Hi Johnny,

The guides did take a look and do not have more questions.

If you have any further questions please let me know?



People sometimes enter this process imagining that they will reach a finishing line of some sort, or an 'end' (of whatever). The reality is more like a beginning.

You ...

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

Not that I can tell. And there couldn't be before as that would be another thought. All the previous thoughts of a "self" were just a thought.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of ...

Hi Johnny

How does it feel to see this?


It feels neutral but not flat. There's still all the energy and sensations but they don't have that "personal pull" to them. I can feel the body moving and typing but there isn't a sense that "I" chose to type or anything. Any situation doesn't feel like ...

So does it seem clear that no self is seen? Do you feel that you could say with confidence that the illusion is seen?

Jon


The most clearest thing is there is no individual. There's no self thoughts point to. There's no individual that emotions or sensations point to. Even situations are empty ...

Hi Johnny

How is it going? I've been busy for a couple of days but freer now.

In relation to 'separation', does it seem now that separation is more of an idea about feeling separated from things rather than an actual reality?

Jon


Yeah. I can't find an individual in myself or from someone ...

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That's good.

Is it necessary to know why?

What if "why"? cannot really be answered?

That takes a lot of struggle away since things don't feel like they're personally about me but nothing at all.

Wonderful. Naturalness is perfect .

So how does the impression of 'separation' stand now, in ...

Now, look for a line or edge where "I" ends and "everything else" begins.

What do you find?


I was having some trouble figuring out what "I" was. I heard a squirrel going through the trees while someone was talking behind me, I tried to get a sense of "I" listening, but I couldn't find what was ...

Hello, Jon. I just had a weird experience but I'm not sure if it was just my mind playing tricks on me.

It felt like I "saw" myself fall asleep, and during sleep, I was aware I was asleep. Yet I knew everything was a dream. While dreaming, it felt like I was still connected to sensations. Like ...

Ok. This exercise assumes that when looking for a separate self one cannot be found. Certainty about this is not necessary, just the possibility that what had been thought to be "me" might be an illusion

Now, find time to go outside somewhere natural for a walk. The countryside, by the sea, even ...

This related to one of my questions. Is it really 'feeling'? Or is it at least partly a habitual assumption about 'being separate'? An assumption about a 'me' here and 'everything else' over there?

If you would like to look into this, what basis is there other than having been told 'youre in ...

Ok. Is this separation a feeling alone, or is there also an inherent thought element with it, like an undercurrent of conceptualisation and judgement "separation". Please look at this over the next two days.

Is the perception of separateness a problem, and for who, or what?

I used to identify ...

Is that a discreet entity, separate from anything?

Can that entity be found? [\quote]

It feels like it's part of everything yet individual. There isn't a discreet entity I can find, just a feeling of separateness even when it can't be separated from how things are just unfolding with everything ...

It feels like there's an I that is kind of reacting to experience and sometimes there is still the identification with thoughts that come. It usually takes a bit to realize there's identity with thoughts. Like a me that's at the whim of experiences but can't do anything but kind of complain and ...

Hi Johnny

. When I look at an object, I'm looking at awareness and it feels like sight is something I'm aware of is the simplest way I know how to put it

If looking at an object is looking at awareness,, are there any 'separate objects' in the conventional sense ?

But also, is there really a ...

I'm going to fire a few questions tonight.

With the white cup, for instance; when only looking, seeing the whitish shape, how is it known that this is 'an object'?

In the immediate experience of that whiteness is a 'self' found to be doing the looking?

Is awareness a thing that physically ...