I was also dumbfounded how quickly it unfolded for me (2 weeks maybe of deep looking in the right place, after years of formal Buddhistpractice). It was a shock for the mind to realize.. OMG, IT"S BEEN HERE ALL ALONG! IT'S ALWAYS BEEN JUST THIS...
I really appreciate hearing about your experience ...

1. Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever? No, nope, notta. There is not a “me/I/self” anywhere. I’ve looked and looked. Sat quietly searching and can find nothing in myself or anyone else. Not in my pets, not in my self, not in my ...

Or, we can just see... oh, this resistance, fear, shame, wanting... no one is doing it... who would there be to stop it? lol Ahhhh... then the relief of not resisting resistance I see that now! No one is doing it. What a relief, yes! Wow! I am no longer resisting.

You can even break them apart ...

Hi Gunnar,
Thank you so much for this! Much appreciation :)

Do you have any control of your thoughts to begin with? Is there a 'you' managing thoughts or do they just arise spontaneously on their own, and pass away on their own volition? Even that sense of pushing and pulling on thoughts, is that ...

Hi Gunnar,
Thank you so much for your guidance and welcome to guiding.

Sorry for the double post - I was able to figure out the quote function and didn't see a way to delete the first post.

These agreements work for me. My name is Tracey.

How will life change? - Hopefully my thoughts and ...

Hi Gunnar,
Thank you so much for your guidance and welcome to guiding.

These agreements work for me. My name is Tracey.

"How will life change?" - Hopefully my thoughts and judgements will calm down. Sometime's I have such a train of thoughts, I feel like my head will explode. My head literally ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
I understand the self is made up of thoughts and there is no true self. The self is like Santa Claus and we’ve been led to believe the self is a separate self. I don’t feel like there’s a separate ...