Hi Nicky,

Thanks for letting me know!

Warmly,

Rowena

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Hello Idk,

Honestly, it was kinda strange and unfamiliar, I forgot about it a lot, but I really tried to do it as much as I could.

I can understand that it might seem strange and unfamiliar. It is a different way of looking at everyday experience.

Direct Experience is not conceptual, or made of ...

Hi Nicky,

PALM FLIPPING EXERCISE

1. Hold a hand in front of you; palm turned down.

2. Now turn the palm up. And down...and up and so on.

Watch like a hawk.

Don't go to thoughts – examine your direct experience.

Do this as many times as you like, and EACH TIME inquire/contemplate: How is ...

Hello Rachel,

Is there an independent self or 'doer' that can choose to turn seeing off or on?
No there is not, though I guess there are thoughts that can tell the body to look somewhere else or see something else. But no, the seeing cannot be turned on or off, whether eyes are opened or closed ...

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Hi Nicky,

I'm glad there was a lot to explore with the last exercise. I think we will return to it again later on, but in the meantime, here are some reflections that I hope will be helpful.

Can you choose not to have painful, negative, or fearful thoughts?
Again, I wish! I can only notice them ...

Hello Nicky,

Although there was more of a bodily response (salivation, appetite, craving), none of the two was more real than the other. The latter only gave me more discomfort, even though it was just as imagined as the former. Quite funny, actually, how often this type of imagination evokes such ...

Hi Nicky,

Yes, there is a lot of value in daily postings, so much as is possible, and I am so glad that you have had some profound experiences of well-being at unexpected moments that can come from this direct inquiry.


CUP EXERCISE - TWO TYPES OF THOUGHTS

Think of a cup, get a very clear picture ...

Dear Nicky,

Thank you for asking, yes I am well and hope that you are also and that you are enjoying our conversation.

I can see you have fully experienced and understood the last exercise. And when our eyes are closed we can still have a visual experience if attention goes there, although mostly ...

Hi Rachael,

VISUAL FIELD

Take a few relaxed breaths to let the dust settle for a while, and:

Look to your right.
Then look to your left.
Finally, bring your head back to centre, CLOSE YOUR EYES and look forward.

Okay, so when you look to the right, the view (visual experience) on the right is ...

Hi Nicky,

Remembering a lie really brings up strong bodily sensations. Mostly in the belly, where it resembles the sensation of falling. Or dropping down on a roller coaster. I guess I would describe it as a contraction around the stomach area and a sense of lightness. Unpleasantly light. There's ...

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1. Here at LU we assist in the exploration of the idea of the separate self. This is a guiding based on experience that brings a shift in perception and is not a debate. It directly points to what IS through the use of ...

Hi Rachel,

Thoughts are going to be hovering in the background, and maybe even some sensations of resistance as if there was a message to the mind to "unlearn". This is perfectly normal! Of course you are not going to unlearn, and the apple or whatever you are doing this exercise with will not ...

Hi Nicky,

Thanks for sharing with your last post.

It's a thought that comes up sometimes after hearing Joseph Goldstein say something like it. Something like "all that will ever happen in life will be simply a sight, smell... etc.". The actual direct experience of it is very rare, but if I relax ...