Hi Alex,

A question from another guide:
So what is it that you have seen beyond any question? Please speak from the heart.


What I have seen beyond any question is that "I" does not exist outside of thought. It is quite a shock (for an imagined "I") to understand now that all the suffering, the ...

Hi Alex,


How does this translate into your daily life?
Are there any fears? What happens when you are angry with people or yourself?

Fear, anger and confusion does come up in daily life, although they are in a more subtle form than before and they come up especially when I come into contact ...

Hi Alex,


Once the identification with this thought based, conventional self, is seen through, what remains? Anything? No thing but still something?

Some traditions speak of the Self (vs self), God, Tao, true nature whatever... is there something like that to be found?
Or maybe these terms are ...

Hi Alex,


When you say you would like to "deepen your understanding", what do you expect to understand that you don't know already?
Do you expect to find something special in future experiences? What is missing in the one that is right here, right now?

Sure, there willing be always new thoughts ...

Hi Alex,

Hi Yuki,
Don't try to get rid of this healthy curiosity, it is what makes life ever new and beautiful.
Its not about turning into a robot that doesn't feel anything. Just enjoy life for what it is :-)


Right, tendency here has been to take things too seriously and rigidly. The habit ...

Hi Alex,

But, just to be clear... when you say that something is experienced by the senses.. what exactly do you mean with that?
Are you saying that the eyes or the ears are experiencing something? Do the ears experience sound?
Would you say that the brain experiences something? Does the brain ...

Hi Alex,

I did the exercises that you suggested, and below are some of the things I have found.

I didn't have an apple so I tried it with a bottle of water.

At first, some stories about the water bottle was running, like where I got this bottle or what brand it is, as well as some running ...

Hi Alex,

Thank you for a thoughtful exercise. I will be away for a couple of days.

I will reply to your post as soon as I get back.

Thanks.

Yuki

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your insightful response; I've given some thoughts to what you wrote.


Judging by what you wrote in the first paragraph you see that direct experience, sensations, perception, awareness or whatever we call it is not something objective. It can not be pinned down. You can find ...

Hi Alex,

Thanks for your questions. I responded to them in the following:


What exactly do you finding in direct experience? What is it "made of"?


On one level, I can say that what I find in direct experience are sensations (colors, sound, smell, taste and touch) and thoughts. And perhaps ...

Hi Alex,

Thank you for stepping up to guide me. I would be happy to be guided by you.

I will look at your questions in detail and respond later.

Thank you.

Yuki

Hi,

I have been guided in this process in the following thread and have been asked to change the guide.

http://liberationunleashed.com/nation/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5281

I would greatly appreciate if anyone could continue the guiding process with me.

Where I stand:

(1) I think I have a grasp that ...

Dear Paul,

Thank you for your guidance. I really appreciate your taking your precious time to guide me. I have learned a lot from your concise and to clear pointing.

Best wishes under your new circumstances.

Best regards,
Yuki Saka

there is a feeling that I am the consciousness that experiences the objects that are separate from the consciousness.


Exercise: Break down that feeling of consciousness that experiences the objects. What is T, and what is DE in this feeling?

Okay, actually I think I now see rather clearly that ...

Exercise: Comment on the certainty (or not) as experienced now.

Uncertainty is experienced as the following thought:
"Is there a clear distinction between a sensation, a perception of what the sensation is or seems to be and a thought that articulates that cognition? Are they separate experiences ...