Wow! Thank you for YOU patience! This guidance has made a big difference for me. I feel my realization is a lot deeper than when I started out. Thank you so much, Xain.

I sent you a private message to request connection to FB groups. That sounds great.

My "big" question at this point is what ...

Is 'I've caused something to happen' anything more than a thought popping up?
Again, this can be examined in the same way as all other things - Find the 'I' right now that causes things to happen. Is there one to be found? Or merely thoughts and ideas that suggest that there is one?

--No, "I" is ...

--I don't know what I am.
--There is a thing here that is commonly known as a "body." The hands of this body are typing these words. This body does things...or maybe "does" isn't accurate...the body behaves in certain ways...actions occur. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say the body-mind ...

For question four, you said that the separate self was 'inside' a human being.
Is this right? Is this what you meant?
If so, are there lots of separate human beings (you being one) all with separate selves inside them?

--I think you are referring to this part of my answer for Q. 4: "The illusion of ...

I'm confused because you keep asking the questions and I've already answered them so I think you are looking for more/something else. It's also a little confusing because sometimes we are using conventional speech and other times no-self speech and it's not always clear which is being used.

That ...

Am I a human being?

I'm using the term, "human being," as interchangeable with, "body-mind," or "organism," and I really don't know why I started using that term now. I honestly don't know why that term came to mind. "Mind-body" is the most accurate, succinct term I can come up with for what I'm ...

So to continue..."What makes things happen?"

I don't know. As I said above, seems like a combination of mind conditioning, innate instincts, physical factors/how the body is doing/feeling physically, emotions that arise, and maybe something metaphysical/unknown that comes into play. It may be that ...

5.) Decisions - to the best of my understanding through direct experience, things just happen...sometimes my behavior aligns with what appears to have been a decision that "I" made. But more and more, since I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what I should DO, things just happen and there isn ...

No, there's not a "me" thinking it...good point...that's an old habit. Thoughts arise spontaneously -- there's no one to think them or not think them.
By coming into existence I mean it --the thought, "I," exists for the length of time the thought exists...thoughts do exist, right?

4.) The ...

1) No, the separate entity is only an idea...it is a set of ideas and beliefs...thoughts. It's something that only comes into existence if/while I think it into existence. If there isn't a separate self now, there never was...nothing could have happened to it.

2) It doesn't feel THAT different ...

I don't have any other questions or areas of uncertainty. I see that when the feeling of an "I" arises it is out of habit...and that it will take time for the energy or whatever it is behind this habit to subside. I believe I'm ready for the next questions.

Are these memories anything other than thoughts arising . . . not being witnessed by 'you', controlled by 'you' or relating to 'you'? What power do they really have?

--The memories are just thoughts arising...like a movie playing. Regarding the sense that there is an "I" witnessing the memories ...

Do you have even the slightest amount of control over this situation or your apparent reaction to it?

--No. I can see how -- in the old way of viewing things as if there were a separate self -- it would seem like I made the choice to ask that the kids come back to my house (which I did, and which ...

I was almost finished with my reply and hit the wrong button and all was gone...starting over again.

Beliefs are just thoughts that arise like any other thought. There's no one here to believe anything or not believe anything. Who has faith? Is there anyone here who has faith? No...just thought ...

Ok, I'll try to explain what I meant in that first quote box you included in your reply. So, what I am saying is that when "I" close my eyes and the thought, "I" occurs (or anytime, really), there is also awareness of body sensations, where my body is located in relation to its surroundings, body ...