How do you experience eye contacting with an object?
It its not experienced, it is a thought and speculation.
Can that be directly seen, without any assumption or imagination?
No, you cannot see an eye contacting an object, there is only sight.
Is seeing anything other that just seeing ...
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Thank you very much Kay, I couldnt have realized this without your help. I am very grateful for you kindness and consistent pointing and patience. :)
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No one, nor any object is choosing, controlling, deciding, doing what happens in life. There is no doer of action, thinker of thoughts, speaker of words, feeler of feelings, controller of outcomes, decider of decisions.
When "I" go out for a walk in the woods and decide to smoke a cigarette, there ...
When "I" go out for a walk in the woods and decide to smoke a cigarette, there ...
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This question is in reference to decision, intention, free will, choice and control. Can you talk a bit about what makes things happen? How do these work, and give an example from your own experiences to how things happen and how they work.
In direct, actual experience, choices aren't made by "me ...
In direct, actual experience, choices aren't made by "me ...
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Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
In actual, present experience of sight, sound, sensation and thought, there is no "I" in any way shape or form. It is only a thought, an idea, a speculation. There is presently no self, there ...
In actual, present experience of sight, sound, sensation and thought, there is no "I" in any way shape or form. It is only a thought, an idea, a speculation. There is presently no self, there ...
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That clip is a very nice one indeed, I remember seeing it in highschool psychology, never connected it with a "no self" yet though.
Great! Is the experience (ie sensation in this case) and the awareness of the sensation two things? Is there experience AND awareness, or is experience self-aware ...
Great! Is the experience (ie sensation in this case) and the awareness of the sensation two things? Is there experience AND awareness, or is experience self-aware ...
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How many things do you find? Are there two things - hand and desk? Or is there simply AE of sensation?
There is only sensation
Do you notice 'one thing feeling another thing'? Or is there just 'sensation'?
Just sensation
Do you find an 'I', a body, a hand 'feeling' . . . or is there just ...
There is only sensation
Do you notice 'one thing feeling another thing'? Or is there just 'sensation'?
Just sensation
Do you find an 'I', a body, a hand 'feeling' . . . or is there just ...
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I'm quite certain there is no self in the body, controlling the body, moving the body, being the body. "Body" itself is a concept. No "I" can control, move, or be a concept beside a thought itself.
What is memory exactly? What is the memory ‘made of’?
Memory is only AE of thought. It is made of ...
What is memory exactly? What is the memory ‘made of’?
Memory is only AE of thought. It is made of ...
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Label + sensation + colour + smell + taste + sound + thoughts are known, however is a body actually known?
No, body is not known.
Is there any connection between the felt sensations and the image in the mirror?
Or just thoughts (and/or mental images) suggest that there is?
No, there isnt any ...
No, body is not known.
Is there any connection between the felt sensations and the image in the mirror?
Or just thoughts (and/or mental images) suggest that there is?
No, there isnt any ...
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What does the word/label ‘body’ ACTUALLY refer to? What is the ACTUAL experience of the body?
"Body" is a thought of a location of a receiver of sensations. It seems to generally refer to overall sensations but there is no actual experience of "overall" sensation, just the ones that occur. There ...
"Body" is a thought of a location of a receiver of sensations. It seems to generally refer to overall sensations but there is no actual experience of "overall" sensation, just the ones that occur. There ...
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Can it be known how tall the body is?
No, it is just a thought about a sensation. Sensations do not have size or location.
Does the body have a weight or volume? In the actual experience does the body have a shape or a form?
No, a thought cannot have weight or size or location. There is no ...
No, it is just a thought about a sensation. Sensations do not have size or location.
Does the body have a weight or volume? In the actual experience does the body have a shape or a form?
No, a thought cannot have weight or size or location. There is no ...
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Ah! Again, I always think its only been a day or two but time slips past me, I'm sorry for this late reply. Thank you for your patience.
Can you see that even the label 'thought' is also a mirage-like arising!
Yes, "thought" and "thinking" are just impermanent labels that cannot been seen or ...
Can you see that even the label 'thought' is also a mirage-like arising!
Yes, "thought" and "thinking" are just impermanent labels that cannot been seen or ...
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Now when we look at this, do we find thought 27 has any knowledge of any of the other thoughts, let alone them all? Without a thought inferring that all these thoughts are linked, how is it known that these thoughts are linked and are a part of some process labelled ‘thinking’?
No, there is only ...
No, there is only ...
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So…where does the known (ie thought) end and the knowing of it begin? Can a dividing line between the known and the knowing be found?
No, there is no experience of thinking without a thought.
Okay...so the sensation labelled 'head' is AE of sensation. So there is an appearance of sensation ...
No, there is no experience of thinking without a thought.
Okay...so the sensation labelled 'head' is AE of sensation. So there is an appearance of sensation ...
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In actual experience, is there a border, a dividing line where a thought stops, and the "knowing" of it starts? I am not asking if there is a conceptual border...but an actual border to where a thought stops and the "knowing" of it begins?
No, thinking and the thought are not separate in AE.
So ...
No, thinking and the thought are not separate in AE.
So ...

