Hi,
I’ve been doing this practice, looking for the I; not results.
The truth is that I have fallen in a dark depression.
The uncomfortable feelings and the suffering have increased.
Im wondering if maybe I need a srink instead of a guide.
I really resonate with what you point out but I’m feeling ...

There’s feeling though; very uncomfortable.
I’m still identified with the I.
Even though I do self enquiry, seeing through the self is not happening.

Hi, thank you for your pointers.
They are really helpful.
I know intellectually that I am not my thoughts and feelings but I’m still identified with them.
I’m staying with uncomfortable feelings longer than before but maybe it’s not enough because pain is always there and sometimes I run away from ...

Although I’m trying to stay with uncomfortable feelings more often, they are there all the time. It seems endless and it is exhausting.
Do they ever end?


Thank you.

No, I can’t live in the past or the future.

So, if I have understood you right, is it just a matter of the time spent abiding in presence?
Is it all about being present?

I’ve been doing self-enquiry as Ramana Maharishi thought for around 10 years.
What brought me here was a book about the 10 fetters I read and the first fetter was about seeing through the no-self.
That sounds exactly as the question who am I? from Ramana.
But what I’m really looking for is ...

Hi,
Thank you for your answer.
This deeply resonates. It’s a great pointer!
Not enough presence. Always trying to avoid painful experiences, emotions… it’s automatic.
You are very right; it’s a hard job.

Could you explain a bit this sentence in your answer:“The mind thinks it needs to do ...

I have been doing self-enquiry for years in the way Ramana Maharshi taught.
There’s still strong identification with the “I”.
It looks like I’m stuck and nothing shifts.

No, I don’t.
I can’t control it.

Thank you!
I would say ultimately it’s an overactive mind.

Sorry; I don’t get what you mean.

where is that life?

I am that life.
I am having experiences I am aware of.
So being aware means I am alive and that life is here and now every moment.

Yes

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
That I believe that I am a separate, independent, isolated person that's going around the world fighting and fearing it. This provoke endless suffering and now I am aware that it also cause ...