Hi Kay,

Thank you for these questions.

1. In Q3 " it is good to see the truth and know it." Could you please talk about: how is it known that this is the truth?

Looking at this statement, it's pretty ambiguious and taken at face value it's quite a strong statement. There was a poor choice of ...

Hello Kay, Here are my answers.

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

No, a seperate existing self cannot be found anywhere. It's existence is nothing more than an idea, a thought. There is a detailed group of thoughts that ...

Hi Kay, I worked on the questions this evening but I didnt get finished, its back to work tomorrow and I need to get to bed. I'll finish them up tomorrow evening and post em up! Love, Wes

Hi Kay,

Here is what I found.

Is there any connection between the felt sensations and the image in the mirror?
Or just thoughts (and/or mental images) suggest that there is?

There is no connection between the image in the mirror and the felt sensation in and of themselves. This is only ...

Hi Kay,

When you look at the word label ‘ GREEN ’, what is the actual experience?

The AE is red

Is the colour red experienced, or is the colour green experienced as the label suggests?

The color red

Do the labels have a one-to-one correspondence with ‘reality’?

No

Or do the labels ...

Hello Kay,

I'm off work on vacation so I had several opportunities to do this exercise and it was done carefully per your instruction.

Can it be known how tall the body is?

It cannot.

Does the body have a weight or volume?

No

In the actual experience does the body have a shape or a form ...

Hi Kay,

You're right I needed a day for things to settle, and there is still some settling going on :)

Look at two objects that you are aware of just now. The objects appear to be a bunch of colours.
The space between them is also just a bunch of colours. The colours are real, but both the ...

Hi Kay!

Thank you so much for your diligence in responding back to me, (3 times in one day!) sleep eluded me last night so I had all that time to focus on our conversation! Now I think you deserve a short break ;) And it's been a long day and I need some rest, I have read all of your posts, but I ...

Hello Kay,

I posted another message while you were replying to this one that you might not have seen. Some of the questions I posted were becoming clear after I asked them.

However, is not colour, sound, taste, smell, thought and sensation known? If all meaning/definition ABOUT them were dropped ...

Kay,

Missed this one on my last post.

Seeing (visual) the hand = actual experience (AE) of colour/image
Feeling the hand = AE of sensation.
Hearing hands clapping = AE of sound.
Noticing thoughts ABOUT a hand = actual experience (AE) of thought

So, even from this little exercise….is there ...

Hi Kay!

Thought is also actual experience. Thought is experience which comes and goes just as sound, taste, sensation, sound and smell. So thought is actual, but the content of thought (what the thought is ABOUT) is just story.
Is this clear?

AE is visual image/color, sound, taste, smell ...

Hi Kay,

Hmmm…sounds like a lovely thought story!

Yes, it was, but you nipped it in the bud..thank you! When I first read your comment the reaction was to defend it. Instead I looked at it and broke it down to see exactly what it was..which was some AE + thought + a few fancy labels+more thought ...

Hello Kay,

Let me know what you find.

I looked more at the now. There is the sense that it is very still, very open and very serene. In fact the sense is that it is stillness, open-ness, and serenity..

What is it exactly that is choosing which hand to raise?

There is not anything choosing ...

Hey Kay!


I'm glad you are enjoying this, I am too!


Yes, very much so….as I wrote above, your LOOKING is fantastic and the fact that you keep LOOKING until it is clear is just wonderful.

I also have a very good guide! You point me exactly where I need to look, your style is very efficient and ...

Kay

Look at what is actually going on and not what thoughts say… but what actually is.

I just noticed this after I posted. If what thoughts say are ignored there is no difference between a 'memory', 'past', or 'future' thought.

Wes