Hi Petrus,

It was really nice to have this conversation with you. The questions really helped me to look into the right direction.
Thank you for everything.

Cheers...!
Pran.

Hi Petrus,
Just felt like taking some time. I'm ready to answer these questions now:

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
No. There isn't any separate entity at all, in any way, shape or form. There wasn't one ever.

2 ...

who exactly?

Hehe, guess what?... This was the exact thought that appeared after typing that sentence. Just a way of saying!

Hi Petrus,

It seems so yes, but is there a location where this is experienced?
With eyes closed is there location?

Damn, I feel stupid now. :)
Obviously there is no location with eyes closed. But what is "the other" in actual experience?
In actual experience, "the other" is just seeing ...

Hi Petrus,

Before answering the final questions, I would like to share a doubt with you. It is seen that there is no separate entity, 'self', 'I', 'me' etc. in a sense it was imagined to be (like a "doer" of things). But there is awareness of things which seems localized. Isn't there a separation ...

Check again what I is if it is passing by (only a few times each day).

Thanks for the tip. Just being really quite for a moment clears up things.

Is it a real thing or is it a thought? Is the thought of you really you?

Of course, it's a thought. The thought of me is another thought.

Hi Petrus,
I'm fine, bit tired, but okay. Sorry for not posting earlier, My parents visited, had few dinner parties at various relatives places. It's really a tiresome thing to do here in India. To be honest, there wasn't really any desire to check the forum in last few days. Thanks for sticking ...

EXCERCISE:
Can it be known how tall the body is?
No.
Does the body have a weight or a volume?
No volume. No weight also, the pressure along the body creates this feeling. It was difficult to see this.
Is there a boundary between the body and the ground?
No.
Can you feel where the body ends ...

Hi Petrus
Sorry for late reply.

There is listening without a listener. There is thinking without a thinker.
Do you agree?

I agree.

And what about: There is feeling (frustation), without a feeler?

There is just feeling.

After reading these questions, there was lots of irritation.
Could you ...

Hi Petrus,
Thank you for your quick reply. As suggested by you, I will take some time to ponder over these question. There is also this constant pressure in my forehead, whenever there is being more aware and looking more closely or while meditating (not sure why I'm mentioning this). I will get ...

Hi Petrus,
After reading these questions, there was lots of irritation.

Listen to beautiful music.
I did, went to take a shower and played some Sufi music and just loved it.
When doing so, is there someone listening?
There is just listening, moving my body with rhythm, singing along.

When ...

Who or what is there to try?
I can't find anything but thoughts including thoughts like "can I stop this thought?" , "try to stop these thoughts in the middle" etc.
What is your actual experience?
Right Now, there is seeing through window, hearing birds chirping, smelling of food, thinking about ...

Great!

I am Dutch by the way.

Hehe, so we can both murder English then :)
And you? What is your first language?
Marathi.(from the Indian state of Maharashtra, Mumbai..? )

Where do thoughts come from?
Where are they going?
Can ‘you’ stop a thought in the middle?

I don't know where thoughts ...

Hi Petrus, thank you for being my guide.
Hi Pran (is that what I shall call you?)
Yup

The main thing we do here is pointing to Direct Experience, so we are going to look at what IS.
The guiding will help you to see through the illusion of a separate self.
Actually that is pretty much it. Is that ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
The "I/self" we refer to while talking/thinking has no basis in the reality. In reality, there is just "this" one whole process, an awareness of "what is" through this body. The "I" refers to nothing ...