Wow, congrats doing this with a 3 year old, they are labour intensive ;-) But great teachers.
Waking up comes differently to all. Where do you think you are in this? At Gate, or past it? Kind of progressing towards it, still waiting to know?
And, what IS behind it all? as you see it when you look ...

Ah, that is my experience also.
Looks like time to sum up here. If there are any doubts on an item, just check to see if it's true or not.
The doubts seem to be fading. They arise occasionally but are seen like all other thoughts. No thinker. Just passing, then all is right.

I hope you checked ...

Hey friend,

I'm on my way out the door for a little adventure and won't have internet access for 6 weeks. My friend Elizabeth will be working with you. Sorry to cut short like this, and I'm even more sorry that you have tasted the best of the best (me) in this industry, and now have to resort to ...

Hi, Ready. The above was written this morning. Thought without a thinker.
Let's move that to the body. Is there movement without a mover? Like the trees?
Looking forward to your reply.
Definitely movement without a mover. There are the movements that are done every day ... waking up, showering ...

It felt like I was getting caught up in thinking and analyzing this stuff, so yesterday I focused more on looking and seeing, rather than thinking. It seems a lot of what has been typed above was coming from a place of analysis. I spent some time yesterday just walking outside and watching the ...

This whole I-process is such a tired distraction. The I has nothing to do with it. The I has nothing to do with it. There are thoughts that this makes sense now. The I is not needed for any of this. Then the thoughts about seeing this after the fact and how that’s close but not getting it yet. Ok ...

There still seems to be a remnant of an I left. It seems like the I is the one that is able to catch the conditioned thoughts patterns, but always after the fact. Very rarely are the thoughts caught and seen through in real time. Upon reflection, the fleeting nature of thoughts can usually be seen ...

The habit to superimpose “I” onto experience keeps getting repeated over and over. There is a claiming of experience as mine or happening to me. The next time the superimposition occurs, it is a “this is also mine” or “this is also me”. This gives the illusion of continuity, the illusion that it is ...

Where I’m at currently: the past 2-3 days have been interesting. Generally, there’s a sense of curiosity and relaxed pleasantness, which is all good. There is still a sense of not being quite done yet and an effort that is need to be put in to get this. There’s an expectation that there will be a ...

Quite the opposite it seems. Selves become mega-selves (corporations, countries) and accidentally wreak havoc on the world in trying to control and accumulate, which are just behaviors of the self magnified through power. While their actions may serve the corporation, they ultimately end up fucking ...

It seems that the sense of a POV has some relevant purpose. It works for practical purposes, so it must have some kind of evolutionary purpose behind it.

So, a glimpse … how does this glimpse become permanent?

I’m glad the insights are flowing both ways here… So, I’ll relay something that happened last night. I was making some tea and just waiting for the steeping to finish. Standing in the kitchen I just listened and waited. There was a clock ticking and my attention just locked in on that. There was a ...

Nice. I need to do some further reflection but initially it seems like this self thing is some sort of defense mechanism. Against what I'm not yet sure. The past couple of hours have been difficult to find any sort of self-ing going on. I suppose that's a good thing.

No one is identifying with the character. It is just the nature of a character to be identified with his own point of view. The character appears in awareness, but awareness is not personal. In liberation, the character simply loses its grip over the free-flow and functioning of awareness. It can ...

Also, keep me updated on the general affect, questions, frustrations, achievements, skepticism and insight that come up.

By the way, I'm Kian from Ohio! This doesn't have to be totally impersonal. Id like to hear more about your spiritual path so far, and what you sense has been of use to you and ...