Hi Fred,

Thank you for your time and guidance. This feels like just the beginning for sure.

What is your reaction, what comes up when you re-read your initial words in our dialogue:
I am looking for a guide to help me see the truth of "no-self". My expectations are to be able to see the truth and recognize it beyond any doubt so that I can see what is real, and what is not. It feels ...

Hi Fred,

Could you decision, intention, free will, choice and control, as seen in direct experience?
What makes things happen? How does it work? What are 'you' responsible for?
There seems to be a word missing in the first question -- going to assume that it is "describe."

So, decisions ...

Hi Fred,

How does it feel to see this? Is there any difference since the beginning of this dialogue?

I am not having much success over there. I just can't seem to be able to answer this question. When the question is asked, there are no noticeable happenings in the direct experience; there is ...

Hi Fred,

I need additional time on this one.


Thanks.

If the expectation can't be dropped right here and now, then we're going around in circles.
So, what do you say? Would NOW be a good time to let that finally go?
Yes, now is the time to let that go. So I need to look before any interpretation is done by the mind -- before any labels take effect ...

Where does this idea of an 'aha' moment come from? LOOK
The idea comes from reading through the archives before starting this dialogue with you Fred. Honestly even before that. All the literature I've read of those that have seen this and have been liberated, they all seemed to have a moment of ...

Can you know for sure that Santa does not exist?
Can you know for sure that a unicorn does not exist?
What can you know for sure?
Santa doesn't exist. Can I know for sure? Not really. I can only verify that it doesn't exist in the immediate experience.

Stop, breathe, and LOOK again. What do you ...

Do you know what it would be like to see this 100%? Or is it some assumption from what you've read?
An assumption that I would be able to know for sure, without any doubt, that it has been seen.


Was this answer coming from thought or experience? If it was from thought, that's not what I was ...

Hey Fred,

Sorry for the delay here. I had an emergency situation and was put in a spot where I was out of pocket thus could not post daily as we previously agreed.

What is looking, what sees or realizes, indeed... Was there a particular point when THIS was seen?
I am not so sure this has yet to ...

So what is the illusion of the separate self, how does it function?
The illusion of the separate self is the idea or thought that there is someone in control and that there is a perceiver of the senses (thinking too being a sense). However, I do not know it's function. When looking for an answer ...

Hi Fred,

Is there a self, a separate I, is it anywhere to be found?

No, there isn't. It is just a thought pointer that points to nothing real; just imaginary. It cannot be found outside of thought.


Thanks.

Hi Fred,

Sorry for the delay here.

And where is that self that would be the source of thoughts?
The self too, is nowhere to be found.


So what do you make of your statement 'it feels like the self is the origin of thoughts', now?
Well, the statement isn't accurate. But if reversed, it makes ...

Hi Fred,

Look at thoughts, in direct experience. Don't get involved in their content, just watch them fly by, like birds.
This is good. When I look at the thoughts, they start to subside after being looked at and not engaged in. I am going to look at this more over the next day or so.

Try and ...

Hi Fred,


So, where IS this self, then, apart from in a thought that comes up in this moment?
This "self" is nowhere to be seen or found.


Are 'you', is the self the origin of that thought?
Yes, this is how it feels.


Do you have any doubt that it has ever existed?
Do I have any doubt if ...