Hi Vivien,

You write it’s not really different/changed, but everything looks different, does that make sense in your experience?
The explanation may seem a little confusing but this is not something that lends itself to easy descriptions. It's more that some aspects of reality are really just the ...

Hi Vivien,

is there anything further I can provide to conclude this process? Are there any clarifications needed?

Hope you're doing well.

Sincerely,
Daniel

Hi Vivien,

Could you please give examples of "thoughts that see life from the impersonal perspective of no-self”?
Thoughts interpret and narrate things that are being experienced. So when a decision is being made about what to have for dinner, there are thoughts carrying the arguments and then ...

Hi Vivien,

Could you please further describe that particular sensation and the “diminishing” process?
It's particularly sensations behind and around the eyes and sometimes also in the chest. They are no different than any other sensations, only thoughts make them 'special'. When there is a belief ...

Hi Vivien,

What the “sense of self” that diminishes when looked at is?

It's sensations, mostly in the head, that are labeled as 'me'. The diminishing is when they are seen as sensations + labelling instead of being believed that it is me.

Sincerely,
Daniel

Hi Vivien,

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form?
Was there ever?
There is no separate 'me' at all. It's a label that is conveniently used in language but it doesn't have any substance. It serves its purpose in communication to differentiate ...

Hi Vivien,
Do you still pay attention to the sensation labelled ‘me’ during the day?
Yes, I remember to do it around 10 to 15 times a day.
What do you find when feeling that sensation only as a sensation?
It helps switch into a kind of looking where things are viewed as they are and a layer of ...

Hi Vivien,

The belief that I am attention is the same belief that I am awareness! Can you see this?
Yes, that's true in my experience.
That there is something separate from experience that is attending or aware-ing everything else?
Yes, it creates the duality of 'me' watching the experience but ...

Hi Vivien,

I will answer tomorrow. Still looking throughout the day at the sensations that feel like 'me'.

Best regards,
Daniel

Hi Vivien,

So, what is the AE of suffering?
Suffering is a thought 'I want something other than what is', the 'desire' thought. But only thoughts can label experience as good/bad, pleasure/suffering etc. The experience itself has no inherent characteristic to it and only when the labelling ...

Hi Vivien,

And then what if thoughts still assume that there is an ‘I’?
Is there any problem with that?
And whose problem is that?
I honestly am not sure how to answer. One answer that comes is that when thoughts assume there is an 'I' then that causes suffering in various ways in daily life. It ...

Hi Vivien,

So I wanted to start responding to your questions and two busy days at work simply caused too much turmoil in thoughts and I can't focus well enough to look properly and respond from AE. Unfortunately I don't expect it to be any better tomorrow, but I will set aside enough time on ...

Hello Vivien,

thank you for the reply, I will need to take an extra day to reply. I will keep on looking throughout the day.

Sincerely,
Daniel

Hi Vivien,


Has it been seen that there has never been an ‘I’ that could control or own life or anything?

Initially I was struggling with this a little because I tried to look at control and owning and these are complicated concepts so it created confusion as to what was being looked for. Then I ...

Hi Vivien,

Is there a seer somewhere doing the seeing?

No, the seeing is just happening, no seer there to be found.

There is an expectation here that it should feel different, like one of the states I experienced before where it was very clear that everything is one and the seer and seen are ...