Cool, Mark, I’d like to keep looking! Another part of the forum would work just as well :-)

Here are my clarifications:

A. So, is there something or someone there who/which can really intend? What is the (E) of that?

No, that was me using the term pragmatically (T). There is only an emerging ...

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

No (E). There is a constructed self-idea, which surfaces fairly often, woven by thoughts (T). There is a long-lived tendency for identification with this (belief in the thought of a self ...

Hi again Mark! Missed you while the site was down!

So, is there any remaining 'sense of a self' there, and if so please describe it. Notice I said 'sense of a self', as in 'experience'? (Notice that I didn't say 'thought of a self'.)

There is no sense of self, no experience whatsoever that is a ...

Good morning, Mark! No post yesterday, since I was fully booked up.

Can any "I' be found, that 'made the choice of one item over the others'?

No, there is no ”I” that can be singled out (E). Any choice of ”I” definition would be arbitrary and made up (T).

Could you explain what is meant by ...

I really look forward to spending the daily time with these questions of yours, Mark :-)

Cool: if there are tears wanting to come out, why try to hold them back? If there is body wanting to dance, why try to stop it? If there are butterflies, isn't that cool too? All noticed, lived, embraced ...

So excited and into it now, that I forgot all about the "Hi Mark" and "Thank you Mark" etc.

Thanks SO much for your guidance, it's very helpful, as I'm sure you can tell. :-) Hope you have a nice evening.

Sure, just to notice that they are there is ok, isn't it? Or do we want mummy to take them away? If the "'ego is the unquestioned belief in a separate self", as it has been defined by some experts, then once observed as such it is no longer unquestioned, is it? A thought is one thing, but a belief ...

Thanks, Mark!

If we are to 'train into that perspective, which is truer', would this be any more than training the mind, superimposing a certain thought on what is happening? Is not what we are doing actually the opposite: namely tenaciously questioning everything, every thought construct (T ...

Thank you for these questions, Mark!

1. Please stand up and walk slowly across the room for 5 steps, and then return slowly and sit down. A body moved around a room. Was that body you? Notice the experiecing of the whole thing? There is an experience, there are sensations, but does that ...

Can this 'die-hard habit of claiming reponsibility', these thoughts, be questioned honestly, looked into until seen for what they are, whenever they arise? Would that be ok?

Yes!! Excitement, moved, cheerful energy in all of body (E). Also slight hesitancy in the form of the thought “I wonder if ...

Thanks for your reply, Mark!

1. So now, please go through any phrase with 'I' 'my' and rewrite them those words taken out (eg placed by 'this' or rephrase). List those down and tell me, when you ponder, whether they feel different? Do they feel MORE real, or LESS real?

There is a relief to say ...

Great, Mark, thanks for the instructions. I feel a bit more clear on what I am to do. Here is my list:

Hearing ticking (E). Feeling impact on my fingers from the keyboard (E). Feeling tension in shoulder (E). Intention to relax(E). Adjusting position (E: sensations, T: what's going on). Feeling ...

I’m finding it really difficult to know what you’re asking for, Mark. I am so confused. I feel like we don't understand each other, and I apologize if my tone seems despairing. I still want to do this, especially since I got so much out of writing that 10/3 post. So bear with me!

There seemed to ...

Hi Mark,

Good, glad I’m “doing it right”, as I found it very helpful to write the post. ☺

Now looking at that first reply, was it from thinking or from first-hand actual experience?

With “first reply”, I assume you mean the reply to the first question? It was definitely first hand experience as ...

Hi Mark,

I had read the disclaimer before, but hadn't seen the article on direct experience. I've read it now, though, and it seems to describe what I discovered while writing the last post!

I'm wondering if I did something wrong, since you're giving me the directions now? I did try to report my ...