Hi Pat,
I don't think you're stuck. I think you're trying to understand and cathegorise something that may need to be seen instead.
I have absolutely no direct experience of things just existing without context.
The following link is a 7 minute clip of a soccer game. If you prefer another sport ...

Hi Lilla

No. When touching or holding an apple, I can only describe an experience of sight, smell, touch, and thought.

Yes, “apple” is a thought/label that points to sensations, taste, smell, and colour, but there is no an actual apple as an “object”. “Object” is another general label/thought ...

Hi Lilla

Wonderful! Thank you for your honest reply. It gives me an idea where to point. Before we start let’s just make sure that you understand how to LOOK for no self in the exercises:
Looking is a matter of noticing what is already here, not inventing or imagining something. If I asked you to ...

Hi Kristine
This is wonderful looking. What stands out is not the answer but the process that lead to it.
You sat with the discomfort, you looked, and it softened. There was no fixing, solving, or replacing one belief with another involved - just looking. This sentence feels especially important ...

Hi Pat,
Good. What stands out is that every explanation you offered eventually collapsed when examined. That's exactly what inquiry is supposed to do.
Let's forget relevance, functionality and decision-making for the moment. Suppose Harper cries in the night. A thought appears " crying ", then ...

Hi Lilla

Thank you for your honesty! It can be challenging to become aware of what we really believe. The questions were a means to seeing what expectations you have, as everyone has some “idea” about awakening. There is so much information out there now with so many people sharing their ...

Hi Pat
Good! A couple of things stood out immediately:
But there literally is no difference. The differentiation is just more thought stuff. Thought = thought.
Perhaps we conceive of a difference or conclude there "must" be some difference (because, and I don't even know why we do this, but ...

Hi Kristine,
Very interesting. This stood out immediately:
I don't experience an I in my dog, but something feels uncomfortable.
Great! Let's look there - not at the dog and the philosophy around it - at the discomfort.
What exactly is uncomfortable? Strip the label…
Can the discomfort be found ...

Hi Lilla
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Hi LillaLilla
( what do you want me to call you? )

Welcome to Liberation Unleashed :)! It’s great to see you here!
My name is Rali, and I’ll be glad to be your guide if you like.

Here at LU we assist in the exploration of the idea of the separate self. This is a guiding based on experience that ...

Hi darorl89
( what do you want me to call you? )

Welcome to Liberation Unleashed :)! It’s great to see you here!
My name is Rali, and I’ll be glad to be your guide if you like.

Here at LU we assist in the exploration of the idea of the separate self. This is a guiding based on experience that ...

Hi Stan
It’s nice to hear from you!
I can’t close the thread – even the threads that have completed the inquiry can be accessed at any point because the inquiry is not something that ever ends – it’s a constant unravelling – and we are here to help at any point with that.
I’m not trying to initiate ...

Hi Blanca
Welcome home!

It appears that the Gateless Gate has been crossed, but as you know there is no Gate, no one to cross it, and no end to the journey. It has been such a pleasure to walk beside you! Your openness and willingness to look were simply awesome and made guiding you a joy. Of ...

Hi Kristine,
This is another very strong report.
No. Feels like only one moment.
No actual experience of time.
Memory appears now.
Future thought appears now.
Those are observations. These...
No yesterday exists.
But neither can happen.
… sound a little more like conclusions than ...

Hey Lanie

There is a question for you:

What reactions, feelings and thoughts, come up when saying out loud the following sentences:
- I don't exist
- it is clear beyond doubt I don't exist
- it is just a belief that I don't exist

Love
Rali