Hi Gunnar!


Or call up a video of a lying politician & notice what Sensations arise as you listen.

Please report back with what body Sensations (not interpretations) you feel. Bodies can feel hot or cold, heavy or light, contraction or expansion, etc.

"Peaceful" is an interpretation of a ...

'Can you find the ‘thing’ that is doing the choosing?'
There is no thing which is doing the choosing. the choosing happens automatically. There is no need to listen to thoughts because choices are done without thinking. They are basically even before thinking happens.
However, there are many ...

Well, the question whether choice is finite really triggered something.
I remember from James that the only thing we really are must be eternal, infinite, etc.
Choice, thought, etc. is finite, is not eternal. It comes and goes. So, it is not me.
Today when I was visiting my rabits I realized that ...

Hmmm

choices are finite. They appear and disappear. I am there and choices pop up and disappear. They have no impact on my true self.
Here in the present experience choices are finite and have no impact on me.

Paramarthanandaji teaches the entire formal curriculum in English. He is also considered by many as the very best of Dayananda's disciples.


Oh, thank you. I was wondering where James got his knowledge from, now I got an idea. I haven't yet looked into the whole Swami world...


not even an ...

Hi Joseph,

thank you for your quick and very detailed reply!! Very much appreciated :)

Can I ask you if there was a particular reason to stop following James Swartz?


Where is this "I" that is responsible?
Is there a "you" creating/thinking thoughts?

You're right. There is no I to be ...

Hi Joseph,

I am very sorry for having not responded for so long. I had the feeling of making a break in order to digest all the changes I experienced. I also got in contact with James Swartz (wonderful Vedantic teacher) which distracted me from this site. Sorry again, I just realized that it's been ...

Can a controller\chooser\decider be found in your present experience?

No,there is nobody to decide. Decisions are made based on how I grew up, on past experiences,... In general, decisions are made on the premise of attaining happiness and avoiding harm.

:)

The view here is that consciousness is the ground or basis of all experience.
...That a knowing permeated everything. Both known and unknown are always recognized. I know when I know, I know when I don't know.
... Not a single thread is separate from this present knowing. Wherever I look, I am ...

What does "emptiness' refer to?

Emptiness refers to the ground of being. It seems to be the basis of all experiences, forms and possibilities. Everything arises from this emptiness. Happiness, sorrow, etc. can be found in identification. Identification seems to arise from this emptiness. All ...

The only Thing I find is emptiness. there is simply and only emptiness. Everything arises from this emptiness. Be it pleasure seeking, things to do, fear, etc. Everything Comes out of emptiness.

I see it. It's all the same. Thinking is just another thought!!

without a self, what is there to defend?


Nothing is there to defend. If I am in a situation of stress, seeking, or whatever I ask myself "who is it who feels stress?" and then the thought of being stressed or whatever dissappears.


Is there a you thinking these thoughts?

There is nobody ...

Yes, I confirm and agree with requirements!

Thank you for your time, Joseph!!

best, Georg

It is the fear which requires an identification. The fear of being useless wants to be something. It wants an identification to feel great and worthy of being.
Love on the other hand is totally fine with what is. No requirement for anything, everything is perfect as it is.

"Is there a physical self ...