Thank you very much for your time and patience,

Regards Rachel

.b) What are you responsible for? Give examples from your own recent experiences to how this works.

Gosh this question made me stop for a moment! Nothing! There is no 'me' here to place responsibility on, thoughts happen, actions happening or not happening, happen, self control happens or it does ...

Hi Vivien,

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

No, and no.

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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 ...

Hi Vivien,

I read the questions, I want to spend some time and answer as fully as possible. As I have a busy day I just wanted to let you know I'll reply tomorrow evening.

Thanks Rachel

Hi,

. Has it been seen that there has never been an ‘I’ that could control or own life or anything?
Is there any chooser or decider of any kind?

No!


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Is there an ‘experiencer’?
Is there a ‘thinker’?

No. Experience/sensation is. Thoughts are. There is nothing outside of these phenomena ...

Morning, sorry for the delay in replying, the looking is going well. I'll tell you where I'm at and see what you think. For the most part, no 'me' seems obvious, when a strong sense of 'me' comes to attention, then I look, the me belief is generally seen through quickly, there has been a deeper ...

Morning Vivian, hope you are well,

Just dropping a quick note. So last night I saw, there is no knower, this feels clear, imagination had been playing a bigger role in this than I had recognised. Once this was seen clearly, this was simply imagination, it collapsed.

So then I noticed, there is a ...

. What is it exactly that stops and looks directly at thought?

Hi,

Nothing, I'm aware of the fact that when I look at something all that arises this is just a focal point/sensation, no me. There is nothing here to do looking but looking happens. But just for explaining purposes, I use the word I ...

Hi

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Is this thought true?
Is this really true that ‘I am thinking this or that’?
Is this true that this is depressing and difficult?
Depressing and difficult for what/who?
What is it exactly that is felt depressed?
What is it that is finding this difficult?

No this just a thought. This ...

Hi Vivian thanks for the last post, I am just writing something quick to let you know would like to carry on looking. Yes the fear of non-existence is something I need to look at, and see that there is no me being afraid. This is a hard thing to do, but I will try to look the next time it arises.The ...

Hi Vivian,

. How EXACTLY intuition is felt?
What is the AE of intuition?
What is the difference between a ‘general’ thought and an ‘intuitive’ thought?

It's just a thought, that thinks it knows something, or has rough idea about something. Usually it's accompanied by a sensation, around the ...

Hi Vivian,

. How can it be a mystery who/what you are?
Isn’t it clear that you are not?

Whilst at times it is clear there is no 'personal me' . Existence, the body and experience still are. These things are all known, even though there is no knower, so to me it seems, there is no personal me ...

Hi Vivian,

Thanks for your reply.

. What makes you think that your seeing is not clear enough?

I realise that there was just a little hesitancy to really accept this. Deepening into that realisation bought up some fear. Suddenly who or what you are becomes a mystery and in embracing the not ...

Hi Vivian

. Is there a self that is inside the body, perceiving a world that is outside?

No

. Is there an experiencER?
Is there anything having the experience of whatever is happening?
Is there anything which the experience is happening TO?

No experience is, and thought says 'i'.

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Is ...

Hi Vivian, so I have spent some time on and off looking at the sense of doer or mover. Things are much clearer now. The realisation that there is no me, is very weird. At times my mind desperately wants to pin an 'i' on something to find a center around which all this activity is happening. But I ...