Thank you again for your time Rali!!
Gratefully,
Amanda

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

No, there is not and there never was.
2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience. Describe it fully as you see ...

Hi Rali.
I'm sorry for the delay but I ran into a few hiccups!
I will go back and make sure to answer your earlier questions individually before I move on. I am sorry; I realize now that I lumped several together that required a deeper analysis. Ultimately it all does boil down to thoughts, but I ...

Rali,

I don’t have access to a computer to type my responses today. It’s not easy to use the proper format on my phone and I have already experienced the glitch that deletes my post while it’s in progress.
I will go back over everything and hopefully get to it tomorrow morning.
There’s clearly no I ...

But is the icon of email really a box with mail in it?
Is there anything that could believe that illusion? Is there anything that is doing the “SELFING"? Or are there simply thoughts about believing other thoughts?

Is there a need of a knower? Is reality similar to language where you have a doer ...

How can something that has never existed “vanish”? Is it anything that pops in and out of existence? What wishes in and off existence?
Ah, yes. I was referring to the thoughts about "I" stopping permanently. No, there's nothing to come in and out of existence except the thoughts. What wishes the ...

Rali,
I came again to maybe just fill you in on where I am since I posted that reply on Thursday.
While doubt comes and goes, the simple fact is I know that self is just thought and while it is possible to get sucked into thought and believe in it temporarily, I can’t possibly say with any ...

Hi Rali!
I appreciate your time. And thank you for emailing to be sure I’d known you replied. I think the forum automatically subscribed me (probably the admin who created the account). You guys seem keen to make this as easy as possible and it shows.

What time zone are in?
Mountain Standard Time ...

Well guys, I think I figured it out. I read through Gateless Gatecrashers and picked up a few pieces of the puzzle. I read a few threads here and followed along with the person whose thread it was and did exercises.
But what finally made it clear was I was watching a video on Vince’s YouTube channel ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
Understanding of what SELF actually means is what I hope to accomplish by coming here. I have read many ideas about this concept and I would like to know the truth for myself. It appears that I am ...