Hi Stacy,

I was going to contact you. I havent had any further emails, should I have? but i did join one facebook group myself.

Thanks
Alan

Hi Stacy,

Yes. I think things have been gradually heading this way for the last year or so but the focussed exercises have made it something that can be experienced. Thank you so much for your patience and persistence, i know its been tricky at times!

Yes i would be glad to be part of groups and ...

Hi Stacy,


Is that different from decision, free will, choice and control? If so, how?


I went to the dictionary for intention and it says 'aim or plan'. So that is just a thought again, like the others. Things happen in the moment but an intention or a plan is just what we have as a thought ...

Hi Stacy,

I will answer these as honestly as I can, this whole effort was to reduce the amount of suffering that I feel so there is no wish on my part to fool anyone, it would only be detrimental to me.


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

Hi Stacy,

How do we know when the illusion has been definitively seen through? These exercises have made it clear that there is no self, there hasn't been a surprise moment because its what was expected from the start and have always been happy to throw away the concept of self. There have been a ...

Hi Stacy,

I have read quite a few of the gateless gatecrashers, and listened to some of the podcasts that seem to describe it. What had been experienced seemed to be similar to that. Its nothing dramatic, but didn't expect it to be, it was already believed. If you think there is more work to do I'm ...

Hi Stacy,


Bring up a thought about a character labelled "friend".
Then bring up a thought about a character labelled "stranger".


Is it right that we can bring up a thought labelled friend or stranger? if what we have been learning is that thought just happens and there is no I to 'bring them ...

Hi Stacy,

ok, I just wanted to check. If its as clear as that then it will be much more apparent than what has been described.

I'll do this exercise tonight.

Thanks,
Alan

Hi Stacy,

How do we know when the illusion has been definitively seen through? These exercises have made it clear that there is no self, there hasn't been a surprise moment because its what was expected from the start and have always been happy to throw away the concept of self. There have been a ...

Hi Stacy,


Yes, notice - is there some separate you and a separate thing you see or is it just "seeing happening?"

No just seeing happening, but thoughts arising trying to link things together.


In the last paragraph, simply "thoughts arose." All of that about something called "mind" doing ...

Hi Stacy,


Where is this "I" thingy that is seeing something? Are you separate from the seeing of it? Really check.

This is just language, I have used 'I' for so long. This was referring to a thought anyway.


The idea of that is what? A thought? What have you learned about the content of a ...

Hi Stacy,

Its too easy to write lazily, and hard to get get over what I am thinking sometimes with language. But it is important that I start writing things properly.

I will try the exercise over the weekend, my mum brought me some apples from home so I will try it with those.

Over the last ...

Hi Stacy,

Hope you are well.


Can you see now why the content of thought has no meaning? We made it up!

Yes i can see that, thoughts are interpretations or subjective commentary not actual experience so they may not really reflect whats there.

Thoughts exercise:

Where are they coming from ...

Ok. Yes will be interesting to do it now.

Thanks
Alan

Hi Stacy,

I went right through all our posts from the start as you suggested. Certainly things seem clearer now that when I started.

Thanks,
Alan