may prefer a certain result, but if we don't sow the causes, we can't bring it about. Because it's not within our power, it's not within our control. That is, as far as the level of stream-enterer from what I would understand from the theory. I don't believe they'd have the perfected view of the false view of self, but an insight into the false view of self on a very high level. Because from what I understand, even with the level of the non-returner, there is still a sense of conceit left. So the final view of letting go of conceit, or this sense of "I", doesn't pass away until such time as one is fully enlightened. That's my understanding from the Scriptures.