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by LostMe
Sun Dec 29, 2019 6:50 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Dear Vivien,
As always, thanking you with immense gratitude for your compassionate guidance without which there wouldn't be any seeing but intellectualization.
I continue to do the looking without relying on thoughts as you showed. It is the only way to not get deceived by thought contents as usual ...
by LostMe
Sat Dec 21, 2019 2:49 am
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Dear Vivien,
I thank YOU for your cooperation, patience and dedication to help others.
I will wait for further questions from other guides. No rush.
sincerely,
Grace 
by LostMe
Thu Dec 19, 2019 3:25 am
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Yes, you will be able to contact me, either through private message through this forum, or through FB.
Thank you Vivien. I appreciate it.
Are you with me for this last step so we can close this conversation?
Sure, I will be with you.
Thank you
by LostMe
Wed Dec 18, 2019 11:17 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien,
Even though these stress, emotions, cravings etc. all those are thought constructs, one under the illusion feels them as real and feels as suffering.
“one under the illusion feels” – what is it exactly that is under the illusion of a separate self? Sorry for using the conventional ...
by LostMe
Tue Dec 17, 2019 11:10 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

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?
Was there ever ...
by LostMe
Tue Dec 17, 2019 4:41 am
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Thank you Vivien. Yes, I am ready to try and answer whatever questions you will give.
Thank you so much for your time and guidance. I appreciate it very much.
by LostMe
Mon Dec 16, 2019 11:08 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien, 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?
At times some doubts came but they were seen through for what they were and now I can say with big fat yes, it is clear that the I as a separate self is an illusion.

How does ...
by LostMe
Sun Dec 15, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Thank you Vivien,
Hi Grace,
V: Despite our impressions, it's evident from experience that we only ever have one thought 'at a time', always meaning right now. Is this clear?
G: Yes, when looking, it is noticeable. But It is hard to see during normal living.
Does this need to be seen all the time ...
by LostMe
Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien,
Is there a causality in experience? No, nothing was found in raw experience that can be called causality. Only thoughts attribute causality to experiences. Causality is a concept.
Is there such thing as cause and effect?
Only in concepts, could not find in actual experience.
How is ...
by LostMe
Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:01 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien,
Let’s investigate what time really is.
What is time? I wasn't able to experience it. Time is a convention, a mental construct (its imaginary).
How time is experienced? Time can not be experienced.
What is past and future? I wasn't able to experience past or future. All what came up ...
by LostMe
Thu Dec 12, 2019 11:06 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Thanks Vivien,
Now we come back to the other topic you mentioned before, cause and effect. But for that, first we have to look into the notion of time.

What is memory exactly? – please don’t go to thought explanation, but just let a memory be there, and look at it… Couldn't find anything in ...
by LostMe
Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:00 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Thank you Vivien.
A few days ago you wrote:
Perhaps, we can look at the illusion of "body is me/I am the body". I have been looking and it is always the liveliness (ever changing body sensations) and thoughts saying "This is me", but there is no "me" found in direct experience, not at all.
So ...
by LostMe
Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:02 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien,
Let’s look into this a bit more.
Close your eyes, and scan through the body. Look for every sensation that is present right now. You will find, that as you scan the body, a visual thought ‘shows’ the location of attention, so to speak. Yes, I can see the visual thoughts about location of ...
by LostMe
Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:30 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien,
All right, let’s start with the body.

The illusion of the self is not just simply coming from thoughts, but also from the belief that “I am the body” or “I have a body” or that this or that sensation is ‘me’ or the location of the ‘me’, or that this or that sensation is happening to ‘me ...
by LostMe
Sun Dec 08, 2019 11:03 pm
Forum: ARCHIVES
Topic: Looking for the Truth
Replies: 95
Views: 13273

Re: Looking for the Truth

Hi Vivien,
Knowing is perceived as a thought. A thought ‘I know’ is NOT the experience of ‘knowing’, but the experience of the arising of a thought.
Can you see this? Yes, "I know", "I saw something", "I heard something" are just thoughts that arise after the actual experience of the seen, heard ...

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