Hi Alex,

The more you look and see the faster this process of believing in interpretations will crumble. Its not about getting rid of the interpretation, its about seeing through the beliefs that they are true and that they can make you suffer.
Try to practice this observing/witnessing for a day ...

Hi Alex,

Yes, agree, awareness, the knowing itself is not suffering. But I would even go one step further and contest the idea that it even knows suffering.

Yes, I understand what you're pointing to here. Suffering is a label on experience, so suffering, as such, isn't experienced.

Lets ...

Hi Alex,

Do "people" know anything? How does a person know? Can you find and describe the entity that knows? Can it be found?
Or is it really always only awareness that knows..?
...and from here we can look also at perception in general:
Do "people" see, hear or feel anything? How does a person ...

Hi,

Sorry for delay! Internet was crapping out at home & I have to use wifi at work.

Yes... how does awareness know anything ..?
Does it know anything that is not it? Does it know an object that is separate from it..? If so, who observes the separation... There would have to be another, superior ...

Hi Alex,

Really???
Has thought really so much power that it can completely remove direct experience? Or is this only an interpretation?
You might believe that there is something like a "personal feeling", but maybe there is nothing like that at all... and you only label a sensation as such ...

Hi Alex,

Is knowing separate from experience or are they one and the same?

If knowing were separate from experience, it wouldn't know experience. So, no, it's not separate from experience. They have to be one & the same because they can't be separated to examine them & make a comparison. Knowing ...

Hi Alex,

Is there anything that you can find that is the same in every experience? Something that is inherent in every experience... something that doesn't change, that is not objective..?

The quality of knowing or awareness seems to be the same, the fact that experience is known .

Did you ...

Hi Alex,

Are they your feelings? Your thoughts?
Is the sound of the rain your sound? Is an experience personal in any way?

Wow, you always notice where I slip up in the inquiry. Great catch!

No, feelings can't have 'me' as an owner because I can't control/prevent/enhance them. They come and go ...

Hi Alex,

I hope the busy weekend was a good one for you!

Yes, this resistance... where is it coming from? Try to find out what is the basis for resistance.

You have found out already that resistance is obviously not coming from any of the senses, it comes from thought judging a certain ...

Hi Alex,

I apologize for posting later than usual!

Simple observation, awareness, will dissolve whatever is not natural. As soon as there is the belief in a me entertained, a me being able to do anything for or against it, this whole natural process gets stuck. It can be hard to simply trust and ...

Hi Alex,

Besides being aware of these thought stories i t is also a great practice to always leave a certain amount of attention in the body. Try to be aware of how the body reacts to certain statements, stories and happenings. It is like a very sensitive radar screen indicating a lead-up to ...

While the situation at work is as it is and seemingly wont change in a hurry, there is something that you can do. Things are only as bad (or good) as we allow them to be ... which is again directly connected to the thoughts we entertain about them.
The problem is that you cant just decide to think ...

The next time you are in this situation - or when you practice this in lab-like conditions - then again start with being aware of these physical sensations, but after a few minutes just leave them and look for the trigger that makes you react. Look for the "resentment, frustration & anger" that ...

Ok, great, then lets pick up the rope where we dropped it a few days ago...
You have found this statement that when intoned leads to a range of uncomfortable sensations. When being in this situation in real life these physical sensations arise very fast and almost immediately a reaction happens ...

Hi Alex,

So... your decision... we can inquire some more into the illusory nature of the self by looking at perception and thoughts about what is being perceived or we advance to this "emotional aspect" of the self... but as you might have already seen before, this is not the most comfortable ...