Hello Jon,

Just letting you know that I will take some time off the forums.

Thank you,

Hi Cosmas,

It's Cosmos but hey names are just names :)

. It can, and sometimes this can spook people at first, as if to say 'nothing happened'!.

Exactly where I'm at right now. Thought it doesn't bother me at all.


That's cool. But there may be times when it does appear and noisily so ...

Hi Cosmos,

Thank you for your answer. Great!

It has been such a pleasure to work with you.

Please find a Private Message from me.

We can continue talking here if you like or if you have any questions?

Love

Jon


Hi Jon,

Sent you a PM but would like to keep discussing here.

I guess ...

Hi Cosmos,

Letting go, just being. One with the present. Spontaneous, not acting in accordance with conditioning, beliefs, past, present thoughts. Be empty to allow life to happen.

Hard to find words right now

Thanks for what you have written on this so far. All good.

The question 'what are ...

To add:

Letting go, just being. One with the present. Spontaneous, not acting in accordance with conditioning, beliefs, past, present thoughts. Be empty to allow life to happen.

Hard to find words right now

Love,

Hi Cosmos,

Thanks for those great clarifications. I just want you to look once more at question 5c please?

"what are you responsible for?"

You wrote: To share what is found.

That's a nice answer (and that's how I felt, which is why I find it satisfying to guide nowadays) but please look at ...

Hi Cosmos,

Ha ha! I understand. Quite so. But by example we mean pick on one or two actual events or activities that you notice from your experience now and describe how these unfold naturally to reveal no 'doer' , no choice, control and so on. You were very close to doing this the other day when ...

Much love and gratitude

I'd like to ask you a set of questions now.


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

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 ...

You're very welcome Cosmos.

Now that were here, how do you feel now about what you said here

. However, without the help of the said substances, I am not able to reach the same heights.

Also

In your initial post you mentioned 'valid spiritual experiences' and 'confusion'.

Please let me ...

Hi Cosmos,

That's pretty cool.

So as you see it, what's going on when an essay is written that needs deliberation and shaping of ideas, for example? What about things like Intention or free will? Is all that happening of its own accord? No person 'doing' any if it?

What about choices between ...

Hi Cosmos,

Thanks for your reply. I will respond asap but just to let you know, I may be a bit slow at that over the next three days as I'm inescapably busy helping in-laws. But will post soon.

Thanks,

Jon

Hi Jon,

No problem and thank you for all.

Hi

Thank you.

Since 'self' cannot be found doing seeing or hearing (and other senses) and thoughts ABOUT 'self' do not point to anything real it looks as though you do not find a separate self when you look for one?

Let me know if this isn't correct and we can investigate.

But how do things ...

Ok.

For this next question and in fact all of my questions you'll need to check with real experience happening here and now rather than answering from thought or memory.

Find a piece if fruit. I'll describe it as melon. First place the melon somewhere out of sight in a different room perhaps ...

Hi Cosmos

Thanks again.

Ok. Do you notice on these occasions that some of the thoughts that appear tend to refer to 'I', 'me' or 'self'?

For example 'I am noticing sounds' or 'I'm doing this'?

Or even thoughts that do not relate to the current sensation at all but might be about 'me ...