Me too! Thank you so much for your kindness and efforts!!! :)

As opposed to the way that we are raised to feel - that we are a separate person who briefly occupies a place in the world. We are brought up to think that the world existed before we were born and will go on after we die. But that isn’t how it looks to me now. The world doesn’t exist except for my ...

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

No. There was only a story that seemed completely real.

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

Never mind... I already know the answer to this. :) I have a tournament today and my mind is very active... but I spent some time getting quiet and looking and I'm connecting back to what's real again.

So, is the body is just a story too? That's what it feels like. When I close my eyes there is no body... But it also seems tied to the DE - visual experience.

Hi Christina!

I just wanted to touch base with you and let you know how things are going. One thing about our Skype that has really stuck with me was when you mentioned that you don't plan things because they take care of themselves - and you don't worry about things because you know that they'll ...

Hi.

I saw that you wrote that you sent me a pm. Where do I find it? 😃

Hi Jadzia.

Thanks for checking in. I haven’t reached out to you because I feel like I’m not trying hard enough or focusing enough on this at the moment so there isn’t much to report.

I've been really busy and I've been distracted by work and life. I have remembered periodically to compare the DE ...

YOU: Just to make extra sure: Can mind/thought feel anything, can it be anything? You neither find mind or content of thought in DE, so?

I am stuck here. In the story, mind believes certain things (that it is separate, that it is a person, that it is a real object in some place made up of other ...

YOU: Is there good or bad at all? Can experience/life be divided?

No. It cannot be divided. How delightful!

YOU: Where is mind found in DE? Can it be known if this is the place thoughts come from?

The mind appears to be just like the body – so, not found in DE. I think that the body and mind are ...

YOU: Could one say that observer and the observed are the same?

Yes. The same.

YOU: Are awareness and story two different things or one? What is awareness in DE?

It seems that everything that isn’t DE is a story. Direct experience is sensations. Any description of those sensations is a story ...

YOU: There is a noticing and observation happens, but is there an observer needed for observing?

When I try to identify the observer, I can’t find/name anything, so no. But it is always there – is the only thing that doesn’t change. There does seem to be an observer (something that notices ...

YOU: here is a noticing and observation happens, but is it the you of you that is the observer, the self?

I don’t understand the question - would you please rephrase it?

Not much happening here. I am noticing a lot that everything is like a movie (including my body/actions). I occasionally check in with whether or not I can find an observer - and while there is still a trace of one I am also aware that this is a story and that nothing is observing.

I go in and out ...

YOU: Is this I responsible for anything? Is the I the one choosing and deciding?

No, it can’t be. Responsibility requires a subject who could be responsible. It seems that there are just things happening… nobody to choose to do them or decide not to do them. When I close my eyes and try to clearly ...