Hi Amo, this is great.



I don’t know how to reconcile this with the expectations of conventional reality where responsibility is attributed to a person with a presumed self. The world acts as if there is a self who can deliberately initiate actions and decisions.



For me it reconciles this way ...

Forgot the last question, please answer it with the others.

8) Anything to add?

Does it make a difference? How does it feel?

Deeply peaceful, although habitual self-referential thoughts continue to arise.

I don’t think there is specific resistance. Just conditioned thought processes fabricating a self that could “get it” or “not get it”.




Lovely.


Please answer all ...

The gateless gate has been crossed - by no-one. The reality of no separate self is clear and has always been so, with no one to own it or hold on to it.

The thought arises that no crossing is possible. Although the reality of no separate self feels clear.




Does it make a difference? How ...

Hi Elad,

What reactions come up to the sentence:

"The gateless gate has been crossed (by none), it is clear that there is no separate self responsible and controlling things and never was".

There is no gate to cross. There is no one to cross it. There is just this … which is a mystery and is ...

Beautiful 🤍

What reactions come to this sentence:

The gateless gate has been crossed - by no-one. The reality of no separate self is clear and has always been so, with no one to own it or hold on to it.

How does it feel to see this?

Don't answer from memory or your idea of how things are now. Make sure to let it in directly and freshly, then answer.

Ps. Notice I will not go into the psychological aspect of challenges in our work here. In sessions, for example, I would take an interest in getting a clearer picture of what you experience is going on in your life, and how it is effecting you, and what you wish for yourself, etc etc etc.

Within ...

Hey Y,

What should I call you here?

Any questions or reservations to the longer "standard mail"?


I wonder how i should treat this - sense of self becomes solid.


Good question - what are we talking about here really?


i feel that my legs have kind of anxiety in them, in small portion ...

Dear Tash,

This is all very clear.

What reactions come up to the sentence:

"The gatless gate has been crossed (by none), it is clear that there is no separate self responsible and controlling things and never was".


So there’s an apparent movement in and out of contracted states (in and out of ...

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I found that in both cases what was described was more or less sensory experience and where the attention landed. It felt like both followed the flow of attention, but that adding the “I” was somewhat artificial. Even when the experience was moving the body, I didn’t have any sense of ...

Some general points for consideration:


The basics of how this works is that I’ll give you questions and exercises to help you investigate whether there is a separate self. Your task is to look directly at your alive experience in the here and now and report on your experience without resorting to ...

Hello Yotambru :) Welcome! What do you want me to call you here? (Some people prefer an anonymous, symbolic or playful name).

Let's start!

For the next day, please pay attention to when the sense of self becomes solid, or as if there is a fixed and real self, in control of things and responsible ...

I will go back through in a more systematic way and make sure I have addressed all of your prompts when I can.

But today I listened to the enlightening quotes 3. I recognised the fear of making wrong decisions part and then the mind wandered off a bit to think about other potential objects of ...

Hey Tash this is great, you a right there, there is just a little resistance and fear that needs to play itself out. Of course that also happens without a self choosing or controlling or being it.

Listen to the next enligthening quotes video (nr 2) same way and report what is seen/felt.

Also, do ...