How wonderful! Wanted to send you much gratitude for pointing the way, being so attentive and straightforward. It has made such a difference. This is really a great platform, one on one. I have totally enjoyed it, even those moments that seemed confusing and difficult. Soooo much better than just ...

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Hi Vivien,

Please answer the following questions with some detail please, and answer what's true for you rather than any sort of 'ideal' answer. Also please provide examples where asked.

1)Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form?
No, there is no ...

One last thing....the seeing that thoughts are not real. The learning to look. BIG CHANGE or realization. And the reminder that this is all very simple, even a five year old can see it. All the ‘striving’ is silly. It’s right here.

Stella

Hi Vivien,

Is there any doubt? Or can you say with a big fat YES that it’s clear that the I, as a separate self is an illusion?
BIG FAT YES.. it is clear. It is seen. No doubt at all.

How’s does it feel to see this?
Relaxed is what seems the best description. With some laughing/lightness ...

Is there any doubt? Or can you say with a big fat YES that it’s clear the I, as a separate self is an illusion?

BIG FAT YES.. it is clear. it is seen. No doubt at all.

Stella

This habit of needing a subject for every action, this habit of language is probably the hardest of beliefs to see and drop.
Does the habit of using the words I/me/my/mine as a subject needs to be dropped?
Or they can be there without anything / anybody being bothered by their presence?
They ...

V: V: Is there both awareness AND objects?
You are saying that there is separation.
S: But isn’t this the very process we are doing here? Every time you ask me to look? When I look at the cup? Am I not verifying separation? But again, I’m back in my world of beliefs....
So the question is the ...

So the reality of an ‘emotion’ is the sensation itself. And only thought labels the sensation as this or that emotion. Is this totally clear?
Yes, this is totally seen and clear.

Previously you wrote:
And what I found was that when I was what I have called “resting in awareness” where the ...

Hi Vivien,

An appearing ‘emotion’ like ‘fear’ or ‘happiness’ has two main ‘components’:

(a) a pure bodily sensation, like contraction or relaxation
(b) a mental label stuck to (layered over) the sensation, like “this is fear” or “this is contraction in the stomach” or “uncomfortable” or “I am ...

Hey Vivien,

But WHY thoughts cannot be touched, seen, tasted, smelled?

Because thoughts are NOT REAL.
Let me repeat.
Thoughts are just concepts. Not real, actual things. Just conceptual ideas.
Not matter what a thought is about, it’s always just an imagination. An illusion. Why? Well, try ...

Hi Vivien,

Look at thoughts. Remember a cup in front of you is real, tangible. It "exists" in a way that can be examined with the senses. Anyway, the cup can be pointed to and verified.

Why doesn't that happen with thought?

Why can’t you touch a thought?
Why can’t you smell a thought?
Why can’t ...

We are only ever looking for FACTS of reality, but not knowledge of facts of reality.
You have to look at each questions with the eyes of a little child, who has no intellectual knowledge about how things work.
Imagine, that you are a five-year old child, and I am your five-year old friend. We are ...

Hi Vivien,

What I am about to write might trigger resistance, anger, frustration or any other emotions. Please watch out for them. Thanks for the heads up but that’s why I’m here.


When it’s seen that a seer, taster, smeller, feeler, thinker, etc. cannot be found, the identification often goes ...

Vivien,
Ok, wow...no anger or frustration... much gratitude and amazement and some confusion. Today is a busy day for me but I have spent the morning with what you wrote. I may not be able to get back to it until tomorrow so just wanted to give you a heads up that my full response won’t go out until ...