But, I might add, I am still lost in thoughts most of the time. These thoughts are in the awareness, but I have a hard time staying in the present for a long time.
What do you mean by "lost in thoughts"?

I mean a thought comes up, and the awareness forgets about itself and assumes it's just a ...

But, I might add, I am still lost in thoughts most of the time. These thoughts are in the awareness, but I have a hard time staying in the present for a long time.
What do you mean by "lost in thoughts"?


Tell me more about this "I" that is lost in thoughts.

What is this "I" made of?[ /quote ...

I mean a thought comes up, and the awareness forgets about itself and assumes it's just a limited thinker. Then it remembers and lets go but soon the process repeats.

But, I might add, I am still lost in thoughts most of the time. These thoughts are in the awareness, but I have a hard time staying in the present for a long time.

Can you see that you are not a sensation?

Can you see that you are not a perception?

Can you see that you are not a thought?

Yes... sensations, perceptions and thoughts all come and go within the awareness that I am. The awareness accepts everything.

I find it strange how hard it seems for you to speak about your emotions.
I think you've really identified a big problem I've been having. I often have a hard time identifying my feelings. I am working on somatic experiencing with a therapist currently.

By SENSING your body when you are in the ...

When you become lost in delusion how does that feel?

I guess it doesn't feel like anything until another thought of who I think I am comes in and judges it.

If remembering and forgetting don't feel like anything.

Why do you want to remember?

Why do you care if you forget?

When I forget to see the open awareness, I become lost in delusion.

How does it feel when you remember ?

How does it feel when you forget?

Remembering and forgetting don't feel like anything. Remembering feels like whatever past associations exist with the memory, but the act of remembering itself doesn't feel like anything.

Forgetting doesn't feel like ...

How does it feel when you remember ?

How does it feel when you forget?
Remembering and forgetting don't feel like anything. Remembering feels like whatever past associations exist with the memory, but the act of remembering itself doesn't feel like anything.

Forgetting doesn't feel like anything ...

How does it feel to remember ?
How does it feel to forget?

That's an interesting question. Remembering and forgetting are not feelings, they just happen spontaneously.

Find this "place" again.
From that place answer this
Can awareness improve in any way?

No awareness cannot be improved, but it can be forgotten. The forgetting keeps happening by becoming interested in the 'drama' of thinking, as you say.

I have also noticed that I have difficulty concentrating for long periods of time. It is just a few seconds until another thought takes my attention. That's why I keep asking about concentration... I feel like it is important to see the things you keep pointing to, and that improving my ...

Please do the following exercise:
Throughout your waking day, try to observe the gap between thoughts as often as possible. It can be done by noticing that ‘thinking’ is happening right now, then stop and just simply wait for the next thought to come. In the ‘waiting’ there is a gap between two ...

Don’t engage with any thought, just notice them.
That is challenging, but I understand.

1. Notice the current thought that is present.
Like when you sit observing the body, a thought might arise “this is my feet” or “here is a pain” or “my breathing is too quick” or “I am bored with this ...