Thank you Burma. Yay!

I am on Facebook, Michael Kreder, in Colorado.

Look forward to connecting with the groups on Facebook

HI Burma,

You wrote,
Is there any separate self or entity that has "free will"?

No, lol.

You wrote,
Is "free will" a thought? A concept?

Yes, of course. Said differently, is free will a sensation, or aliveness ? No. I cant find it! Its a thought. Freedom would also be a thought - because ...

Hi Burma,

You wrote,
Other guides have asked about this:

Free of all thoughts and programming would be my experience of Free Will.

Please clarify:
To whom would this free will belong, and who would exert it?
And who would be "Free of all thoughts"?

Yes, there it is again. Sneaky ...

Hi Burma,

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

1. There is no separate self, and there never was.

You wrote,
2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your ...

Hi Burma,

You wrote:
I'm piecing together all that we have explored and sense you are ready to review this check list. Please read through and let me know which number is not clear yet.

1) That there is no inherent self controlling the body (or that 'I am moving the body' is just an idea only ...

Hi Burma,

You wrote,
As you are sitting here right now, what is happening without "filtering" and "interpreting"? Is it screen light/ squiggles/ thoughts/ breathing/ hands touching keyboard/eyes blinking--- all the un-divided happening as experience?

Humans walking around, light, sounds from ...

Hi Burma,
I couldn't get 20 minutes alone or cook a meal yet, man am I a busy dad, but I did find some alone time this am.

Stuff was just happening. Breathing, noises, cats, itches, light, all within experience or awareness. things were just happening, there was no director or orchestrator ...

HI Burma,

Wow. I am so conditioned to think and figure things out and interpret. The vigilance was programmed deep.

I have found a few minutes to take in the experience without filters and figuring, but have not been able to remain there for beyond a few minutes at work. Breathing is happening ...

Hi Burma,

You wrote,
Is it possible there is just Experience, with no separate experience-er?

As I read your note, thoughts arose. Could experience be different based on the perspective its viewed through (a different human, with different histories, different emotional systems, different ...

Hi Burma,
Still processing and have been swamped with my kids, back tomorrow!
Mike

Hi Burma,

you wrote,
Certainly not what you were expecting?

I didn't expect to access a place of truth about my ego/mind like that! I feel you are pushing me (which is what I have asked for, lol) - and I can see the urge/mechanism that wants to defend/argue.

you wrote,
Say more about ...

Hi Burma,

you wrote ,
What if… There is no chooser and no I ?

Then there would be no control of outcomes, no control of others, no control of myself. There would just be life unfolding. And I feel challenged as I write this, challenged as in confronted in some way. I feel you are confronting my ...

Hi Burma,

you wrote,
Are you saying the mind creates illusions of separation? How?

I feel I could get heady about this, so I am trying to stay present. The experience of separation, which I am not feeling now, I recall being not in touch with sensations, emotions, and having a sense of ...

Hi Burma!

You wrote,
What is this illusion you are referring to?

The illusion of feeling separate, not loveable, not good enough, that I don't belong. The illusion of suffering from feeling these things. As I write this, it is coming into my awareness that these feelings all occur within the ...

Hi Burma,

Oh my. You wrote,

therefore claim ownership and doership of "my thoughts, my body, my problems. Look and see if this is true?

hmm. This is tough for me. If no one has ownership of this humans actions (some conscious, some unconscious) then how then is this human held accountable ...