What makes things happen? How does it work?
There is in reality no things that happen and it doesn’t work. It is just this/thus and thinking. It is life, alive. Yet that’s also not accurate. Happening is and how it works is the joy of thinking commentating.
What are you responsible for? Give ...

Describe free will & give examples from experience. [/color]

Free will in actual direct experience is life unfolding as it is. Reality offers what is happening and makes no comment about anything. It’s an invitation to see. A will is not a personal will, it’s an unfolding. There isn’t a place for ...

Describe intention & give examples from experience. [/color]
Intention is content of thought which interprets spontaneous events in a way that fictionally describes a separate doer possessing a will to enact change on additional separate things or separate events. It is the way thinking deals with ...

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
There is absolutely no self, me or I entity that exists separately. It’s not possible.
2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from ...

Do you think you are ready for the final questions?

Sure Rali. I really enjoy this. Glad there’s more.

How are you feeling? Is there anything else that you want to explore together?

I am physically feeling fine, sleeping well and socializing as usual. Thinking content is now commenting on how it’s figuring things out and doubting the seen. Direct experience is ’non-plussed’ by any content. Brahaha ...

Sensations arise; take a look at them. Which one of them is the sensation of “being unhappy”? Can you pinpoint it? What is that sensation without the label? Is the sensation “unhappy” itself?

In direct experience there is just sensation. No sensation is the sensation of being unhappy. Moreover ...

There is a story about trying to be happy and not succeeding and feelings arise with the failure. It is interesting to watch how all this works, how thoughts of lacking and wanting create a ripple of sensations, and how you can’t control any of it.

Spot on Rali. Suffering is resistance. When ...

Is there an expectation that there will be only positive experiences once the illusory nature of “I” is seen? If you are not in control of any of it (and you never was) how can you change this?

There are no expectations that life will be only positive. I expected a more visceral shift or a warm ...

How did it go from here

How does it feel? Not different than before. This feels intellectual, a remedial understanding.

To here:

You saw the shift before I did. Damn that’s subtle.

What changed?

Nothing actually changed. I just considered and looked. Original perplexed with your ...

…hold the phone.

You saw the shift before I did. Damn that’s subtle.

Yep!

… yet, I will mention again, when “stressful moments” or conventions etc. seem to be happening, the bodily sensations are much less intense. I can experience the stressful situations as usual but my body is calmer. And when my body is stressed, I can look at direct experience and just tolerate the ...

It seems like you experienced a shift on your walk :)

How does that feel?

How is life these days? Is there still seeking?

How does it feel? Not different than before. This feels intellectual, a remedial understanding.
I have been given the gift of inquiry. I am familiar with where to take ...

Can ‘a person’ be found in actual experience? [/color]

I went for a walk today in a busy shopping area.

In direct experience a person can not be found. It’s thought content- just thinking

The difference between actual experience and dreaming is in dreaming, thinking is less stable. What ...

Let me ask you again … is directly seeing (DE) a special mode of seeing (experiencing)? Or does Direct Experience refer to where to look at what's REALLY happening?

Direct experience is not a special mode of seeing. There are not multiple realities, there is just reality, just direct experience ...