Thank you with a big heart Fred. This has been an intensely clarifying inquiry into awakening. Your guidance has been superb!

I look forward to hearing from you again.

Peace,
Dan

Hi Fred,

Well, this has been an extraordinary last few days. Intensive introspect-ing. Then an equally potent relax-ing.

Without relying on thought, how do you KNOW that the ‘me’ exists in the unseen? That the 'I' exists as apparition?

Words words words, they so get in the way! But what's in ...

Hello Fred,

Wow, a test. Deep breath!

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

The separate self cannot be found. Only a net, a sieve, rising as thought, a process, capturing, holding, dividing the flow of life *THIS* into ...

Hello Fred,

Yes yes,the illusion has been seen. Is being seen.

The tide, the current is flowing towards this new chapter, this new level.

Any doubts that remain will be revealed as the journey continues.

In many ways, it is only a beginning. The beginning of an examined life.

lovely!

Dan

Hi Fred,

Wondrous. Astonishing.

Can any of THIS ever actually be known? Who or what would know IT

As I move thru the day, or it seems more like as the day moves thru me, the me struggles to survive because as the day journeys there is a maneuver happening that has not acted before. Different ...

Hello Fred,

So nice to hear from you.

Does any name, like ‘awareness’, accurately describe THIS, WHAT IS?
What if we called it rhinoceros? Would it change anything to THIS? You give it your own name!

THIS is. Bamboo wind chime pulsing muted tone, over over over. stop. Stillness.
'Awareness ...

Hello Fred,

I was asking you about the content of thought… like ‘the universe hates me’. Can you find truth in that one statement?
Stop and look, don’t THINK. Can you see a universe? Can you see a ‘you’ that is separate from it?

The thought itself believes the truth of the statement. It boils ...

If you meant to say ‘is’, and last night’s dinner is not part of what is happening, can you give me one single example of a content of thought that is what is happening, alive, here and now? I'd be interested in that.

Fred,
As a process of 'unlearning', this is the first instance I have ...

Namaste, or a bowing to you Fred,

So, all morning there has been a process of watching thought. Who is thinking it? Who just thought that? What is there that is separate from that thought?

Who is watching thought? Why? What does the watcher of thought hope to gain from watching thought?

Who is ...

Hi Fred,

"Right here and now, what is your direct experience of a hologram?"
Right now the question has no meaning

"What is asking the question 'who is projecting it' ? What needs to know?"
A cat chasing its tail.

"Why not call it simply ‘noticing’ or ‘observing’, for example?"
Words. Verbs ...

Hi Fred,

Well, I am grateful for your reply. And yes, you do function better as a sounding board to bounce things off of than my dog!

When you say, see the sense of I as an illusion, a better word for it might be a hologram. My 'self' is a hologram, but what or who is projecting it?

To simply ...

Hi Fred!

Well, I spent 20 minutes writing a long convoluted response but hit POST instead of submit and it disappeared, poof! Just as well. It would have given you a headache. I'll try again but it too will be gibberish I fear...

I don't know what to expect from this exploration. Every day is an ...

Hi Fred,

Daniel Philip here.

I'm not sure if I am in the right spot to do so, but I am confirming to you that I have seen the disclaimer and am ready to begin a dialogue with you as my guide.

The wrens are noisy out my back door, taking turns feeding their chicks and splashing in the bird bath ...

I made a friend at an Eckhart Tolle retreat last year named Rolly. We instantly melded, we understood immediately that we were on the same level of inquiry into the self, or awakening to the unknown, or liberation from the incessant egoic mind pattern, or however one wishes to describe it. Rolly ...