Dear Luchana,

Thank you for the final questions. Here are my responses.

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

No, there isn't. There was never a 'me' that ever did anything.


2) Give in your own words what the illusion of ...

Hello dear Luchana,

Thank you so much for checking in on me :-). Sorry for the delay, I have been away.

In general it's been going really well, thank you. I would love to catch up with you when you are free. Are you around tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon or Wednesday afternoon?

love Calvin.

Dear Luchana,

What makes these doubting thoughts yours?

Just a thought. In fact they can just come and go, as all thoughts do :-).


What is here that needs removing?
And who or what has the power to remove it?

The doubting thoughts cannot be removed as such, and there is nobody, apparently ...

Dear Luchana,


There's a moving in and out of the "me", that's stablising...
Is there something SOLID, something REAL which can move in and out?
Or there is it just a thought about something?


No, nothing solid. There are just doubting thoughts that arise.

Maybe I need to remove these doubts ...

Dear Luchana,

Thank you for your response :-).

Is there an assumption that someone (God?) knows something?

There is some kind of intelligence at work it seems, for this magificent display to exist. But not a knowing as such.


Is there something else which is not clear, and something you would ...

Hello Luchana,

Thank you for the zoom satsang. It was very helpful :-)


You are most welcome. And thank you for the donation!

No problem. It's a pleasure.


With the eyes closed is there a choice/control what to see?
Is there a choice not to see "black space" if you close your eyes?

No ...

Thank you Luchana. It was lovely to chat recently :-).


Is there a control over ‘sensations’?
No, they just happen.


Is there a control over ‘sounds’?
No, they appear without intervention.


Is there a control over ‘visual image/colors’?
No, I can't stop them unless I close my eyes.


Is ...

Dear Luchana,

Thank you for the video - very interesting. I have seen it before, in fact, but it was great to see again, and in some ways disturbing. 6 seconds from brain to conscious mind !


There is an action and then immediately the thought claims credit for doing this action.

Can you see ...

Dear Luchana,

It can seem like there is witnessing (as a thought), but actually it's all just happening - there is just what is, right now.

Is it just right now?

Or it has always been the case?

Yes, "now" is just a word, it's alway just this.


Look:
Is there a Calvin on a journey to ...

PS I would be very happpy to have a zoom one day this week with you if that is possible, to review what we have already covered and to clarify anything. I am free for most of the week as I am not working.

Thank you :-).

love Calvin.

Dear Luchana,

You are making an imence efort for something which is here already :)

True, but I have to see this for myself :-).


Is there a belief that seeing through the illusion of a separate self is a very hard work?

Yes, it can feel very far away.


So, is there an existance which sees ...

Dear Luchana,

I have been recording your questions and listening to them over again to help in my looking :-).


Is there seeing and seen? Or they are one and the same?

When I look, seeing and seen seem to one thing. I can't separate the two without conceptualising.


Yes, what is, is wild but ...

Dear Luchana,

What words non-dual and not two point to?

Only one, whole, no separation.


What did Buddha point to with "In the seen there is only the seen"?

Seeing is happening, without a seer.


Is it possible that someone arrived here and started seeing what is here?
Where would this one ...

Dear Luchana,

Is there an expectation that thoughts and labeling will stop?

There is an expecation that the mind might become silent, or at least less noisy, yes.


There is no you even now and still there are thoughts about a seeming separation.
Why would seeing through illusion change this ...

Dear Luchana,

Thank you for your reply.


But notice what separation is made of?

It seems that separation is created by thoughts, and by labelling things. Is this it?


What is not clear in it (Bahiya Sutta) ?

I have read it many more times, and the feeling here is that it speaks of the ...