Lisa,

By all means carry on looking, butI am going to suggest we find another guide for you.

Our conversation has become stuck in a loop where the words appear to change, but it is much the same as I paraphrased earlier. Whether the word is belief, or "seems", or invisible thread, we have moved ...

...to commentate as it will...

Hi Lisa,

So a belief is a thought that feels different. How? Be specific about what feels different and where.

You say it has more weight. Where is this weight experienced? Or if you are only speaking figuratively, can you simply see that there is just more thought being "added" to thought ...

CORRECTION:

Tell me once again, is thought the author of experience?

Next question: Is there an independent, separate author of thought or, does thought just happen?

I'm going to assume for the moment that the answer to the first question is yes.

Last sentence should read:

I'm going to ...

Hi Lisa,

A few additional thoughts for you. In fact, I recommend dropping whatever "looking" you are doing at the moment to answer the questions in this post, and to do the exercise at the end.

Part One:

Tell me once again, is thought the author of experience?

Next question: Is there an ...

Hi Lisa,
Good to hear back from you.

But who or what is it that sees this question, then stops to actually "look"?
Is there looking happening, or simply experience, and after a thought saying that looking happened, therefore there must be a looker (it's implied by the language itself)? You can ...

Hi Lisa,
Good to hear from you. Read away whatever helps. This is a public forum - maybe there is some question we haven't asked, some area we have not looked at.
One thing to consider - what happens if you stop looking?

What is there when you simply stop?

Is there someone who is looking, or ...

Hi Lisa,

Good to hear you are continuing to work through this.

I have also been looking through the thread.

Let me know when you are ready to continue.

All good wishes,

Dave

Take as long as you need Lisa. Just keep me updated. Thank you!

Hi Lisa,

Thank you for your responses.

Are you saying that if I have an expectation of fireworks where everything changes, then that would prevent me from realizing that I've seen through the illusion?

Just that whatever it is you are expecting, be prepared for it not necessarily being that way ...

Dear Lisa,

Sorry that life has been chaotic for you and that this has coincided with this investigation... Maybe this is making things more difficult than they might otherwise be.

Anyway:
This is where I think we are at right now.

Firstly it is clear that when we began this process that there ...

Hi Lisa,

Before I address your replies, it seems important here to address expectations once more.

You have suggested before that you don't expect anything to change necessarily, just that "it will no longer be believed" - as in the notion of a self.

Can I ask - do you believe in self? Please ...

....also - make sure the questions are read carefully. We are now no longer looking for the thread. We cannot find it, it is invisible. The questions are about what leads you to conclude it is there....

Ok - great. There is no rush for answers - as I said, take as long as you need.

All I'm asking is that you send even a short post letting me know you are still pursuing the investigation. I don't guide that many people, so if I don't hear from you at all I wonder whether to wait, or to make ...

Hi Lisa,
Can you please let me know if you are still pursuing this investigation at least every couple of days?
How is it all going?
D x