Hi again,

Regarding the questions:

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


No separate self at all. There was never one.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your ...

Hi verananda,

Please do! I will elaborate on what happened later today.

Thanks again.

Love,

Matrod.

Hi verananda,

The realization of no self happened recently. Just wanted to let you know.

Thanks a lot for your help and patience.

Love,

Matrod.

Hi again,

is "body" more than a lable, a concept?
What is "reaction" really?
Who reacts or could just watch the flow?

The body is a label. That's clear now.
A reaction is a learned behavior triggered by sensory data input.
Nobody reacts! So, what is happening then?

ok. watch the show. sometime ...

Hi verananda,

The question is "What is truth?" Is it sensations? Raw data? Being non-judgemental???
Yes, good question. What can we know for sure?


We don't know anything! That's for sure. We have the illusion of knowing, that's all.

What is "raw data"? Is it different from the sensed, seen ...

Hi again,

Yes, still entangled in life...

what we do here is looking for thuth. What is sensation, what is concepts, words, ideas (=thoughts), what is heard, seen ....
and we look if there can be found anything more inside like an I or me.


The question is "What is truth?" Is it sensations? Raw ...

Hi verananda,

Doing well. Sorry for my delayed answer. Got entangled in life. I want to continue!

Regarding the experiment, I find a bit difficult just to experience life as a flow of physical responses, I guess it is because my life-long conditioning in the other direction, just labeling what ...

Hi verananda,

Sorry for my late reply! I'm still here, investigating...

but what is wrong with it when it it seen as a illusion?
the image of the mirrage in the dessert still remains even if the illusuion is seen through.


Nothing is right or wrong, it seems. Things just are...

Is this "body ...

Hi verananda,

this does not have to dissappear (can you change thoughts? any control?)
just seen as what it is.
what remains is sound, taste, smell, touch, images or colors .....
even thoughts. but thoughts are just thoughts.


Of course I can't control thoughts. Yesterday I had an interesting ...

Hi verananda,

Another update. I've been doing the experiments, nonetheless, several things happen:

Regarding boundaries, they are not apparent anymore: body and clothing, body and environment, weight, volume (difficult to determine), but the actual experience of the body comes and goes, again, the ...

Hi verananda,

Thanks for your answers! I'm still doing the experiments and will report back soon.

Love,

Matrod.

Hi verananda,

thats ok. look . maybe you can see what happens before seperation comes back?
but otherwise do not bother you. It finds its way in its time.


Silence happens, contentment. Just perceiving what is. This is what happens. No future, no past.

just do the experiment, look what you ...

Hi again verananda,

Share your findings, it dont have to be finished.
We can walk together .....

I was thinking exactly the same this morning! I've been doing the experiments all these days. You were right, perhaps I'm still looking for an experience, a change of state, and somehow it still ...

Hi verananda,

I'm still doing the experiments you suggested, bear with me for a little bit longer. No conclusive answer so far...

Love,

Matrod.

You are still looking for a state. States come and go. It is not a question of state.

Right. I supposed this is because conditioning and too much reading!

The illusion does not disappear but it is seen as what it is: an illusion.
Then the movement stops.
Like a fatamorgana in the dessert.
After ...