thanks Steve. Will post on LU aftercare ...

similarly, the night this experience happened, i was at a comedy club earlier in the evening

Hi Steve

Hope you are doing well.

Wanted to share a recent experience with you from a couple of days back; it seems relevant and wanted to hear your take on it.

A couple of days back, without any warning and without an apparent cause, all of a sudden I experienced an unfamiliar and a very ...

hi Steve

thank you so very much for guiding me. the last few months have been transformative and it wouldn't been possible without your insights, patience and keeping me on track while my thoughts strayed.

I started the LU process with some level of apprehension but now having been thru it, i am a ...

thanks Steve. Appreciate the diligence.

hi steve
Could you dig deeper into the illusion of self and how it works for me?
the illusion of self is a construct of beliefs and behaviors. the self is developed in the mind via thoughts. the self builds from birth to some age when it is mostly formed. The function of the self is to make the ...

its easier to describe what it is not, as opposed to what it is.

my true nature is no different from other living things; but comparatively, possess an advanced machinery (cognitive mind, senses, thoughts, etc).

hi steve

no worries. no rush. am happy to sit in this state and report back or explore other avenues we haven't touched.

If a friend asked you what the illusion of self was and how it worked, how would you describe it?
I will talk about myself. Not generically. my self has/had two sides:
(1) I ...

hi Steve

I was at a social gathering yesterday and this time my experience was distinctively different to ones in the past.

in the past, in social settings, i participated mostly as an observer. I would listen to conversations or the watch the various activities, and i felt that they did not lack ...

hi Steve

"No self" can be used as a form of spiritual bypassing. That's where the person uses the idea of not being a self to identify as an aloof witness and feel like life can't touch them.

this notion of "no self" is intriguing. Might I say, that I think I came into the LU process with my ...

thanks Steve. I'll write back in a few days.

hi Steve

i think one of your last comments is worth exploring.

Another thing that can happen is that an old concept "self" is replaced by a new concept "no self" and you end up in a bigger cage instead of being free

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what would be the symptoms of this state?

that should say "addictive" instead of "additive"

hi Steve

there were many shifts/discoveries/experiences along the way, but the last shift was seeing that the "reflective self", i was clinging on to, was nothing more than a product of thoughts. the reflective self was almost additive; one to rely on for security, comfort, etc. seeing this thru ...

hi Steve

How does it feel to see that there's no self?
I feel less fear and anxiety especially as it relates to the future.
Thoughts accept that there is no self and most of the feelings generated are of calmness.
There is no noticeable difference in input processed through senses – eyes, nose ...

hi Steve

Is there a you that is the experiencer?
Is there a you that is the doer/chooser/controller?
Is there a you that does the thinking?
No. the experience/doer/thinker is a product of thought.

Is there a you in here separate from a world out there?
the separation exists in thoughts alone ...