Hi Moss, I‘m back. But... I had time to think and I realized that I cannot really focus on guiding you at the moment and so I‘m going to find you another guide. So many “I”’s in this sentence :-D
I’m convinced this will speed up the process for you. No giving up now, ok?
Love[emoji173]️, Sarah

Moss, I'm down with the flu, I'll get back to you as soon I my head stops hurting :(

Let‘s use the computer for this examination. If you buy the exact same computer as your friend, you would still feel lie one is yours, right? Seeing those 2 exact same computers, could I know which one is yours?

Computer is a label we gave an object. What about “mine”? Isn’t it a label too?

You and I, we both use some sort of computer for this conversation. So if you say „my“ computer, what does that mean? Does the object computer have a property „mine“, like it has a screen size and weight? The word computer is a label, right? What about „my“?

Ok, no more praticing that makes things worse.

They cause sensations in my body.

Do you remeber our mind being a crazy labelling machine?
So "body" is a label for some of your direct experience. What about "my" in "my body"? What is it?

Love, Sarah

Thoughts that try to explain, control or categorize my experience

Good. Now how are they YOURS? What qualifies them as such?

And how would you describe your „self“ to me right now? It’s ok if it feels the same as at the beginning of this journey. Just look again and describe it like I‘d never ...

Moss please don’t give up. You’re doing really good. It’s gonna get better once you’re through this!

Dear Moss, I feel that this process has been going on for a while. You seem tired. I can relate. Please just don’t give up on our conversation. We‘re getting closer. Self want‘s to keep you from seeing.

Hmmm I wonder if you could take a little brake now and then by going into direct experience. I ...

Hi Moss, I hope you're feeling better.

It seems that emotions are triggered in reaction to thoughts. And also trigger thoughts

Exactly. Emotions and thoughts triggering emotions and thoughts triggering emotions and...
Can you find a beginning in this stream? Is new input needed or is this system ...

I hope you get well soon.

Love, Sarah

Ok, it looks as if these voices are thoughts too, popping up without you summoning them.
You have explored your thoughts for a while. Would it be fair to say that you have no control whatsoever over your thoughts?

Exercise
Now study your emotions. How do these work? How are they triggered? What ...

Exactly! Our mind is also a crazy labelling machine, sticking label tags on all our direct experiences all day long! :D


although the experience of thinking the labeling thoughts is real in its own way.


Definition
Let’s look at thoughts as containers with content. I see a table in front of me ...

Dear Moss, sorry I kept you waiting.

Labeling of emotions eg I'm angry, I'm sad

Exercise
Now please inspect this labeling process. Does it only include emotions or all of direct experience like, hearing, seeing? Even other thought? Is there direct experience without labeling? How are the label ...

As for what triggers the thoughts, today most of them seemed to be in response to either current circumstances or upcoming events.

Hmmmm, how do future events generate thoughts now?

Exercise
In your next exercise I‘d like you to focus on your commentary type of thoughts. Ignore other thoughts ...

To be a little dramatic for once:
Self knows that this process is going to end with the death of self. Self doesn‘t want to die. So self tries to distract you. It’s perfectly normal.

The good thing is: there’s no right way to do it. If you can concentrate for 2 minutes, do the exercise for 2 ...