Hello again, Nic

I don't want to distract you from the questions you're working with, but you might find this writing/video by Ilone Ciunaite helpful.

Here's the link to the original post. https://liberationunleashed.com/nation/viewtopic.php?t=10090

I've also copied it below.

I get it ...

Thank you, Nic!

Hello Nic

I tried to post all the messages we exchanged by email while you were having difficulties accessing any website. I think one of them might be missing, but let's just go with what we have.

Here are some new questions in response to your answers:
Can there be awareness without objects ...

Hello again, Nic

Finally, here are your most recent responses to my questions:

Can there be awareness without objects?
Yes!awareness is everything including objects.
When you are walking down the road, are you always "aware" that you are walking?
No, have often thought that my mind has been ...

Here are the questions I emailed you in response:

Hi Nic

Good morning! The LU site keeps crashing this morning, so I can't post the messages we exchange there, but here are some questions to investigate awareness.

Can there be awareness without objects?

When you are walking down the road, are ...

Hello Nic,

Sorry for the delay. I'm going to post our exchanges by email now. This was your response to the exercises and questions I posted on April 27:

I have emailed LU as still can't get in. There's no link at all now when I reset password!

I have been doing practice.

Been doing DE ...

Hi Nic

Thanks for these responses.

What is this 'awareness' or 'presence' in DE?

It is a stillness that is Always here, mostly see it when I focus on it. It is the part to be seen without the thoughts running the show.

Let's go back to exercise #2:
Label daily activities simply colour/image ...

Hello Nic

Would you like to review DE exercises
?

Yes definitely.

Ok. You'll probably remember these exercises, but I'd like you to do them again as if it's the first time.

1. Sit quietly and relax, take your time just looking at what is in front of you for awhile.
Observe how the mind is ...

Hello Nic

Hope all is well with you and yours.

I’ll be on retreat until Monday.

Love
Liam

Hello Nic

Sorry I’m so confusing.

This is a story. I don’t see you that way.

I would continue with these questions and exercises. You’re getting somewhere, even if it doesn’t feel like it. Keep looking in DE. Would you like to review DE exercises?

What is the 'definite "there"' in DE? 'There ...

Hello Nic

Where does it feel like the watcher is located? In your head? Behind your eyes?
Behind the eyes. As when I turn to look at something I see what is looked at.
If the watcher is a thought, what is perceiving that thought?
That ‘thing’ that is nothing!! Or something …. Hard to describe ...

Hello Nic

How are you doing? I haven’t heard from you in awhile. I’m sure you’re busy with your new job, but I’m wondering if you’ve tried the exercises.

Love
Liam

Hello Nic

Just re read the first part of my response and even that is stories isn’t it ?! (About the job etc).

Yes, these are stories. Of course, in the conventional world, it's important to find a job that's a good fit, so congratulations!

Look very closely at 'the real me' which 'has always ...

Hello Nic

What are you?
Don’t know. Big I think. But also nothing! Stillness. Thoughts are there. Sensations are there, noise is there.

Good. Look for a self in the thoughts and sensations, especially the sensations that seem 'inside'.

When you describe your path of seeking up to this point ...

Hello again, Nic

Hope you're having a good weekend. I wanted to respond a bit more to these questions.

Did you KNOW? Like really know? Or go back and forth like me?

Can you see that your descriptions of doubt--of going back and forth--is a story?

Can you see that any response from me is ...