Hi J.P,

Keep going with this.

Yes sir. I’m doing this.

Sincerely,
Sal

Hi J.P,

let's look at something else. Action and Attention

As you are going through your day, look to see if there is a "doer" . Are you eating or is eating just happening?

Are you walking or is walking just happening? Look carefully to see if you can find a doer.

Do the same with Attention ...

Hi J.P,

I looked at what I would call “fear of non existence”,
and It wasn’t like a terror. More like anxious feeling. Just a feeling that comes and goes very briefly, and I’m just allowing it without resistance.

I’m still using the “exercise” to compare direct experience with the contents of my ...

Hi J.P,

look more into the dreadfulness.

I will do that and report to you tomorrow

Sincerely,
Sal

Hi J.P,

Does Sal exist?


That’s the question I’m trying to figure out.
Where do Sal exist? And as what? Is it possible that he doesn’t exist at all? There is a tinge of dreadfulness when I consider my non existence.
What proof do I have to support my existence or non existence?

Every time I ...

Hi J.P,


From your own direct experience, please describe for me how you know you are a separate, independent "I" called Sal.

Accessing direct experience using the “exercise” as a tool, I think I’m ready to answer this question.

I looked down to see what I discern as “my body” but it’s just ...

Hi J.P,


From your own direct experience, please describe for me how you know you are a separate, independent "I" called Sal.

Now I know how to connect to direct experience, using that “exercise” as a reference and a tool.

Somehow this question is not the same question you asked me before, even ...

Dear J.P,

I appreciate what you are doing and I’m grateful for your time and effort.

I have tried your “exercise”

I did what you have advised literally. I just labeled everything as (smell, taste, sensation, sound, thought). It is such a powerful exercise.

I have noticed since I started doing ...

Hi J.P,

think you are confusing direct experience with thought.

Yes I believe so.

Try this exercise.

I would like to do this exercise today and tomorrow and report to you after

Sincerely,
Sal

Hi J.P,


do you come and go?

Obviously not. That’s interesting!

A subtle image is not a sensation it is imagination. " It feels like me" is not a sensation , it is a label.

I didn’t see it that way. You are right, it’s just an imagination, but I’m not making that imagination, it’s just there ...

Hi J.P,

I have looked at “the sensation in my head” which is me, and compared it to the sensation in my knee and I also experimented with sensations of other body parts.

I have noticed the following:

1- I have found that, the sensations from my knee, or other body parts, are clear and consistent ...

Hi J.P,


Examine the sensation in your head. Compare it to sensation coming from your knee. Is it really different? or is the difference the story we attach to it? Don't rush, look at other sensations , compare them without labeling by the mind.

I will look deeper and see if they are different ...

Hi J.P,

From my direct experience:

There is this sense that I exist. I’m here. When I look deeply where do I exist, I find this subtle sensation in my head. I’m in my head. And I’m surrounded by the whole existence, varying in distance.

My body is close to me, my car is far. The moon is much ...

Hello J.P,

1. During this process we will attend only to your own direct experience. We will not be discussing theories or beliefs or other methods, including from non-duality and etc. I will ask you questions and give exercises and you will look and answer me from your direct experience.

I will ...

Hi J.P.

Thank you for the reply and for taking interest in exploring this with me. I appreciate your effort and time. I read this near my bedtime. So I will get to tomorrow after reading and responding to the points you posted.
And you can call me Sal, a shortened version of my name.
Sincerely ...