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by Will1916
Fri Aug 30, 2024 1:42 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

No. There was no moment. Nothing has changed since my first post a few days ago. I was just saying I didn’t understand the movie clip that I was watching. My shift has been slow over several months. I’ve gone from the watcher to just seeing. The extra layer of me is no longer needed. There can just ...
by Will1916
Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:10 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

No there was never an “I”. It feels softer, expansive more open & flowing. It’s hard to explain exactly. The vision is definitely more expansive. There are no boundaries when seeing, it very wide. Sounds are everywhere. Just sound. I am more in the body but then I see there is no “I” & there is just ...
by Will1916
Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

No. I don’t know who I am. There is just experience of whatever attention is on. Attention & experience are one.
I am not the body, the name, the life experience, the story, the missing experience. Whatever is found is just what is found. There doesn’t need to be an I having the experience. Just ...
by Will1916
Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:12 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

No. There is no persona. No story. No I am. Just seeing, hearing, sensations but no I having the experience. Just experience.
by Will1916
Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

Ok. I’d really lime to get through this. Can I have a different pointer. I didn’t really understand this. I am now having experiences of no self. At least that’s the feeling. Who knows.
by Will1916
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

There is now sometimes no experience of me. Just walking, smelling, seeing, hearing etc. The thought of an “I” comes back after short periods but there is an experience of no self.
by Will1916
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:35 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

I don’t know why. There is still a feeling of me somewhere most of the time. I am now having moments of no self tho esp when I look out & stay out.
by Will1916
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:16 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

There is no body when things slow down. Just empty space. The contraction is just density in open space. That which says “there is just contraction in the body” is just a thought. That’s difficult to see at the time tho. I often don’t feel separate from the thought. But sometimes I do.
by Will1916
Tue Feb 06, 2024 6:48 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

Ok. I’ve been focusing on “looking out” & staying there for as long as I can. I feel like there is a shift in my head, an energy. Anyway there is no self when “staying out” just a contraction in the body. It’s mostly in the front around the neck & chest. I can read from this place. I’m doing it more ...
by Will1916
Sun Feb 04, 2024 2:10 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

That was a great pointer. When I am just hearing there is just sound. When I am just seeing there is just open space in front. Things slow down. With reading I keep coming back to an “I” or what I call “I”. It’s sensation. Usually from my neck to my chest. That area. With reading I feel like I need ...
by Will1916
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:08 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

With eyes closed there is nothing but sensations or contraction, sometimes a thought but I come back to the sensation. I feel a density in my chest & neck.
It often feels like a wall. I’m beginning to feel this with eyes open too. When I look out I see open space but I’m still the subject & what’s ...
by Will1916
Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

Sorry I have not been in touch. I’ve lost my way a bit. My head just took over.
I suppose frustration over feeling less than, not good enough, weak. I say no to life a lot. I don’t want to feel my shame so I isolate. I’m beginning to trust more this past week tho. Staying in my body more. Staying ...
by Will1916
Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

Ok. I’ve been staying with the anger and frustration as best I can. Is present a lot. How is the anger connected to me wanting love and connection? What else do I need to do?
by Will1916
Thu Oct 19, 2023 1:05 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

There seems to be a self image when I’m speaking with others. Some image. When I look it’s just a thought but when around others I forget to look. I’m absorbed in a thought. I want others to like me. That’s such a big one . I want others to like me even though when I look there is no me to like. It ...
by Will1916
Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: Bondage of self
Replies: 48
Views: 2336

Re: Bondage of self

Everything is 21. No distance between anything. I experience that me & everything is the same. It comes & goes but I experience it. I lose it esp when I meet other people then I feel separate but I can still sometimes experience the oneness of everything.

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