Ok, here you go :-)

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

No, there was never a self, me or I anywhere. I can’t find ‘I’ anywhere, it is impossible to find.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when ...

Hi Stacy,

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 as you see it now.


3) How does it feel ...

Morning!

Yes I can do 1 :-).

Can you simply accept that you see clearly that there is no self and let the Thought Content that says there is 5% take care of itself? Could it be simply a thought of 5% and nothing is really doing that?

I can definitely accept, well I can’t choose to accept but ...

Hi Stacy,

Thank you so much for the encouragement! I would love to be a guide one day. I teach Kindergarten by day and have two kids and family to take care of - do you think I’ll be able to help others ‘wake up?’, have time to do so and effectively help others? How do you get the time to do this ...

Hi!

Hmm, where exactly is it stored? And tell me how something called thought is holding onto something called memory.

So I read my response and it didn’t make any sense, haha. There is nothing stored, no place stored....just imagination/thought. what I call memory is a thought in the form of an ...

Hi Stacy,

But is there an experience of the ’now’ moving along the line of time?

I can’t experience the now moving along a line of time. The only thing I experience is this.

Any experience of one ‘moment’ giving way to the next?

By the ‘time’ I hypothetically experience one moment giving ...

Happy first day of Spring! It’s sunny and in the 50s here in VA.

1) How many things do you find? Are there two things (hand and desk) or is there one
thing – sensation?

There is only one thing, sensation.

2) Can a ‘feeler’ be found in 'what is being felt'?

There is no ‘feeler’. Whatever is ...

Morning!

Thank you for the extra time to do the exercise! It was a fun activity but I couldn’t focus a few times.

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?

There was no connection except the ...

Morning!

Certainly, nothing is "chair," but are not "little," "parts," and "wood" also labels? Do you find them in direct experience?

No, I don’t find any of those descriptions in direct experience. Just thought labeling. It’s amazing noticing this!

Deeper Body Investigation

Can I ask for ...

Hi there!

Even this "responsibility" is a label. I'm not saying it doesn't arise or that it shouldn't, but if it didn't someone would take care of the children. "Natural instinct" is also a label, isn't it?

Hmmm...so you’re saying that the ‘act’ of taking care of my kids is not an act at all, or ...

Morning!!

Have I ever laughed at you, yet? I may laugh because of how true it is, but that would be all.

Haha, no you haven’t :-). Sometimes the things thoughts say to me are strange, and ‘regular’ people have a hard time understanding me!

First thing I want you to do is remember a time when ...

Morning!

So this excercise was scary! I know this is an opinion of thought but I wanted to tell you right off the bat, that there was some weird discomfort or fear. I’ll explain :-)

How is the movement controlled?

I don’t know - I couldn’t find who or what was controlling the movement. The ...

Hi!!

So, looking really carefully, can a thought generate a sensation? Or where does it come from?

It feels like a thought generated it because the content of thought was believed to be true. No a thought can’t generate a sensation, because content of thought is not direct experience.

Yes, and ...

Morning!

Mmm hmm - and is this "feeling" of "responsibility" AE?

Nope, not AE. A thought generated sensation, sounds more true :-)

Yes. No one can know Direct Experience.

Interesting...so Direct Experience is known by no one, because who would that ‘someone’ be? Thought has to say ‘someone ...

Hi!!

Thanks for the quick reply! This ‘I’ is very sneaky!

Who is this "I" who felt like?

There is no ‘I’ who feels, there is only a feeling of responsibility.

Again, what "I?" The tug-of-war you mention? Is there really such a thing happening, or is it only thought that says so? Content of ...