The Gate

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

Nope, just the illusion of one.

2) Give in your own words what the illusion of separate self is and how it shows up in experience. Also, through your inquiry, what is different now?

The ...

What is different is that the idea of trying to develop any further "model" is ridiculous...There is experience, and then there is talking/thinking about experience which actually seems to create the feeling of "being" a separate self. Before the thought and the attachment to thought, there is "no ...

Hi Warissem--

"Can it be known how tall the body is?
Does the body have a weight or volume?
In the actual experience does the body have a shape or a form?"

None of that can be known. All of those qualities are inferences of some sort.

No boundaries...no inside and outside

The word "body ...

There no need to seek more thought! Thanks, Warissem!

It sounds like there is a request to provide a concept via a word explanation. I don't see that as being possible.

In looking at the statement provided, I know there is no "thing" that is a "me". There is experience. There is a happening. Beneath any idea of what that is, is just is. There is Just ...

There is not a sense that "it" can be described except a kind of space. Or a knowing of experience, or perception. It feels like "where" things happen.

I spent a fair amount of time with this. The "I" in the sentence could be said to be "here" I think while preserving everything that is felt.

So, It could be said that "there was attending to the requested observation, here."

or the I could be a placeholder for the space in which appearances ...

"I" will do that! It seems as if it is conventional shorthand for "where" things are appearing. Like, when i say something occurs "to me," it could just as well be said that "something occurs." It does seem like in the I naming, there is a sense of separation that is brought in or referred to...

I see an image of a body and surroundings. I can see the surface of the mirror, too. There is a feeling of surprise at considering that "my" experience is never that of seeing a face unless in front of a reflective surface. The image is not seeing me as it is a reflection. Ok, I'm looking again. The ...