Hi Jon,

I did receive a welcoming message from a user named "nower", it really explains some things.

Thank you,
Michael

Hi Jon,

Thank you, I will look forward to it.

Best regards,
Michael

Hi Jon,

It seems that 'looking' just unfolds, like everything else does. I begin to notice more and more even during day-to-day activities, not just when I'm in 'relaxed looking' state. Everything what is considered to be in my head are just beliefs, assumptions and thoughts, and if look closely ...

Hi Jon,
Do you see that 'self' is a belief about there being some sort of entity pulling strings from behind the scenes and that if looked for it is clear that there never was such a one? That's all it takes, a good look. Can one be found? Will one be found?
Sometimes I get the funny feeling that ...

Hi Jon,
Where the hell is the one that is controlling it?
Nowhere. Honestly, I don't know. Allow me a little digression. I want to write about the two sets of beliefs.

First one, according to which I lived whole my life: there is me, body is me, I control thoughts and actions, etc.

Second one ...

Hi Jon, thank you for your replies. Now this process became quite interesting and almost everything seems to be on the table.
But how can the mind know what this natural flow is? The mind is usually busy announcing or narrating about events, isn't it? But do thoughts see or know this flow? Take a ...

Hi Jon, everything you said rings true, and now I'm not feeling so frustrated as when I wrote the last message.

Seeing that there is no 'manager' and nothing depends on the presence of the 'self' helps to come back to the natural flow of things. But the mind is eager to know what this 'natural ...

Hi Jon,
What was the last bit that pushed you over, made you look?
Maybe when we talked about 'my personality' and the Easter Bunny. Recently I really decided to look for the 'self' which is supposed to hold together all the memories, thoughts, senses, observing... and I found nothing. All these ...

Hi Jon,
Was there a moment when something 'clicked' or did this feeling of things seeming to be easier come along gradually?
It happens very gradually and smooth, by itself. Nevertheless, there were some pivot points or 'insights' along the way (for example, 'everything is just another thought ...

Hi Jon! I'm sorry that I didn't post anything for a few days.

I decided to 'take a break' for a while (who made such decision? lol). Now everything seems to be easier, thoughts can be seen more clearly, including the thought 'I'. There is no one to be in control anymore, thoughts arise, actions ...

Hi Jon, and thank you for the kind words and explanations.

Is it possible to notice anywhere in the body that tension or discomfrot manifests as a sensation? If so focus a little on that and tell me about it?
Maybe there is a little tension in the chest area, though it might be not necessarily ...

Hi Jon,
Sometimes there can be anxiety or at least discomfort at the idea that there really is no 'self'. Please let me know if you feel at all like this?
Of course I feel discomfort. When you are asking all these questions I try to pull my best; to forget all the bullshit and to focus on here ...

Hi Jon,
Take a sensation, such as seeing or hearing. Notice the experience of seeing this screen right now. First of all, who, or what is doing the seeing?
My eyes see the screen. But I guess they just see, without someone or something 'doing the seeing'; without a 'command to see' by some ...

This does seem to be the experience, doesn't it? thoughts do seem to emerge from nowhere and after a while fade out to nowhere.
But ... is a mind found, doing the noticing? Take a look.
It seems like the 'noticing' is a continuous process, which is strongly associated with 'I' thought. Although I ...

Thanks for a reply, Jon! Things are starting to get a bit clearer.
Is it possible to prevent such thoughts from appearing? Try preventing a thought from appearing.

For that matter, Is it possible to 'think' a thought? Look at how thoughts come and go, even those that are assumed to be 'directed ...