I've been very sick the last two days. If I am able to I will respond this afternoon. Apologies for the delay.

can the attention be separated from the thought? Is there a border that shows where the focus/attention stops and where the thought begins? You can repeat the looking with focus and seeing, or hearing…
Ok, yes I can see this. There is a border where thought intrudes on attention.

The can ...

I'm on an international flight and the wifi isn't working properly, so I'll need to wait till tomorrow to respond. I'll meditate on these prompts. Thank you!

How does the “brain” says “yes”? Does it speak? There are thoughts there, but how is the "brain" experienced on its own, separately? What in your DE reveals that the brain produces thoughts? Do you see a brain puffing thoughts? Or there are simply only thoughts appearing and the "brain'/'mind' is ...

Wooooof, thank you for saying that. Okay, I’m feeling encourage! Let’s dive in.


Why do you expect that it to feel different?…Clear??
Oh, wow. Right. That makes sense. I guess it wouldn’t be any different. Just my awareness of it would be the only change, not the “experience” of the thing itself ...

I’ve tried to do this response three times now. And, I’m not having much success.


For the next exercise I want you to sit somewhere quiet and observe thoughts.
A thought appears.
In that moment is there anyone or anything which recognises the thought or is being aware of it?

Thought is the ...

How does it feel to see what actually is?

It doesn’t feel any way in particular. It doesn’t feel, actually. It just.. is.

In that moment is there anyone or anything which recognises the thought or is being aware of it?

Yes, it’s an ego version of “me”… a character that even plays at ...

can a thought think, plan and do stuff (e.g. to keep “us” from experience

No. A though exists in the same way that color or a sound exists. As an experience that only has meaning when the mind attaches itself to it.


The point of this inquiry is to see what reality looks like, to see all the ...

Did you listen to actual birds or you answered from memory/knowledge?
Yes, there were birds singing outside my window when I didn’t the exercise.

Anyway memory is just more thought right?
Yes

So if you disregard thoughts/memories, how is it known that the sound heard is ‘birds chirping’?
You ...

Without thought, how is it known that the sound heard is the ‘birds chirping’?

Without through, i "know" the sound as bird chirping because i recognize it as an experience I've had before. There's a memory of this experience innumerable times over innumerable year. in some way, it's a pattern or ...

Known” here is meant as identified in DE.
Remember DE is not experiencing a “thing” but the actual experience of the senses

I need to reread this several times and sit with what you wrote today. For some reason I’m having a hard time keeping the definitions clear. I’m going to meditate on this ...

However, is 'an apple' actually known? (Or is it just a label?) Is there really an ‘apple’ here, or only colour and a thought ABOUT ‘apple’? Can ‘apple’ be found in actual experience?


If “knowing” is remembering, guessing at facts, or thinking about a thing, rather than experiencing a thing ...

Please let me know if there is still fear before we continue
I read this this morning, and as the day moved forward, I felt the ego internally giving immense resistance to release. Bt the end of the day here, no, there is no fear. What you said about survival and the sweet protective quality that ...

Do you expect that somehow you are going to turn into a zombie or a vegetable?

Do you expect that somehow you are going to turn into a zombie or a vegetable? Life expresses itself and "we" are part of this expression. In some way, we get the idea that we are life and we dictate what is happening ...

Yeah we all had these, don’t worry!

I apologize for the delay. I was in the woods this weekend and didn't realize i wouldn't have any wifi or service. But, to get back to your question - yes, I am okay with this and I appreciate the reminder to keep a beginners attitude. Thank you, :)