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by BarryG
Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:39 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Re: Hello

Hi Leonie,

Sorry for the delay. I'm afraid I can't see myself giving this thing the attention it needs right now, there is too much else going on..... I've just started running 1to1 online astrology tuition, and there's been quite a big response and I'm struggling to absorb it right now.

So in a ...
by BarryG
Tue Oct 24, 2017 10:39 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Re: Hello

Hi Leonie, Life got a bit busy so I thought I'd wait till I had the mental space to be able to think properly....

That's kind of weird, no, to move towards or away from a thing that you can't find?

Yes, I guess it's a manner of speaking. I'm positing a 'thing', but my experience is, say, of a ...
by BarryG
Thu Oct 19, 2017 2:02 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Re: Hello

You think that feeling bad things equals "this annoying self", right?

For that to be true, we need to be able to find that self. For drawing the line between what is self in us and what not, we have to be able to find that self.

So .. lets go on that exploration.

Imagine I need to fill in for ...
by BarryG
Wed Oct 18, 2017 11:54 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Re: Hello

If you were going to be me, I'd say keep paying attention to what you are feeling and perceiving and doing and thinking and imagining. Notice when you have wandered away from that. Notice there will be experiences you want to move away from - what we call 'painful'. They may just arise in your mind ...
by BarryG
Mon Oct 16, 2017 10:37 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Re: Hello

Hello Leonie,

Yes, I'm still interested

How about not being able anymore to draw the line between what is that annoying self and what is not?

Is that possible? If I am in physical pain, I want it to stop: I make a distinction from not experiencing physical pain. I cannot imagine not wanting to ...
by BarryG
Mon Oct 16, 2017 4:53 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Re: Hello

Hello Leonie,

Yes, Barry is my name :)

Thanks for your response. I left organised Buddhism 18 years ago - I do astrology and shamanism nowadays - but I've recently been making my peace with budddhism again, I love the teachings. I'm at www.astrotabletalk.blogspot.com.

Anyway, it's such a pain ...
by BarryG
Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Hello
Replies: 14
Views: 1761

Hello

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
That what we have is just experience, and there is an instinctive assumption that there is a 'self' that 'has' the experience, but when we look at our experience, that 'self' cannot be found. 'Seeing ...

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