Hi Stacy,

Thank you for checking. I just finished my responses (below). It was delayed because I felt like I need some quiet time to be certain I wasn't just answering them from an intellectual standpoint. I finally had that time this morning.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at ...

Hi Stacy,

Thanks for the meeting info. I’m in Maine visiting my daughter and grandkids this weekend so I won’t be able to join the call.

I did want to give you a quick update on things though.

I find myself looking at beliefs or stories consistently now. It’s often emotion or stronger feelings ...

Thanks Stacy,

Would you describe it as expansive, light, open?

I had to check. I’m not sure those are the words I would use but they are not far off. For me it’s more of an energetic thing in the body that also includes a feeling of no center.

Yes those videos are helpful, if for no other ...

Hi Stacy,

Thanks for your patience with my response. I will certainly be answering the 'final' questions, but since that post something caused me to first stop and inquire into if there’s still some form of holding onto the illusion of self. Not sure exactly why that came up, but clearly there was ...

Good morning Stacy. Still working on responses. It’s less about time for writing and more about really checking experience.

John

Good evening Stacy. Responses will be coming.

John
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So, is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

No. No. Not always in the field of awareness but always True.

Do you want to answer "final" questions?

Yes please

🙏

Since I had done this exercise before, I chose to answer based on what was noticed generally rather than answering each question.


Does the sense of self have a location?

Does the sense of self have a shape or a size?

Does the sense of self say or communicate anything?

If the answer is yes, how ...

Hi Stacy,

First, thank you for the words on absolute vs relative reality, and for confirmation of the absolute. 😉

Mostly, we live in an illusory relative reality, but with the peace of knowing that in the absolute,, there is no "self."

That makes a lot of sense to me.

Hearing Exercise:

1) In ...

Hi Stacy.

Just sit & let that sink in.

Or as Ram Das said, "be here now." Nothing else.

Later, report how that goes.

Still letting it sink in.

There’s a recurring energy of thought trying to figure all this out, which of course it can’t. New stories can’t help to see through other stories ...

What is memory exactly?

A thought experience and an image in the mind.

What is the memory ‘made of’?

What any thought experience is made of. I guess we can call is consciousness.

WHEN does the memory appear?

Now

What is the exact difference between a ‘general’ thought and a ‘memory ...

Not a lot to add from yesterday's experience having done the exercise again.

But is there an experience of the ’now’ moving along the line of time?

Any experience of one ‘moment’ giving way to the next?

Is there any actual or direct experience of one event following another?

It is clear that ...

Can you notice that "regret" and "remorse" are only thought content, labels for body Sensation in the same family of Sensation as lying? Tight, contracted, heavy?

Yes, that’s where I went when I felt those feelings. And I saw they were most closely aligned with the lying type sensation. It then ...

1) With eyes open, can you confirm that what is experienced is 'what can be seen' as I mentioned?

Yes

2) Is there anything else in 'seeing' other than 'what can be seen'?

No

3) Can what is witnessing 'what can be seen' be found?

No

4) Can a pair of eyes, an 'I' / 'me', a Justin be found ...

Hi Stacy, I did the exercise. Will post a response first thing tomorrow.

Good night.
John