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by sdesota
Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:57 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

When I read the word green, there's an image that flashes in my mind's eye very briefly. Kinda like a green smudge, or maybe a few flashes of various shades of green.

But in terms of the experience of seeing the image: " GREEN "

All that's experienced directly in my outward focused visual ...
by sdesota
Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Okay yup I see what you're getting at.

Looking at the the matter of fact statements that I wrote down earlier, I couldn't sense the tension of "I am" because "lie" was so small.

This makes me think of therapy / coaching sessions I've had in the past. The therapist asks me "why are you here today ...
by sdesota
Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:09 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

What I notice is that the "I am" statements feel less direct.

1. Is one truer than the other, and If so, which one?

I don't feel one is truer then the other, though the I am statements feel verbose

2. What is here without labels?

Again, more directness. It feels like the "I" distracts from ...
by sdesota
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Hey Stacy,

Yes still here... have been doing the exercises. I used pen & paper to do this exercise several times, but also have been labeling in my mind throughout my day.

Here's what I've written down, transcribing from my notebook:

- Hearing the fridge turn on = sound
- The sound of the pen on ...
by sdesota
Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Yes, this process of experiencing fear, looking, accepting & and letting go is something that's already given me alot of freedom.

You're right, what I said above come from thinking. I do that often, I can analyze things with thinking and then end up saying things that I don't really feel represent ...
by sdesota
Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Yes, I think I understand the difference. I can see how memories are just stories.

Took some time to sit with this, to investigate my belief in the self my present experience. I get caught up in the language, but I think I see what's being pointed at.

What comes to mind is that there's nothing to ...
by sdesota
Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:45 am
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Now what comes up when reading that there is no separate self, never has been, and never will be? That the whole thing was a made up story that we believed.

I feel like I can glimpse it, yet I think I'm still trying to understand it. Giving up on understanding it, I want to understand the ...
by sdesota
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Hi Stacy,

You can call me Sam, I'm on the east coast.

How will life change?

My fantasy: I'll never struggle with indecisiveness again. I'll know what I'd like to do with my life, and I'll use the free space in my head that's created by my lack of doubt to be creative and enjoy every step of ...
by sdesota
Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:17 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

Re: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

Hi Stacy,

I will go through the resources and reflect on the questions you asked this evening.

Thank you!
by sdesota
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: THE GATE
Topic: This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.
Replies: 20
Views: 530

This dude is spiritually confused. Seeking help breaking through doubt, and everything else.

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
Honestly, I don't get it. Obviously, there's ways of looking at things that make this phrase work, but any phrase can be made sensible from some perspective. As far as my experience goes, I exist ...

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