Hi Kay,

I am redoing a few of your previous assignments. Need to do some more contemplation and will reply after that. Hope to have more specific insights/questions by then.

thanks.
Rio

Hi Kay,


So how was it doing that last exercise with sound? What did you find when doing the exercise?
Along with the refrigerator even my ears have now started to humm.
I noticed a constant humm in my ears :)

Can you say with 100% certainty that you have realised that there is no separate self ...

Hi Kay,

Unfortunately, I am currently under the weather and will respond as soon as I get better.

thanks,
Rio

Hi Kay,


Do you experience the birds (assuming you are listening to birds singing), to be independent of sound?
No, there is just 'bird-sound'. just sound labeled by thought as bird sound.

Don’t go by what you think must be true in order to explain perception. Instead, go by your direct ...

Hi Kay,

Here's what’s needed - A place to sit quietly and some sounds. Any sound will do, music, birds singing, traffic, rain etc. Choose one sound to focus on.

Sit for a few moments, take a few relaxed breath and let the dust settle. Close your eyes and listen to the sound. And from the direct ...

Hi Kay,

What is memory exactly? What is the memory ‘made of’?
Memory is an AE of thought. It consists of images, stories. It's made of the same stuff that a thought is made of. The knowing of it.

Is there any difference between a ‘general’ thought and a ‘memory’ thought?
I cannot find any ...

Hi Kay,

Has this body image + story ever appeared before - or is this the only time you have ever been aware of these *exact* colours and this exact story about the body?
This is the only time I have even been aware of the exact colors and exact story about the body.

Can you find any previous ...

Hi Kay,


All our investigation looks at is to see what we are not.
Gotcha.


We are not the illusory autonomous, separate finite conditioned self that is governed by erroneous beliefs; who suffers whilst trying to navigate and survive life.
My first reaction is that, off course I get this. But ...

Hi Kay,

Do you let go of thought, or does thought let go of you? Do you let go of sensations, sounds, smells, tastes or do they let go of you. do they not arise and subside of their own volition?
Brilliant pointer. They come and go as they please.
It's interesting that there is chasing after ...

Hi Kay,

Sharing one of my current avenues of inquiry that sparked from your pointer -

If life(all AE's) is just happening, and not to someone/me in particular, and the 'me' is just a concept created based on past experiences(All AE's), then who/what am I?
However, The answer to 'do I exist' is yes ...

Hi Kay,

So look carefully…

What is it exactly that is holding onto something for safety? What is it exactly that you need to let go of? It seems you are still thinking that there is a you who decides when letting go happens or not. Where is this you that is in control of anything? Do you actually ...

Hi Kay,

Even though I found the looking in the last few exercises difficult, they have been fruitful in weakening the bond between thought and other AE's. Especially between thought and the AE of sensation(Emotions).

I recently started paying attention to emotions and staying with them(being with ...

Hi Kay,

So, can a thought come from a sensation?
No, the sensation does not suggest any thing.

Can a thought come from a mental image?
No, the mental image is just an AE of color and does not suggest anything.

Does the mental image suggest in any that it is a ‘forehead’?
No. It's the AE of ...

Hi Kay,

Took me a while to come down to earth,as there were too many spiritual concepts. Was exhausting :)


What part of the body did you point to?
I ended up pointing towards my face/eyes. I feel I am in there somewhere.

What sensations did you feel in your body that identified "I/me”?
I ...

Hi Kay,

I will need some more time with this exercise.

thanks
Rio