Superb :)

One more final huge thank you, Vivien. You've been an absolute star! I will never forget the help you've given me. Keep up the great work you're doing here on Liberation Unleashed. All the best...

Chris

I chose you because you talked about the fear of abandonment, and I knew that I can stick with you as long as you need it.

Feel touched by that. I'm so glad you chose me to work with. Thanks Vivien :)

Hi Vivien

As with the last question you gave me, I am working on the assumption that these questions are more general, rather than a specific request to Look in the Now.

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

No there isn't a ...

Hi Vivien

Yes, I am ready :)

Chris

Hi Vivien

So you believed that there was a self in your whole life, governing life, with free will, with desires, etc, and as the result of this looking you’ve discovered that this self has never ever been actually there. Right?

So I’m asking, how does it feel to see or to discover that the self ...

Hi Vivien

Can you say that there was a shift from intellectual understanding to an experiential one at that day?

This was one of the days when a shift happened, yes. But there were other days too. Like the post on page 11 where you asked me to describe in my own words the illusion of the ...

Hi Vivien

Thank you so, so much for getting me to this point. I am truly grateful, from the bottom of my heart :)

Is there I to awaken? No, there isn't an I to awaken. It is just conceptual. The pronoun of 'I' still continues to be used though, for the purposes of communication and to operate in ...

Hi Vivien

Is there anything that doesn’t feel totally clear and you would like to look at?

So, I've had a chance to reflect on this question and I don't really feel unclear about anything.
Every day I Look...at various times throughout the day. Again and again. Not obsessively. Just like a ...

Hi Vivien

Is the above comment still stand? Is there still an expectation for having a state when observing the world? Or has it fallen away by realizing the the body cannot merge with a tree?

It has fallen away. This was the clearest pointer:

And is the commentary creating a real FELT ...

Hi Vivien

C: There isn't a strong sense of an 'I' that's talking...

V: What is this “strong sense of an ‘I’ that is talking”? Is there actually something there what is talking?
And what is this “ talking strong sense of an ‘I’” is made of? How is it experienced?
But if you read it again... I ...

Hi Vivien

Thanks for your patience. I had lots of time to do repeated Lookings...and at the same time I've been able to reflect on things and integrate things more.

C: Initially, didn't find separation whilst 'mind' was inactive.
I noticed during the Looking...how it is 'mind' that then steps in ...

Hi Vivien

Ok, I feel ready to tackle a couple of these questions today. There's a few more to come.
Apologies in advance, as I am unpacking all the speculative mess for you to look at (but you're asking me to unpack all this stuff, right?).

V; But how could any moment be the same as ‘other ...

Thank you Vivien. And to you also...

Hi Vivien

I don’t know yet. It depends on the clarity of your seeing. We won’t stop until you feel comfortable to let this conversation go, and of course, until the self illusion is clearly seen.
Thank you. I appreciate you saying you'll stay with it until such time as I am comfortable to let it ...

Hi Vivien

I haven't been great these past days. I had to take some medication and it left me really drowsy and exhausted. I still did the Looking though as best I could, but am not sure it was hugely productive :(

Let me know what you find.
I Looked to see if I could find separation when walking ...