Thank you so much, Jazdia. Truly a blessing.

Love,
Justin

To how it is thought to be: yes.

I have been watching thought like a hawk... or you know, whatever.

There may need be some 'time' of watching every me-thought and seeing it as just that, a me-thought. This dialogue with Jazdia has given me this tool.

Can I say that there still doesn't seem to ...

Jadzia,
OK, thank you for everything so far.

Questions might arise, or not. We'll see.

Thank you,
Justin

Thought labels experience, the raw experience, which just is.
Does thought label experience as illusion or is the illusion appearing because of the labeling?

Who would this illusion appear to? There can only be thoughts of an illusion.

thanks,
Justin

Ok, I redact my question.... I get it. There is no illusion of separation, just as there is no one to experience the illusion. There is only experience. And thought labels experience as an illusion of separation.

Who is intimidated of meditation?

There is no one to be intimidated. There are thoughts of intimidation, which arises during what thought labels as certain circumstances. It is content of thought.

Who wants to do the looking and noticing?

There is no self which wants to do this. There are ...

Ok i looked at who wants to relax thinking and found no one to want this. There were thoughts of needing to relax thinking based on your response of : Intellectual thinking can be such a big habit and it takes a while to not always jump to it and go into the relaxing not-thinking .

But this was a ...

Hey,
Ok, honestly I never understood it anyway so I get what you are saying. Never made sense to look for a self when already realize it won't be found. Noticing thought is enough.

I cannot and never have found a self other than in thought. The 'ultimately not finding one' can not happen because ...

Well from what I understand about self inquiry, the point is to dispel any hiding beliefs and feelings of a self by searching for it and ultimately not finding one. I guess. From the method I was introduced to, it is pretty much just noticing thought.

I will answer your other questions later after ...

Well the only question I would have is for good ways to relax thinking, but I already know the answer : meditation (which intimidates me for some reason), direct looking and noticing, and self inquiry. Luckily it seems they can all be one practice and just need to build a good habit of doing this ...

Haha.

Yes, much clearer and precise. Allowed for direct looking and noticing without too many intellectual type thoughts.

For number 6, I will observe for a day or two to see if any questions arise

Decision -
If I decide to do something, what is really happening is an impulse arises, an acton happens, and then a thought labels this lightening fast. For example, I am deciding /choosing which video game to play. Three choices appear on the TV screen, from the console start screen. All three of ...

Ok i will do some sitting and noticing tonight. Actually I have found myself doing this from time to time but not particularly when I am answering your questions, which always seemed to require more thought haha. But I get what you are saying and that much thinking should be saved for the journal ...

So sit somewhere and notice seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling.
Notice what thought does or doesn’t.
Just this, nice and simple. No extra effort, no explanation or definition needed, just plain noticing.

Ok, so sit and notice whatever is in experience, without 'thinking' about it ...

Intention : Webster defines intention as - a determination to act in a certain way. But i have had a glimpse past the illusion of being the doer, and can see that there is no one to hold an intention. There are thoughts of holding an intention, say, to be nice in front of someone. But there is no ...