A Flying Spagbol monster that created the Universe in a petri dish in another dimension sounds more plausible than a white dude 70 something looking like Gandalf on a cloud :-)

Cool no more pointers....phew :-)

And likewise Andrei and hope many more folk benefit from your direct pointing. I really ...

Very good point....I don't know if my statement you quote is true....If I'm honest I do not know, but I just get a hunch that if it is all random that randomness is ultimately benevolent; as seeing through the separate 'self' there is a somatic feeling of openness, joy on occasion, and relaxation ...

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

There is no separate entity 'self', 'me', 'I' at all anywhere in any shape or form. There never was one.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and ...

Yes an inherent self is an illusion and any one reading this thread just know when 'you' fall off the edge that's it!!!.....There is no coming back to a 'self' idea.

And to answer Andrei .....even the big decisions were never made by a 'self'.....they just happened.

Great service LU is providing ...

Thanks Andrei

When the penny drops the penny drops.

No self, no chooser, things just arise, all that arises is awareness, as awareness....not two. Why get upset when all else that arises including what seems from a 'self' viewpoint obnoxious is not.... it's just That. Everything is as it should be ...

No from DE I cannot choose a thought right now. A thought appears to call the process 'I am thinking' but in DE this is just a thought. I cannot tell you how a thought arises it just does from DE it appears to be automatic. From DE there does not seem to be any steps. Thoughts arise, there are gaps ...

Thanks for your input Andrie

In case it's (a), how do "you" do it? How do you co-create that situation, give birth to that reactivity?

'I' the relative me i.e. memory, beliefs, experiences; all changing yet some more solid patterns co-creates annoyance with the trigger eg bad drivers such as a ...

Hi Andrei,

thank you for your time to reply :-)

Right here right now words just pop up and perceiving is occurring; as there is a sense of calm here there is no where where I can locate a self.

There does appear as if something is trying to bridge the gap between reality and fantasy...a ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
I agree there is no inherent self, I would just like to go through this process to totally undermine any remaining sense of a permanent self.

What are you looking for at LU?
A lasting ...