Hi kay,



Hello Kuka,

Now that you have looked at thought and watched the sports video….I would like you to look at this again. I want you to notice throughout your day, how choices/decisions are made and let me know how you go
They are made so, that I think about the options, and then the ...

I would like to know what you think about this video, and the way how he speaks about fiction? I think self is fictional / real in the same way Harari presents these other things, like gods and money to be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzj7Wg4DAbs

Now that you have looked at thought and watched the sports video….I would like you to look at this again. I want you to notice throughout your day, how choices/decisions are made and let me know how you go.

They are made so, that I think about the options, and then the decision just comes by ...

Hi Kay,


Or is that just another thought that says ‘these thoughts are in sequence’ or “they take content from previous thought”, or that ‘one thought follows another thought’?

In a way thoughts are just the process of thinking changing. I'm not sure if there are gaps in between thoughts, but ...

Hi Kay,

It's OK, I don't mind if the path is winding.

I have done this a exercise a couple of times, and I'm ready to do it again after hearing your comments. Here are my answers:


Where are they coming from and going to?

They are not coming from anywhere and going to nowhere. They form and ...

Nice! Have you ever found yourself scratching your nose or a part of the body and then becoming aware that you are scratching? If thought or a decision maker were actually needed then how could this ‘unconscious’ scratching take place?!


Yes, but you can also become conscious of your impulse to ...

Hi Kay,

I have been doing the exercises and trying my best. This turning my hand and trying to locate the decicion / doer was a really interesting exercise.


1. Hold a hand in front of you; palm turned down.
2. Now turn the palm up. And down...and up and so on.

Watch like a hawk.

Don't go to ...

Hi Kay,

Getting back to this now. I get what you are saying about labels, communication, and why 'colour'. Thank you for explaining me all that.


So, when the view on the right is seen, do you have the ‘choice’ not to see? I’m not asking can you ‘choose’ to see something else like another view ...

Kay,

Just a quick note, that I'm not able to answer before next week. But then finally I should have ample time to dive in fully.

Have a nive weekend,


Kuka

Hi Kay,

Now I got what was the misunderstanding here about what is actually seen.

You seem to use word 'colour' in two different meanings. One meaning is 'AE of what is seen' and the other is 'spesific colour, like the one labelled red'. Like this:


Actual experience is sound, thought, colour ...

Hi Kay,


Question 1
Without thought (IGNORING ALL thoughts and labels) how can it possibly be known that this seamless/whole scene is divided into many different objects let alone many different colours?

Question 2
Without thought ( IGNORING ALL thoughts and labels) how could it possibly be ...

Still, I do understand that what I see is 'just an image' same way that what I hear are just sounds. I'm not sure if I have trouble doing this exercise or trouble at understanding what I actually should be doing?

I mean if I wouldn't see many colours here, I would not be able to drive (safely), even though I can maybe react to traffic lights without much thinking?

Hi Kay,

Back again,


What is being aware? Is there anything being aware? Is there anything doing the being aware?

There may be a sense that there’s an observer. You can’t shake it, and you assume it indicates an observer. Well, you can’t shake it, because it’s a feeling like any other. You don ...

What is the AE of the person/self/I/me?



There is no AE of me. Or it is an AE of thoughts about me.


So, is there actual experience of ‘anxiety’ or what is actually appearing (AE) is label + sensation + colour + thoughts ABOUT anxiety?

Label ‘anxiety’ is known and thoughts about ‘anxiety ...