Hi Matthew

Awesome! Thank you very much for your support throughout!

Looking forward to possibly guiding in the future :)

Thank you once again!

Best wishes

Greg

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

No.
Was there ever?
No.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience.
Describe it fully as you see it now.

The illusion of ...

Do you have anything to add about this investigation?

Not at the moment :) Please kindly continue with the final questions, Thank you

Are there any doubts at all about seeing through the illusion of the separate self?


Not really no, Thank you.

Now to answer 'myself' the original question


Re: am i on the right track? or just deluded lol

That 'i' is no longer anywhere to be seen! And was never there to begin with!

Just ...

Hi Matthew, 'I'm back', a fresh, anew!


- Can witnessing happen without a witness?
The 'Silent witness' is probably a term i have picked up somewhere. in experience this feels more like the container / space / open awareness of being.

- Is there a distinction between being and seeing?
There ...

Hi Matthew,

Hope you are well.

Just need a bit more time to reply,

Best wishes

Greg

So how did you see that there is no spoon?
when opened eyes, spoon was not there.
- "when opened eyes" or "when eyes opened"?
when the eyes opened :)

- Is a seer, witnesser, noticer, looker, experiencer, focuser, whatever -er still there?
A witnesser, knower, writer, seer of the illusion of ...

Get in touch with real. By real I mean that which is actually here, that does not disappear if you stop believing in it.

Ok.

Imagine that you are holding a spoon. Imagine form, size, weight, temperature, keep it there, close your eyes, and feel the imaginary spoon.
Open your eyes; is there a ...

- If it is the illusion of being a separate I entity that is the distraction, is there awareness of it at the time that it is a distraction?
hmm not sure i understand. i guess distraction can be defined differently.
It is very rare now that there is no awareness of what is happening (apart from ...

- "Whereas being in automatic pilot mode..." Do you see a pilot anywhere?

Lol, no pilot..it's just that there is a distraction...and the sense of being is not so apparent (but still there).

- Who or what is there to "...do things impulsively, based on fear, greed, reactions, conditioning etc ...

- What is the difference between a choice and what is running on automatic?
A choice feels like there is a chooser. Also some-'one' who monitors it closely, micro managing possibly.
ie. somethings are done consciously (in the foreground), other things unconsciously (in the background).
- What is ...

Do you see an author, independent or otherwise, in 'The Changeless reality (stillness, As it is)'?

No just this. Just isness. Just looking.


- Can you have a thought about moving your hand upwards and then nothing happens?
Yes

- Are thought and resulting action inexorably entwined?
No ...

Just this answer shouldn't have been in quotes:


- How do they originate in this field exactly? Describe it to me.

like characters / words that appear on a TV / Computer screen. Or like sounds that arise in a radio.
There was (seemingly) nothing before but suddenly there is something - a next ...

- Does 'something' (E.g. Aliveness / Awareness, the being-ness) need to be there for noticing to happen?

in my experience Aliveness / Awareness / the being-ness is always there even when don't know about it...
so they are there as a background / container / space but not the doer doing the ...

Hi Matthew

Sorry for the delay, it's been hectic with little spare time last couple of days. I have nearly answered your latest post but brain too tired to check and correct all the quotes/ unquotes tonight so will do my best to finish tomorrow.

Hopefully that's ok

Best wishes

Greg