Hi Nina,


1) How does it feel to see this? What is the difference from before you started this dialogue? Please report from the past few days.

I feel more light, having more energy, probably besause i take things less serious. The center of giving things importance is lost, so they are seen with ...

PS. Maybe i was thinking too much while answering...
So, in more direct experience: what makes it happen, that i see now my notebook or the different colours which could be named notebook?
It just happens, more i dont know. Definitly there is no self in this seeing to be found, hence there is nobody ...

Hi Nina,

What are decision, intention, free will, choice and control?

This are words which lost their importance since seeing that there is no self- without the belief in a self they do not make sense.
So this are just illusions like the belief in a separate self.

What makes things happen? How ...

Hi Nina,

i hope you are well again?


Was there ever a seperate self?

No, there never was a separate self.

When or how did the illusion start?

I guess it starts in childhood by being told that there would be something like an i, which is beliefed and then reinforced by feelings which arise ...

Ok, have a nice rest!

Hi Nina,

In very simple words, how would explain the illusion of the seperate self to a friend?

The self we are talking so often about is- when looked closely upon- seen as a label, a word for something which does not exist. If looked closely upon it is seen that there is only a word or thought ...

Hi Nina,

i looked a few more times on your questions, but not much new things came up, so i will jus post the letter i wrote some days ago. In giving an answer in words, one needs to think. Many thoughts arise and build up stories, which leads more and more away from AE. Ican see the value in ...

Hi Nina,

its not that i struggle with thoughts, altough there is a preference of thoughtless states (which open blockages in the body, which is felt as happiness) in comparation to states with lots of thinking, because these lead often to contractions and unhappiness.

I can see that there is still ...

Hi Nina,

i will try „to have some fun with looking“ on your questions today, yesterday that seemed to be impossible- altough i answered all of them, after it i felt so unhappy, that i did not even wanted to post them...

The problem seems to be, that this questions dont appear in actual experience ...

Hi Nina,

Keep trying the relaxation - it was the key for me!

Yes, its the key for me, too- especially for intense states and processes its very important to relax enough.

Sit with eyes closed for about 15 minutes (or in a dark room).
Pay attention only to the pure sensations, without relying ...

Hi Nina,

i just want to tell you that thoughts are calming down since yesterday and slowly i can see the real benefit this "seeing that there is no self" has brought: the understanding, that there is really nothing to do, a thought (to have to do something, to know what is the right thing to do ...

Hi Nina,

thanks for the lovely exercise! It is just very difficult to do, if other thoughts are racing so strongly...


The amount of thoughts seems to have increased a lot after seeing that there is no self


Is it possible to explain exactly what has been seen?

What is seen is that there never ...

Hi Nina,

It really does not feel good, to think so much about these things...


Can you explain what doesn't feel good?

It generally does not feel good, to think so much:the body is getting tensed, there is a pressure felt in the heart and in the head, the back is in pain.
And then a feeling of ...

Hi Nina,

maybe my answers are not very profound, but i dont want to think anymore about this things...

How is it possible,
that there is a sensation that is not "in the body"?

It is possible to make a distinction between feelings that have a more physical component, f. e. joy that is so strong ...

Hi Nina,

How is a sensation "not physical"?

A sensation is not physical (as i am using the words), if it is not felt in the material body, as a change in the body like pain or touch or feelings that affect the body.

How exactly is a sensation known?

A sensation is known by experiencing it ...