Sent you a PM but wanted to publicly thank you and UL. A huge mental mess is now much much clearer and the technique of looking will continue to be an invaluable tool. Thank you.

Starr

It is difficult to put into words what is felt so that last paragraph may be far from clear.

Thought divides but in its division thought creates. Without the separate creations of this division what would exist to realize that it is was not in fact separate?

Please keep LOOKing, and I will be supporting you for as long as you wish.

:)



1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

The terms I, self, me, etc.. were infused with identity via imagination. Imagination, although very ...

Good evening from south Florida. Not taking the day off but will not be finished until tomorrow. Enjoy the night off :)

Starr

Yes. That's the totality of life.
How can you exclude thoughts from life?

The difference is that now you know an imagined serpent
to be just a rope. A ghost to be just a blanket. No threat, nothing to care about.


Isn't that enough?

Yes it is. It seems so obvious now that the illusion remains ...

Nice! You wrote "Separation of experiences themselves seems to occur in time."
What is you understanding now?

Experience happens now and only now so the idea of separation via time is the arena of thought. The only place experiences can be labeled separate is in thought. Experience itself can ...

Somehow managed to finish the planned work earlier than expected. :)
Here's my full reply.


Let's take a look at time; past and future.

Visualise a scene from your memory.
Would you call that past?

No. Past is just another assignment created by thought. Just like spacial location. Call it ...

Good morning from Japan, Starr. :)

Today I might be too busy to post a reply. I may send you a partial reply, and in that case, please just read them and Look as directed, without replying to me. (You could just post saying hello, by the way :) ) Please reply when I finished taking a look at all ...

Can "content" and "space" exist as anything other than mere words?

No but a keyboard is not an effective means of communication without using words. It is clear that what is seen is what is seen. Words are never really accurate when describing experience. Content does appear to point to something ...

Look at an orange and apple at the same time.
Keep looking, without trying to look. Dont watch nor stare.

Look at them just like when you hear sounds.
Hearlook them.


Did you find anything new?

There is the apple a space and the orange. Apple and orange are just labels of course that seem to ...

And a name for a specific feeling is just a label.
Isn't it?

Yes of course. It is a label. A label that points to something that exists though. Unlike "I" Many other abstract concepts exist and it is not always clear which point to something and which don't.


Of course, they are two different ...

To know the cause and the effect is the realm of intellectual knowledge.
It is good to examine an issue carefully when it involves time.
Direct experience, the experience without thoughts, "I,"
doesn't involve time.


You can't FEEL the cause, or the effect. Can you?


Try to feel the cause and ...

The next time a part your body feels itchy, try to see if
that part is feeling itchy, or it is like this:




ITCHY.

The feeling is indeed just ITCHY. But it is difficult to separate the feeling from the fact that the location of the cause of the feeling is known. The feeling ITCHY is not in in ...

Are you aware of the eyes when seeing a beautiful flower?

For the most part no. If my eyes are irritated, dry, and itchy it is difficult to look at anything with out being aware of them. Or at least the pain/discomfort associated with them if not the actual eyes themselves. Of course the ...

Just wanted to expand a little further on awareness. So awareness is not needed for most things. It felt otherwise while observing life around me come and go and that observation prompted this line of questioning. However, even though I walk without awareness of walking, while walking I am aware of ...