Todd
Think I have a reasonable conceptual overview of all this. In previous email feel Ive been - to some extent - laying out my stall. May be wrong , but think the reason I was uncomfortable with the process of writing that last email , was that I was functioning mostly from the level of mind, and ...

What kind of issue is it that most often becomes a sticky one for you?
When I feel attacked, challenged, criticised, or fail …( in circumstances that matter to me )
Like are you getting caught up in a narrative about your future or past? Are those the sort of concerns that are the stickiest? Or ...

OK. Such a generous and helpfull reply. Huge amount in it so will take a little while to digest.

Meanwhile .. Found the conversation between you and Phil ( also Vince and Jeff ) at that last meeting, very very helpful indeed. The penny is beginning to drop as to why everyone bangs on and on so much ...

Massive thank you. Cant say this enough.

Do you find that you're better with written pointers or auditory recorded ones?
Fine with written. No opinion really.

What is wrong with things as they are now, and in what ways do you expect them to change after “crossing the Gate”?
“..What is wrong ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
There is no ‘I’ here looking at an object there. No see-er… Just the seen. The personal I or ego is a mental fabrication. Liberation = seeing through / dropping identification - and the delusive ...