Oh yeah! The mighty warrior who was ready to pass through the gates of Hell just lost interest. Now if replying was too hard how are you ever gonna open the box and look at what's going on? Is that how you usually treat things in daily life. Scream you are a real man and then chicken out? How about ...

So you would say you have seen through the illusion of self I guess. How did that happen? What's the difference between before and after? How does the illusion of self happen in practice?

Really make it detailed and practical, put 'your' experience on the line. Convince us that we have the same ...

Who wants to have more? Who wants to get enlightened? What's wrong with what's going on now?

One more thing. Why do you want enlightenment? Are you running from this life? What do you think that would give you?

Don't get me wrong ... that's not to say there is no perception but is there a perceiver? Sure ... since all the senses are located in that body, all the senses are "centered" in that body. Sure ... but when you are asked to find the perceiver you can't. It can't be found. It seems to be always ...

There is perception so there is existence. Where are you in this? Where's the rabbit?

Cool we got something there. Let's move to the point of view.


Looking into a mirror - actually staring in your own eyes, not just combing and shaving - feels weirdly wrong.
Maybe it's from the idea that it's rude to stare?
The feeling wears off quickly if i start to observe the face with some ...

Time scale matters.
A thought follows a perception. If i touch something, then there is the feeling, and after that the thoughts.
If i trip, i'll level out before realizing what happened.

That pretty much sounds like thoughts are not the cause of perceptions or some actions. Is there an I that is ...

Like a dark room.
Was there a rabbit under the table?

I flash the light there, no rabbit.
Maybe he jumped away under the bed?

Nope.
In the cabinet?
Nothing there.
But what was that in the dark under the table again?

I need to find a light switch.

Funny how the rabbit is always there when the ...

Who is me story/concept about?
Me :)
The body, all the things that happened to it over the years, that thing.

The body goes to the bathroom, the me part does not even need to wake up fully for that.
Control? A sequence of thoughts, to go or not to go? Eventually, a decision, out of other thoughts ...

Hi Oshen,

Welcome around ... thanks for putting your beliefs on the table. I will turn that the other way around and ask you to question your beliefs. Which one of those hold to the reality test? And mostly, does the basic belief that there is an I hold to the reality test?


There is no you, a ...

buddhawarrior, what we offer here is help in seeing there is no self. That there is nothing personal about life. That the "personal" I is only a mind product and there is no separate entity. And that is the only purpose of this forum. If you have no interest in that there's no reason for you to be ...

Yup ... sitting with eyes closed and just looking at what's going on is the way I did / do it also. One "mistake" I did there was doing it from the perspective "I am looking at thoughts". So just look at that also ... is there an I looking at thoughts or is that happening also?

Something else that ...

One more thing ... this is about looking but we usually look & analyse. And only see the result at the end of that. So I guess you should try the following exercise to see how the looking hapens. That's a quote that really helped me at some point ... give it a try

"Man is imprisoned by words. Man’s ...

This voice in your head ... can you see it or can you only see there are thoughts poping on and on? Is there an I thinking those thoughts that can be seen or thoughts just pop out of nowhere? What are these thoughts about? They are in a form or another about an I. Always about an I. Just look into ...