Sandra,

I am sure as I can be. There was no "Big Bang" it's more like "oh".

Facebook may be an issue. I haven't used it in years.

I don't mind about opening the discussion though.

Thank You!

Sandra,

Yes. Thank you for providing the critical point. "Don't think about it." That allowed me to absorb all the facts.

At the moment this is causing a some unintended consequences. I am unable to "multi-task" now. Not sure if multi-tasking was ever effective to begin with. While doing seemingly ...

>>Could this ^ be more like this?: there is a focus of attention in the intense focus (sensations) going on, followed by an assumption that it means something (thoughts) going on also?
Not that I can tell. I am having that sensation at the moment, yet I am responding to you. It doesnt mean ...

>>By normal you mean: should this be happening? Well, yes, if it is what is happening then it is normal and it should be happening. Because it is what is happening :)

8^D Bravo!

>>Yes, I think I did. One thing that is curious with driving is seeing how you can be thinking about something that ...

Sandra,

You're saying there's a broadening of what is being perceived?
I believe it can be explained that way. More details at those specific moments. This sensation has diminished quite a bit now. I spent the weekend relaxing with friends and family and those moments are less intense now. I will ...

Sandra,

Let me try and explain. Imagine a slow random pulse of concentration (presence). Most times you are present but the amount of information coming is manageable. Other times, and quite suddenly, you are absorbing maybe too much information from your surroundings. You give things that you may ...

Hello Sandra,

It's quite interesting to have this perspective. I am able to be present more of the day. It gets exciting a bit while driving though, so I am turning the music off in the car for now.

Thank You

Sandra,

>>Does a hand move?
Yes

>>If it does, what can you see causing the movement of the hand?
Nothing

>>Is moving or not moving the hand being decided by a you?
Not at all

I will do a few more as you suggested by just looking as you suggest. A strange thing happened yesterday. I was ...

Just to be sure, are you saying you don't experience a you making decisions?
No. Which is strange. I usually find myself less focused than this. Perhaps we should revisit this question several days from now as well but at the moment, I don't see how this would change.

Can you please describe the ...

Are you 100% sure that there is no you?
Yes. All I can say now is "being"

Was there ever?
After understanding this reality, It was just a mental construction that happens to our species.

How is free will exerted and choices are being made?
That is a good and complex question. It seems weird ...

Sandra,

I think it's just an understanding that has taken hold, thanks to your persistent guidance. I wasn't able to control that understanding by thinking about it, as you so aptly said. That just took me around in circles. By just reviewing the facts that you went over and over....and over, and ...

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but I did experience something like this last October, but it was more intense, and I fought it off. 8-| It was too weird. When it happened again it lasted much longer. Right now it is not sooo intense. Just comfortable, and with the understanding, with a ...

:D I'm comfortable just being, I guess. It is sooo simple. I was way overthinking everything. It seems a little odd with the sounds, and conversations. Almost like raw input.

>>>I've missed this. So Rick can be a kind of container of memories? Can you find those memories if you look for them? Or is their nature similar to Rick's nature - they exist only in the present thinking stream?
Yes, only in the present, and quite temporary. Especially if you have the attention ...

Okay, let's look closer at this. What emotional reaction do you have to the following statement?

There is no separate self at all in reality. No agent that is in charge, no manager, no watcher, no owner of life - no doer of actions, no maker of decisions, no "entity" there at all - nothing, nada ...