Good morning Warissem.

Thanks. I have now received the invitation to join FB group and I look forward to it.

Also wish you a happy new year.

Regards.
Pankaj.

Good morning Warissem,

Thanks a lot for your help all these days.

Warm wishes and regards.

Pankaj

Hi Warrisem,

Here is doing my best to answer the questions.

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

There is no ’self’, ‘I’ or ‘me’ anywhere. It is not that ‘I’ has disappeared. It was never there in the first place. What was ...

Hi Warrisem,

Great. Can you say with a big fat yes, that it is clear, a separate self is an illusion?

As of now, it is clear that a separate self is an illusion. Though I still have to remind myself often of this fact. I guess it is just a question of changing an old habit of thinking happening ...

Hi Warissem,

You said “I decided to think of a tree then a thought of a tree appeared” don’t you see that the thought “I decided to think of a tree” has already arisen when you see it. There is no you to think a thought.

Ah, yes, this pointer did the trick. I realise that I was giving special ...

Hi Warissem,

First of all, when I give you an exercise, you do it in practice not in your mind. You have not wrote down what you have seen, heard, smelt during your walk in the park.
Sorry to have not responded according to your expectations. I find it practically difficult because if I describe ...

Hi Warissem,

When walking in the park or doing other daily activities I can notice various perceptions like sight, sound, touch, smell, and taste and they don't require any "I". Similarly thinking or what I feel like a voice in my head is also going on and that also doesn't require any "I" .
These ...

Hi Warrisem

Yes, even I was feeling when I was writing the answers to the last post that it was an intellectual exercise.

Thanks for recommending the video. I went through all the 7 parts and it was very helpful. The exercise of imagining of melon in my hands was very helpful to realize that my ...

Sorry, the previous post has gone, unfinished.

The answer to the last question:

Is there an inside and an outside of the body ?

Once ‘body’ is accepted as a concept, there can also be inside and outside of it and those will be more concepts.

Regards.

Pankaj.

Hi Warissem,

Awareness is a concept used to point to Being aware, Knowing, consciousness. You know that, don't you ?
Yes, the word Awareness is a concept like any other word and I know what it points to.
It is time to go through a meditation about the body. Sit down or lay down comfortably ...

Hi Warissem,

What are you expecting to happen ?

Actually, I am not sure what is possible so I do not know what to expect. I am not expecting anything in particular. I am looking forward to the unexpected.

Awareness is awaring right now. What is this "I" which is not finished or which is ...

Hi Warriesem,

Awareness, being knowing, presence, consciousness or whatever name it is called, IS. Are you seeing from this perspective ?

At certain times, I see from this perspective but then I get back to the usual chains of thought perspective. It is helpful to differentiate between direct ...

Hi Warissem,
Now, look at the sense of "I" : is it a thought ? is it a sensation in the body ? Anyway, this sense of "I" is known. It is "a circular maze", for whom ? Look deeply and make the difference between thoughts conclusion and direct experience.

It is defintely not a sensation in the body ...

Hi Warissem,

Is what you said from direct experience ? I recommend to you to do the exercise of looking at what you said :

Let's say : you listen to the news. Sure, attention is directed to the news but is there a you, or someone needed to direct the attention ? Is there someone needed to make ...

Sure Warrisem. Please take your time and enjoy the mountains.

Regards.
Pankaj.