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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 self. There never has been. It was an illusion.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own ...

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How it goes when the labels and mental images of "body" and "chair" are discarded?

When those labels are discarded, it is just the senses. It's just the pressure, heaviness, tingles, and energy that exists. They belong to no one. It's just there.
Is there any change in the ...

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There is a gap when identifying what is being seen.
The gap is between what is seen and ... ? can you be clearer?

Unsure how to make it clearer. There is a gap between what is seen and an accompanying thought to label it or recognize it. Not sure how else to describe this.

The first ...

Is there separation between what is seen and the knowing of it?
Is there separation between sensations and the knowing of them?

Seeing is just seeing. There is a gap when identifying what is being seen. That is just thought labeling etc. Sensations seem to be the same. They just come and go ...

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Is there still seeking?
The only thing that comes up is What is next? Still unsure if there should be a feeling of equinimity or oneness. There is a desire to deepen this.

Is there any question or any lasting doubt about seeing through the illusion?

No question or doubt about seeing no ...

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The feeling around saying "I am sitting, looking etc... is a bit empty and detached. There is no longer a feeling of ownership or a comfort in that.
When simply stating there is sitting, looking etc.. there is an internal energy in that and a ...

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How a decision is taken? Give an example and see if there is a you, a separate self in the decisional process
Decisions happen based on the moment. The worrisome attachment of a self in that, does not appear to be there. The decision is just made, regardless of how I converse about it ...

Question: should there be a feeling of equinimity or oneness?

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Is there a you, an entity deciding what to do ?
It is interesting. When speaking there is the use of "I" with no hesitation. There is still an internal voice but noticing a clear reference to an "I" is not clear or unnoticed. Looking for an entity deciding what to do is difficult ...

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Waking up this morning, it was clear that identification with thoughts were still happening. Through the morning, baking and cooking happened while going over what might be keeping the seeing through the "I." Every thought with the labeling was noticed and contemplation of life happening ...

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I hope you are okay. I have not heard from you, do I am hoping you just needed a break. Since the last post, I have been reading the Gateless Gatecrashers further and so much has been resonating with me. For some reason, the line you wrote that said, "there is no "I" to awake" had been ...

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Reflecting on the "I" in "I know" at first feels like an inability to express the knowledge component of there is no self. But the idea of "I" is sticky. When "I" is said verbally, or in writing, there is the need to reference this body-mind and it becomes about semantics. Considering ...