HI Sarah,

I will send you a pm about the meeting.

No need to worry about that.

This isn't about striving to be mindful all the time. It's not about imposing mindfulness on every moment. Just be mindful when it feels appropriate. By doing so, you simply direct your awareness to what is truly occurring, without relying solely on thoughts.

Even ...

Hi Sarah,

Searching for this sense of ownership, things became very still, then I noticed that this sense of ownership seems to just be a thought as well, a distraction

Great. What kind of thought is that? Is it in a narrative form or is more of a non-verbal nature?

Get to know it better. This ...

After this thought had already happened I immediately assumed that there was a me that cared. But in this instance I was able to see how the thought automatically appeared and then the belief followed it.

Now, simply explore this belief again. Whenever possible, try to observe how it arises. Once ...

Beautiful.

I still feel there are beliefs and assumptions left to be questioned.


There will be many more....

But in general identification with thoughts and actions are weakening and it is getting easier to see how a “controller” isn’t necessary for most things.

great, this is also an ...

Great.
Let me know how it goes.

How does it feel to realize that there is no observer or self to be found?

Do you feel some changes in the perception and your present experience, or this is still more on the intellectual side?

No wrong answers here, simply to check.

I will be able to meet next ...

It sounds like you had a subtle insight, a glimpse of emptiness. It does not matter much if it is a subtle or whatever insight, so don't worry too much about the quality of the insight.

Then I noticed that at that moment I wasn’t very identified with anything. Thoughts, sensations in my body, the ...

Definitely no certainty. So I would say things are still on the intellectual side.

Okay, thanks for sharing.

I can’t find a controlling entity that influences the thoughts, sensations, sounds, etc., but it still somehow feels like things are happening to me.
Don't worry about that. The feeling ...

Right, thoughts themselves do not possess inherent power. When we treat thoughts as real or threatening, only then do emotional reactions and suffering arise. Thoughts are just thoughts, a mental and automatic interpretation that has no inherent power to change anything, unless there is an ...

thanks!

How does it feel to not find any sense of self? Does it remain purely intellectual, or have you gained deeper insights, perhaps with a sense of certainty about this realization? Please share your thoughts, as they will guide our further work. I apologize for not being able to communicate ...

Thanks for sharing.

When I questioned why thoughts are so persuasive, we don't aim for giving some overview of the thoughts; instead, we delved deeper without intellectualizing it.

So, why are these "juicy thoughts" so persuasive?

Do they inherently possess persuasive power?

Why do certain ...

Hi Margareta,

nice looking.

mostly thoughts about the self and self care and they’re very persuasive

Why are thoughts persuasive?

What gives them that power?

Simply observe this. It is so worthy.

I cannot find a self, strangely a feeling of failure and giving up arises.

I know I’m not ...

When I realized this, I said “Oh, I got lost in thought. It wasn’t even voluntary, I didn’t decide to think.” But at that moment there was an assumption that someone realized this. It wasn’t even a verbal thought. Just automatically assumed. Maybe many things are like this.

Great!

But at that ...

Sounds good. I won't provide any pointers today. I'll follow up with you in a day or two. Let curiosity and intuition guide you, as they have thus far. Remember to be mindful of expectations, comparisons, and anticipation—these are merely stories. See them as friendly distractions, let them pass ...

Hmm. But if everything remains the same, how do I know where my attention is? Something has to change for me to know the attention is on something right? If my experience is just the five senses and thought, some change in these channels lets me know where my attention is, or whether or not it has ...