Dear Rolly,

I am sorry to have to tell you that this approach does not work for me. I find it bordering on the nonsensical. So I am going to bow out. Back to standard Buddhism for me. Thank you however for the time and effort you have expended on my questions.

Keep well,

David

I'll give it a go....

Hello Rolly,

Reading through our dialogue I am finding the issues quite confusing. Please would you state again the single, core question which I have to consider?

Thank you,

David

Thanks Rolly, I'll go away and apply...

Thanks Rolly

Hi Rolly,

I'm afraid I can't get the hang of the Quotes so I have just pasted in your text and my answers

David wrote: NO The music and the listener are one.

Rolly: Ok, there’s no separation, no independent perceiver. Could we say that music and listener are just one happening, no division ...

Thanks Rolly. First another apology. Your instructions had not disappeared they had merely moved to page 2.Also re using the Quotes Function, please will you send me a link.

Now my answers.
Do you experience a separate or independent perceiver? NO The music and the listener are one.
What would the ...

Hello Rolly

Apologies for my long absence. This has been due to my being very busy but also due to doubts and negative feelings about this process, which tend to make it slide down the priority list. (My ego asserting itself?) There is another problem: Your last instructions on February 2 about ...

Hi Rolly,

Apologies for not responding before, things have been busy…
Two choices
1. Decide which film to take my wife to?
a. My wife says you choose. I narrow it down to three films, one of which is a period drama. My wife likes period dramas so I choose that one. I am the ‘chooser’ in that I ...

Hi Rolly,
"here is a simple exercise to see the difference between looking into thoughts and into direct experience. Pick a fruit, and place it in front of you.
Close your eyes and imagine that you take the fruit in your hands, feel it. Texture, weight, shape, colour. Imagine that you are smelling ...

OK, I'll try this.

Hello Rolly,

Yes, don’t think just do it and live in the present moment is fine. But I have to deal with a logical problem first.

I said “In the present moment David seems real to me….”

And you replied “If I tell you there is no ‘you’, no David, at all, in any way, shape or form - what comes ...

Let me try and apply this. I'll come back in a few days......

Hi Rolly,

I’ll jump straight in. I said in my initial post that an increase in spiritual awareness would be attractive. Let me restate that as the hope for an improved perception of reality and a fuller acceptance of no-self.

I am someway down the road. Both Christianity and an interest in ...

Hi Rolly,
I have read the disclaimer and your rules. I get regular Server 500 errors when I try to log on. Is this usual?

And I look forward to hearing from you,

David