Hi Luchana and Elad!

Merry Christmas!

Crăciun fericit!

Joyeux Noël!

Chúc mừng Giáng sinh!


Are you there Elad? I hope if Luchana doesn't read this string, you can forward my above message to her.

And I hope you too are having a great Christmas.
Fritz

Hi Luchana,

Yes, that would be nice if you recommended another guide. But only if you think I won't drive them crazy! Haha!

Love, Fritz

Are you separate from that reality?

Yes, I am separate from that reality. I believe that others are able to see the separate self as false, and that is great for them, but I do not share that insight. However I think it is good for Humanity that so many can see it.

Love,
Fritz

What has occurred to me over the last several days is a thought I'd never entertained before: even if the belief in the separate self never falls away on its own in THIS particular body-mind, it HAS done so for many others! I live on a planet where thousands of people have lost the belief in ...

Just feel the pain of it, and know that even that feeling is the very life you are seeking to live.

Yes, the pain of not 'Seeing' is no less sacred than anything else. I have come to accept that I will not see clearly in this lifetime, will not see through the illusion of separation. That pain ...

"What would I be without the belief that I’m someone?”

That would be wonderful! Getting rid of the belief that I am someone is the goal of spiritual practice.

It seems to me that someone who asks me to ask such a question must believe that I am IN FAVOR of being a separate self. That somehow I ...

Is there any actual thing that is “me”?

I know my answer is not typical of the Liberation Unleashed community. I know that what I'm SUPPOSED to say is "I assumed the Self was real, but when I really seriously questioned it, I found that it was just a series of thoughts that had solidified into a ...

Is there any actual thing that is “me”?

Yes. I can feel it, the way I can feel gravity, or love. I can't describe it or define it further. Words are not adequate because this sense is prior to all words. It is even prior to thought. Thoughts only arise after the sense of me.

Love,
Fritz

Now look directly: in that immediate, vivid alive-ness, is there a center?
No, I don't find a center.

Then what is it, without any reference to the story?
It is 'me'. I can't define it further than that.

That felt aliveness—does it need to belong to anyone?
No

If there’s no boundary, and ...

Hi Luchana,

Good. Now look exactly where that “I” feeling is.

Don’t touch a thought. Don’t describe it. Feel it.

Right now.

Is there any thing there that owns or generates that feeling?

No, there isn't any thing that owns or generates that feeling. It is basic, primal, alone, not dependent on ...

Is there an actual thing there? Something with borders, with substance? Or is it just a dense clump of sensation and thoughts ABOUT it?

Borders? No, can't find any. Substance? Yes, it feels pretty Substantial. Dense clump of sensation? That might be accurate. The main point is that it feels REAL ...

In the same way that the feeling of love is beautiful and meaningful, but doesn't necessarily define a permanent, objective truth outside of experience, the feeling of self doesn't necessarily confirm a fixed, separate entity.

For me the feeling of self DOES confirm a fixedl separate entity. It's ...

There is a feeling,YES.

But how it is known that this feeling is a self, you?

Does a feeling suggest anything?
Be gentle and curious with it.

Does the feeling know anything?
Where the conviction comes from?

Love,
Luchana

Feeling I am a self means I am a self. There is no other way to describe ...

Good. Now, the question is

HOW CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T EXIST?

Stay with the question for a day or two, use it as a koan.

Let me know what you find.

I FEEL the Self. That's how I know it exists. I always wonder why people ask "Can you see the Self?" because of course you can't. You ...

Is there a problem with feeling that?

I suppose there really isn't a problem with feeling that I am a self. If I had never read anything about Nonduality, or Liberation Unleashed, or all that spiritual stuff, I wouldn't report a problem with not seeing that there is no self. I would just assume ...