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 entity, no "self", "me" or "I" at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form. There was never any separate entity at any point in "time".

2. Explain in detail what ...

At this point I'd like you to tell me - if you have any doubts, expectations or if something needs to be looked into further.
Please describe - in detail - what you SEE IN DIRECT EXPERIENCE. Are there any "areas" that you are not sure about?
We can't leave this inquiry - having only a theoretical ...

At this point I'd like you to tell me - if you have any doubts, expectations or if something needs to be looked into further.
Please describe - in detail - what you SEE IN DIRECT EXPERIENCE. Are there any "areas" that you are not sure about?
We can't leave this inquiry - having only a theoretical ...

Mind doing "mind stuff".

Ha.

This "being" is pure openness and love -both un-involved in it, yet totally intimate with it - another paradox for you my friend.

Lovely

Is there anyone who could voice any disapproval? Is there a "You" to make a difference? Or are those just thoughts about ...

Can the sense of being "be in something"? Or is it just present?

The sense of being can never "be in something". It is just present, like a little dance of life.

Is there anyone "fighting the feeling"? or are these just thoughts weaving a story?

There is no one "fighting the feeling", it is ...

Who is in the river my friend? Is there a "you" or a "river" - separate from each other?

Ah, thanks for that. That would still be a separation so there is no me or river separate from each other.

Is the sense of being "enclosed" in the "body", some "room", "a head", "a brain"?

No the sense ...

We'll tear every layer - to reveal the foundation.

Okay, that's was pretty bad-ass. I took my time with the looking and walking exercise and here is what came up. I also briefly looked through the start of this thread and some other longer thread to see what's up.

Do you see any separation ...

So - without going into the Thought Content - are "general" and "memory" thoughts different in Direct Experience?

No difference at all!

So - in Direct Experience - is "future" thought different than "general" thought?

As above, so below

And that perception is made of?

Perception is ...

Have you noticed that - even while speaking - the words are already being spoken and dying that instant? "I'm the Alpha and the Omega - the beginning and the end" - as the Good Book says.

Damn. Never thought of it like that, adds extra punch to that quote.

I hope you see it now - the past and ...

Cool! And away we go.

But is there an experience of the ’now’ moving along the line of time?

There is no experience of the "now" moving along the line of time.

Any experience of one ‘moment’ giving way to the next?

Nope, there is no experience of one "moment" give way to the next "moment ...

Sure!

Back in these United States so should be less conflict with the time zones.

Is there seeing separate from what’s seen, or is there just what’s seen?

Just what's seen

Is there any awareness separate from experience or is there just experience?

There is no awareness separate from ...

Fake "I"? Is there another "I" operating somewhere?
Is there a "real I" or "less/more real I" anywhere?

There is no fake "I". There is no other "I" operating anywhere. There is no real "I" so there can be no "less or/more real I".

There can only be what is. Whether term works in this case "the ...

How do you feel so far? What came to the surface?

Hmm, good question. If you want to know how I felt during the exercise, then not much changed. I had a harder time with looking at the hand and associating it with movement in the mirror. I was basically just waiving my hand up and down, until the ...

Hello, here's what I was able to come up with. Thanks for the guiding once again.

Is there any connection between the felt sensations and the image in the mirror?

There is no connection between the felt sensations and the images in the mirror.

Or just thoughts (and/or mental images) suggest ...

Hey!

The trip got the better part of my time since we last spoke. But I am back on the site and about to start going through the exercise. Will take my time with this one as mentioned!