Stacy...

I read the article and listened to a couple more of the audio sessions...

I'm sorry to say, I don't think this is for me right now

I really appreciate the time and patience you've given me

I hope you don't consider this a waste of your time. Even tho I didn't 'get it', I got a lot from ...

I listened to the first 3 sessions. As they take a break, so am I. My brain feels like a muscle that's flexed much and needs a rest. I hope to get more sessions in before my day is over

You read Gateless Gatecrashers- what did they say?

I read the first one and stopped. I didn't want a bunch of other people's experiences to taint or lead mine own

Greetings Stacy~

I am getting ready to look thru the pointer help you've sent and meditate on the no self

I'm looking forward to it, but as a kind of a 'before' and 'after',.. I want to play devils advocate by commenting with my 'thinking' before. Then I'll do my exercise and comment, again, after ...

Thank You!

I will probably wait until Wednesday night to go thru this and 'meditate' on the exercise

What is the sense of self ‘made of’? An image? Sound? Taste? Smell? Sensation? Thought?

What is found?


I may need to wait until my day off Wednesday to delve into this exercise properly... there's a lot going on during my work days and I need some quiet time to really explore this.

I wonder ...

Skip whatever ad starts playing & watch this movie clip from The Matrix.

https://youtu.be/Ph02o6K2aoo?si=KL2c2Mm61bhvL6GV

Right. There is no "apple." It is made up.


When I saw Matrix and, 'there is no apple'... haha... I knew it was going to be the 'there is no spoon'... we have a small ...

What about the content of thoughts, what they describe?


The label is just a collection of thoughts about similar experiences. It can keep you from fully experiencing the moment. Your senses tag similarities and declare it 'this'. It is not what is known, but what is believed


Is there really ...

Sorry,.. I gave a lot of backstory as a tangent, but yes, I understand the feeling that comes in conjunction with lieing

And what is "self,"but a thought? A label .
I get this more now, in conjunction with what I said about putting experiences in a box and, in this case, saying 'this is me'... when, not having that box in the way, as a fall back,.. would be so much more free


We often lie every day & don't realize ...

When you look at the word label ‘GREEN' , what is the actual experience?


At first, I identified with the label 'green' and considered the red, emphasis


Is the color red ‘experienced’, or is the color green ‘experienced’ as the label suggests?


Once this was pointed out, 'red' was my ...

So at some point labels become an obstacle rather than a tool

Does redness become ‘good’ or ‘bad’, or do the labels have no affect whatsoever on ‘reality’?


Ya,.. I get that. All labels are like prepackaged experiences that we quickly stamp on things to make it 'easier '. It's like all similar experiences are put in this box. When something similar is ...

Good, now one step further...

Mind Labeling Experience

Here is an exercise...


I am sitting on my bed
I am hearing it creak as I move
I am hearing the fan
I am feeling the cool air blow
I am wincing at the bright light
I am paying attention to my breathing
I am hearing my stomach growl
I am ...

To elaborate on this thought because it still feels insensitive...

I kind of understood in that moment the thought that this life doesn't really matter (which always disturbed me)

... what mattered was being part of the whole

The experience was very profound to me in the moment

Everything felt ...