Hi Vivien,

thank you again. Ok, then I would like to take my time to answer those questions and I will do it.
Yes, I will continue to look. I will join the FB group as well. I wish you all the best!

Warm greetings,

Kamen

Hello Vivien,


thank you, that you gave me time.

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

No, this is just some mental form. This separate self does not really exist and never existed.


2) Share in your own words what the ...

Hello Vivien,

I didn't receive notification from you.

Ofcourse. Could you please give me some move time?

Thank you,

Kamen

Hi again,

just wanted to say, that I am ready for further investigation, as long it is needed, if you think, that you could have missed something.

Kamen

Hi Vivien,

yes, I am ready.

Thank you very much.

Kamen

Hi Vivien,

I could not answer you fast, so I took an extra day.


Can you say with a 100% certainty that there has been a shift from an intellectual understanding of there being no separate self to an experiential recognition of it?

I really can't find Kamen and this is not intellectual, but ...

Hello Vivien,

sorry for the fast answer but that was not really a question. I do not ask this. like a rhetorical question. Sorry for not making this clear.
About the responsibility - I investigated this a lot. Yes, it appears only if there is someone to whom it appears.

It is very interesting. I ...

Hello Vivien,

Happy New year!

So, sorry that my answers are going to be the same, but there is nothing more to say to it.

I worked a lot with the questions, but I stayed a lot without them. Actually one time I was sitting and something came.

There was a seeker, there was a doer,

now there are ...

Hello Vivien,

Merry Christmas.

I am 100% with you. Those are very good questions so I just wanted to investigate them. I will answer you soon. I also sometimes feel like I do not want to have some question going on but just to let everything as it is and just be as what is already here. Also I do ...

Hello Vivien,
I investigated all the questions, but the last one was really good and I needed some time on it, so I skipped one day.

What is being done for colors and shapes to be? Is there anything be done for colors and shapes to be, or they are just there effortlessly?
Nothing. They are there ...

Hello Vivien,

When walking, what do you do in order for the legs to move?
The moving is not happening because of a me. It is absolutely automatic.


Are you making walking happen, or it just happens automatically and effortlessly?
Yes, the second one. Absolutely no effort.

When you sit down ...

Hi Vivien,


Can you choose the very content of the next thought? Can you choose willingly the next thought that will arise?
Aboslutely no. No

Can you choose to fall asleep?
No. No control over this as well.


Can you find the moment / point / spot or realm where you choose to fall asleep ...

Hi Vivien,

So, could you see that all the negative emotions felt very similar, contracted and unpleasant?

They feel like a contraction - yes, but I am not sure if they are unpleasant. Maybe if they are super strong, but I hadn't that strong emptions to examine. Yes they are similar.



And only ...

Hi Vivien,


Mind? What mind?
Is there a mind producing thoughts?

This is just a label. There is no actual mind there.

Is there a mind full of ideas?

No. Just thoughts that come and go.

What is the experience of a mind?
This is just a thought.

Is there a mind outside of thoughts that ...

Hello Vivien,


When I ask you what is the experience of suffering, then I mean it literally.
Is suffering a color? Sound? Taste? Smell? Sensation? What is it in experience?
Yes, sorry. So, it is a sensation only + a thought that is telling if thats good or bad. The sensation itself is nothing bad ...