Hi Vivien,

5) a) Describe decision, intention, free will, choice and control. What makes things happen? How does it work?
Give examples from your own recent experiences to how things happen and how things work? Sorry for the delay, Vivien.
Everything is simply happening. The hand reaches out to ...

Hi Vivien,

These answers are coming in installments. Here are the first few.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form?
Was there ever?
There is not now, nor has there ever been any sort of entity, no me, self or I.

2) Share in your own words ...

Hi Vivien,

Can you say with a total certainty that it’s clearly seen that there is no separate self in any shape or form, other than a concept/idea? Yes, a felt sense of being a person is present at times, but a moment of looking reveals no me. It seems prudent to stop and look numerous times ...

Hi Vivien,

If you can clearly see that Peri is just a word in a sentence/thought, then what is missing? Nothing is missing.
What is not complete? What is, is complete.

Do you expect that seeing or clarity should be there 24/7? No.

Is there something that is not totally clear and you would ...

Hi Vivien,

The me-character is life? What do you mean by that? Not sure what I meant by that yesterday. There is just this. Experience. No me-character can be found.

Is there an actual me in life / reality? No. There is no me.

What is the me? It’s an imaginary being. A thought plus ignoring ...

Hi Vivien,

What is the difference between a happening and a doing? You made clear below what a happening is. Today, windows were washed, the cat was fed, dinner was made, work issues were responded to all without effort. It was just done. This seems to be a happening too, not a doing.

Look ...

Hello Vivien,

Is there a thought + the awareness of it? There is not. There is just this.
Where does the thought end and the awareness of it starts? There are no ends and starts.
Where is the dividing line between the thought and the awareness of it? There is no division.

Is this awareness ...

Hi Vivien,

“Awareness being aware of itself’ is a popular spiritual notion. But what I ask you here is to put aside everything you’ve ever heard or learned about awareness… and just stay with what is. Will do.


Is there an independent awareness waiting in the background for things to appear in ...

Hello Vivien,

How could awareness be distinct if there are no two things there? Distinction means – two separate things. Does it? That is not my understanding of distinction.

If you can distinguish one thing from another, then you are clearly looking at two different things. But is that so? No ...

Hi Vivien,


And when there is a thought, that thought clearly EXISTS, not the content, but the phenomenon itself. Can you see this? Yes, the distinction between the content of thought and the phenomenon of thought helped. The phenomenon exists.

What if it’s the other way around? That there is ...

Hi Vivien,

What is aware? Nothing is found
Is there a non-physical thing called awareness which is aware? Definitely not.
Is this what experience show? NO
Is there something aware or there is only awaring? Only awaring/knowing/being

Is there an awareness as something/entity/I doing the ...

Hi Vivien,

What is it that is being resisted? Could you please say more? Showing up and looking closely is being resisted. There’s a dawdling about before actually sitting down to look and respond, like there’s more friction en route.

Is there a fear of a negative consequences to this ...

Hi Vivien,

My apologies for overlooking questions once again. There’s resistance arising to this process, wanting to take a break for a day, catch my breath. Skipping questions is one of the ways that resistance is showing up.

Just notice how much detail thoughts provide… but these are just add ...

Hello Vivien,

Can you see how intricate the story is around this apparent entity, called Peri? Peri as dust devil, taking shape out of grains of sand for a few moments, but there's no there, there.
The thing can be any object (like cat, house, table, food), but it can also be a concept (love ...

Hello Vivien,

If it’s about the self… then how do you know that there is a clinging to it? What if it’s just an unquestioned belief/thought only? Yes, it was about the self and that’s clarifying. There’s no knowing that there is someone/something clinging, just that more sleuthing is in order and ...