Hi Sarah,

I'm glad you're wanting to be thorough with this and make sure we're through. I've continued to look today, and although my life goes on pretty much like it was before, there's just no more belief in a "me."

Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way ...

Good Morning, Sarah,

You tell me! Has the illusion of self been revealed?

Yes, you definitely did your job, making me look at this thing so intensely and from so many different angles, the illusion of self just couldn't be sustained any further. Its amazing how it persisted for so long. I can see ...

Good Morning, Sarah!

Thanks for allowing me some time to reflect on all we've discussed to this point. Glad to be back but as you can see, after this, there doesn't seem much else to say.

OK – but that which notices also noticed intense pain or intense emotion didn’t it? And was it in intense ...

Hi Sarah,

Thank you for your continued compassionate guidance, heartfelt and with laser-accurate precision, as always! I am taking today to process your above responses further, and will be back with you on my findings tomorrow.

You're the best! Hugs -- Jim

Good Morning, Sarah! Great to hear back from you, as always :)

No – just asking if that which notices is ever not there? Not accessible? Emotion is experienced isn’t it?

Okay, yes, I will concede that that which notices is never not there. And yes, it is always accessible, but not always easily ...

HI Sarah,

Thanks so much for your kind efforts to guide me further with this. Here we go!

Keep checking. And is it ever not there?

Please clarify your question for me, Sarah. Are you saying that since awareness is always present, and there is no emotion in awareness, that emotion is non ...

Mornin' to you, Sarah,

Thank you for your excellent pointers and your kindness in continuing to hash this out with me. I hope you see I'm trying my best to get to the bottom of it.

OK – so I want you to keep looking into this any and every time that remembering happens. See if you can catch any ...

Good Morning, Sarah,

Did you look at this bit? Do thoughts also arise in/to what is? How are thoughts different from any other arising? Doing happens, seeing happens, hearing happens and so to do thoughts. Do you see? And that which criticizes the thought arising is also …..a thought!

Wow, yes ...

Hello, Sarah,

If you cant see it how do you know its made up of thoughts? LOL. Do you mean thoughts are invisible or the one who is attached is invisible? Keep looking! Onion peeling Jim!

Ah yes, that infinite-layered onion again! I think what I meant about "not being able to see it," was that I ...

Morning Sarah,

And what is that attachment made up of? Can you see it?

No, I cannot see it, and of course its just more thoughts. It seems like one thought fighting against another thought telling you to believe that there is something real behind it. Reason now tells me its not true but I can't ...

Hey there, Sarah!

Yes. Let me know what you notice!

Continuing to watch the problem-making mechanism like a hawk. Thoughts and perceptions arise from nowhere in pure awareness, and then dissolve leaving no trace. Its only if "attachment" to one of the thoughts happens that suffering occurs.

Is ...

Good Morning Sarah,

Thanks, as always, for your wonderful reply! Receiving your messages always makes me smile.

Can thoughts know anything?

No, they cannot know anything at all, I'm clear on that.

OK – so I want you to notice ‘problems’ arise. Look for them. Watch them try and take shape ...

Hey Sarah!

My apologies for the delay in response. Thank you for your encouragement, dedication, and bearing with me on this. I feel things are definitely going in the right direction.

And is most/all of the fear formed from future thoughts and imagination rather than what is actually experienced ...

Hi Sarah!

Sorry for the delay. I hope you're doing well. So happy to be back, as I don't want to lose the great momentum we have going.

Well spotted! OK – so now I want you to really test it – every time you notice a decision coming up. OK!

I've been doing that constantly since our last ...

Hi Sarah,

Great to get your reply! Thanks for this clear and rigorous examination of reality you're putting me through.

OK – so when this thought comes up I want you to watch it like a cat watches a mouse hole. Break it down into its parts.
How does it start, then what do thoughts do (you don’t ...