Hi Simon just checking in to see if you're still around. If you're busy just let me know when I can expect to hear from you! Thanks.
Best,
Albert

Great , Simon!

Ok, please bear with me here. This process seems really basic at times, because it is!

I hear that you are experiencing a centre of experience that moves with the body. When the body is sitting in the room, it seems the room is all around "you".

I'd like to explore and challenge ...

No problem Simon! Great timing actually , I was signing in to approach someone else.
I'm excited to get started!

Please begin with the questions in my opening post and we can go from there.

Best,
Albert

Hello Mister E,
I'm Albert and I would like to be your guide.

First I have a few guidelines I'd like us to agree on.

1. Please answer all the questions I ask. I will colour them blue for clarity.
Also, please use the quote function to respond to these questions, so that the thread remains easy ...

Hello Simon,
I would like to help you with this.
My name is Albert. I am coming to you (almost) live out of the Canadian prairies. To best assist you, I will ask that we follow these following guidelines:

1. Please answer all the questions I ask.

2. Please try to answer within 2 or 3 days at most ...

Thanks so much Bella! This has been very significant for me . I appreciate your help immensely.

All the best in all your endeavors.

Albert
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Can you describe what "experience experiencing" is, how it looks like, in your everyday life?


Just unelaborated experience. Bird songs that aren't "Albert listening to the birds sing" but are just "birds singing". Phenomena as phenomena. I don't know how else to explain it, honestly.

Can you describe what "experience experiencing" is, how it looks like, in your everyday life?


Just unelaborated experience. Bird songs that aren't "Albert listening to the birds sing" but are just "birds singing". Phenomena as phenomena. I don't know how else to explain it, honestly.

Can you elaborate on what you mean with this?

Yes, I can see how that was unclear.

I read that passage, then sat and looked at thoughts and feelings. There was no observer/observed dichotomy- simply experience experiencing. No 'me looking at this'. Am I explaining this well?

So it's ...

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


No.


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

The illusion of ...

Hi Bella,
Thank you! I will work on answering these well.
Right now, I am way too tired.

What is the difference between a memory and a thought?


There's no difference- I didn't intend to imply that. Thoughts, memories, hopes, dreams, etc. = Thoughts

How does a memory refer to other phenomena? What do you see?
Memories are sometimes more visual, more auditory, more kinesthetic. So ...

What is visualising? And who is doing it?
Thoughts which arise by themselves.

Can you really see such a ‘context’? How does the sensory input get in there?
Only in the same way I can 'see' anything. Sensations, thoughts, memories all occur independently, but the context is memories that refer ...

Is there a stand-alone sensation/sight/sound/smell/taste/thought? Or is there always a certain blending of these? Or is there a ‘something’ in which they appear?

In my experience, there's always some blending. For instance, when I 'feel' my hand, I am also visualising it to some extent.
There is ...

Hi bella,
I forgot to reply today. It's getting very busy! I will give this my attention tomorrow.
Thank you