Hi Floris!
Normally we say something like 'I feel a table'. There seem to be 3 things involved in such a sentence: the one/I doing the feeling, the feeling, and the felt (the table). Okay, so to investigate:
Put your hand on something that gives some sensations to work with, e.g. the table, close ...
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- Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: THE GATE
- Topic: Introduction Joan
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- Sat Sep 25, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: THE GATE
- Topic: Introduction Joan
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Re: Introduction Joan
Hey Floris!
How are you doing?
Okay, nice observation. So if you sit there with closed eyes (eyes can be open to, but then you might be more tempted to think that you're actually a body in a room), and look at these thoughts that feel most like you, do these thoughts actually refer to anything ...
How are you doing?
Okay, nice observation. So if you sit there with closed eyes (eyes can be open to, but then you might be more tempted to think that you're actually a body in a room), and look at these thoughts that feel most like you, do these thoughts actually refer to anything ...
- Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:05 pm
- Forum: THE GATE
- Topic: Introduction Joan
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Re: Introduction Joan
Hi Floris!
So good to see your message!
Again, it's a bit of a relief on my part that you've realised to embrace the humanness. Going through this no-self thing on this website can sometimes lead people to deny or dismiss certain things, and I'm glad I can therefore express myself more freely ...
So good to see your message!
Again, it's a bit of a relief on my part that you've realised to embrace the humanness. Going through this no-self thing on this website can sometimes lead people to deny or dismiss certain things, and I'm glad I can therefore express myself more freely ...
- Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:30 pm
- Forum: THE GATE
- Topic: Introduction Joan
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1469
Re: Introduction Joan
Hi Floris,
I’m so sorry I’m only replying now. Somehow I thought I’d receive a response in my own mailing box. So I was waiting and waiting until I realised again I had to login on this website! Haha.. lesson learned. But now I know.
Anyway, I hope it’s not too late to start.
I'm however ...
I’m so sorry I’m only replying now. Somehow I thought I’d receive a response in my own mailing box. So I was waiting and waiting until I realised again I had to login on this website! Haha.. lesson learned. But now I know.
Anyway, I hope it’s not too late to start.
I'm however ...
- Sun Jul 25, 2021 4:04 pm
- Forum: THE GATE
- Topic: Introduction Joan
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1469
Introduction Joan
LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
That all the things that I take so personal, my pains, emotions, my suffering - are not truly there because there is no person, no one that actually suffers from that. (That is not to say to avoid ...
That all the things that I take so personal, my pains, emotions, my suffering - are not truly there because there is no person, no one that actually suffers from that. (That is not to say to avoid ...

