Sounds great, Freddi. Thank you so much for the seasoned guidance! Well done :)

No problem, Fred...and thank you again for your incisive questioning. Any further questions are welcome, because I know they will result in looking and looking deeper. And looking is where this new found joy resides :)

Ok, here goes

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

There is no separate entity of "self", "me" or "I" at all, anywhere in any way, shape or form. There never was.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is ...

In this uninterpreted moment, there is only one thing happening. Whether we call it ‘awareness’, ‘presence’, 'that' or ‘gobbledygook’ does not come close to describing IT, right?

Without question....yes! Words do not suffice even remotely :)

Chris I feel like asking you our summing-up questions ...

Morning again Freddi :)

I'll get to your questions today...but first wanted to respond to yesterday's question...

Look at what happens as you first wake up. Can you catch that moment when ‘I’ sneaks back in, with the first thought?

I did catch it after a few seconds to a minute this morning ...

Is there an ‘I’ that watches, or is there simply watching?

There is no "I" watching, no....at least, not in terms of the previous sense of "self" that was an identifying thought. No....there is awareness watching...and it does not seem to have a location that can call itself "I", rightfully. It ...

Ok, I've seen enough with respect to the assignment. I've been watching myself talk for 5 hours now, on and off....and what I see is a talking machine. The talking occurs automatically, with no conscious/effortful input from thoughts I'd previously thought was "me". Words appear to be spoken in ...

I picked an interesting one....which I can watch all day long: the "decision" of what to say when my coworkers talk to me/ask me questions. This one is very......very...intriguing, I'm finding, when I look at it. My preliminary discovery is that what I say in return.......is said all by itself ...

Morning Fred. Looking forward to more discovery today :)

Yes, the idea of ‘I’ comes and goes, when it comes back, in a given situation, is it always the same?

No, it really isn't. It's more like a loose jumble of thoughts that kind of collect around body reactions/emotions associated with ...

Thank you for your guidance here...it has been superb. Quickly cutting to the heart of the matter :)

What do you say? Is there anything tangible, verifiable behind what you call 'I'?

No! "I" is a thought....and the thought of "I", comes and goes. Specifically, it goes when I look into the ...

Should have put buzzing in blue.

Hi Fred!

Good to be back this morning. I'll get right to your questions. First, let me say that yesterday was kind a magnificent day of looking and seeing....with dawning realization so clear and what's been so obvious, that I, at times, yelled out in joy and awe, laughing my head off in wonder ...

That reads a bit like something you learned somewhere. Drop it. There is no ‘element of consciousness in touch with reality’. No such thing ;-)
You are your sole authority here. Rely only on what you SEE, here and now.
There is only this moment, this experience, so no ‘consistent direct experience ...

What is that ‘I’ that gets wrapped up in thoughts?
What is that ‘I’ that identifies with thoughts?

It's thoughts! It's thoughts that get wrapped up in thoughts! How is that possible? Where do they come from? I don't know, but I can see that it's thoughts bouncing back and forth off of one ...

Woops! I messed up the quoting thing...sorry about that :)