Hi Rali

It felt strange to receive a post without questions.
Thanks for all the useful information!
I deleted my facebook account some time ago, so I'm happy with the other means to contact you should I get myself tied up in knots.
I will never be able to thank you enough for your expert guidance ...

Hi Rali

I'm happy that this doesn't have to be the end of exploration. I'm just beginning to see.

What you might find interesting for further exploring is the Ten Fetters.
Definitely interested. I like the structured approach and from my Buddhist roots I'm familiar with the ten fetters. So, yes ...

Hi Rali

I also found the sutta you referred to on my bookshelf. Here's the funny thing: the exact part which you quoted was already underlined in pencil in my copy. When I read this 15 or 20 years ago, I must have seen it was important advice, but I'm sure I didn't grasp it then.

Is there any ...

Hi Rali

A very rainy weeknd (and summer) here. So great weather for investigation.

Again, can a thought do anything or just describes what is happening?
A thought cannot do anything, it describes what's happening (7 seconds after the brain has already set something in motion according the video ...

Hi Rali

I'll post my answers tomorrow; I'm still watching this interesting movie about a familiar character struggling with space...

Cheers
Frank

Good morning Rali

The heart sutra is wonderful. It used to be recited frequently by a Buddhist group I was involved with a long time ago. It makes a lot more sense now than it did then. It used to sound a bit mysterious, but I'm struck by how clearly it spells things out, repeatedly: no self ...

Hi Rali

Is there “good” or “bad” outside of thought?
No.

I have to say that I've been thinking a lot of how kindness and truth fit in. Those two, kindness (or morality) and truth have been like beacons in life. And part of me was afraid I would have to let them go.

I know that LU has something ...

Hi Rali

it is just a matter of time for thought to reorganise – just keep on noticing what is actually here. Even that happens on its own effortlessly :)
Thanks for the encouragement!

Can there really be a sensation “connected with wanting”? Sensations are just that – feeling (a want to say ...

Good morning Rali

Which one of them is the sensation of “being in or out of control”? What is that sensation without the label?
Without the label, the sensation could be anything.
Maybe I did not look close enough, but I cannot distinguish the vague sensations connected with wanting from the ...

Hi Rali

Though are there thoughts and thought processes or just thinking?
Just thinking: thoughts and thought process are already divisions in thinking.

THIS can’t be understood but can be experienced. So do you need to understand being in order to be? Do you need to do anything in order to be ...

Hi Rali

Thanks for the patience, the clarification of the context and the practical advice.

What is that which doesn’t “see” but “understands” it? Who/what is getting convinced? What could be understood outside of thought where all the meaning is? Meaning is assigned in thought, based on ...

Hi Rali

"Understanding things more and more clearly and being convinced by the arguments (but not "seeing" it)."
I hope one day you’ll be able to laugh at this sentence :)).
So do I. Since I'm still very serious about the first sentence I realise I have a long long way to go (to get to right here ...

Hi Rali

Back for more investigation!
I was afraid I might backslide while I was gone (while secretly hoping things might become clearer while going over them again in a different context). As it is, things seem to be pretty much the same where I left off last week. Understanding things more and ...

Hi Rali

While you have snow, I'm writing this at 27°C. Snow always reactivates my child-mind, looking at everything with new eyes - the sun does no such thing. With DE I also need a new pair of eyes - or simply stop feeding them with my out-of-date thought programs.

Can you experience a bird ...

Good morning Rali

I had never heard of the Kanizsa triangle, but it certainly clarifies how an illusion works: what is seen is not what is there - while it doesn't mean there's nothing there, just not what thought makes of it. Point taken.

About focus:
It’s narrowing or isolating/picking up from ...