Hi Magdalena,

Thank you so much for helping me in this endeavour. I look forward to working on the other fetters.

With much gratitude and love,

Alan

Hi Magdalena,

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
There is no separate I anywhere, 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 ...

Hi Magdalena,

Happy to have the final questions, if you think I am ready for them.

Alan

Hi Magdalena,

I am continuing to watch. When I take time to look, I don't find the thinker, decider, controller and the agent that moves the body. But things do not generally feel any different to before except maybe I am a little less reactive. So far, since we started our conversation, I have not ...

Hi Magdalena,

There were no situations that would elicit a reaction so far. So will continue to watch out for when they arise.

it's simply about observing how things are in daily life
Yesterday, took car for servicing, chatted 2 hours with friend and did a bit of gardening and usual exercises ...

Hi Magdalena,
Oh really? Are you sure?
I should have said that I feel I have control. I have demonstrated to myself that I don't make choices, doing the 'think of a number up to 100'. Clearly the number I think off just popped up and I have no control over it.


How is the movement controlled ...

Hi Magdalena,

So when/how exactly do you see being in control of your life NOW?
I am in control in so far as I can decide whether and when to go out, whether to go away on holidays, and plan the itinerary, where to stay and what and where to have meals. I am in control of what time to arrive for ...

Hi Magdalena,
Great to hear from you and thank you for guiding me. My name is Alan. I am sorry for the delay in responding as I was away on holidays and only opened my emails today.

Tell me: how do you imagine this shift exactly?
In other words, how will you know that it has happened?
I was told ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
We think that there is an ‘I’ at the centre of our experience. The ‘I’ has a body, and things happen to the ‘I’. It’s the ‘I’ that experiences the world. It’s the ‘I’ that chooses and decides. LU ...