Are thoughts empty and uncontrolled like all other phenomena or are they intelligent narration with an in-dwelling being as its source?
Yes, thoughts are uncontrolled like all phenomena

How can we come to see thought for the inert, wandering, symbolic data stream that it is?
Development of wise ...

Dear David, thanks for your email. Unfortunately I cannot see the post you mentioned in your email on my thread but I'll reply anyway...

I very much resonate with number 1) 'taking non-self things to be what you are'. Even though it is clear to me that I do not choose my thoughts, they simply arise ...

Thanks Stacy, will do. Happy holidays x

Thanks for your message Stacy

Thank-you so much Stacy.

Thanks so much Stacy

Hi Stacy

This is not working for me. I'd like to try a different guide please.

Unfortunately, yes the belief to be Brooklyn is still here

I'm not experiencing a 'clear shift in perception' and I don't feel anything new or different.

Hi Stacy

I have got what you’re pointing to. I only experience shape, colour and thought when I look at an apple.

Yes, I've got that.

Is this the part you are saying you don't understand? How can I help?
Yes. The phrase 'word label' doesn't make sense to me in the case of the word green. It's just a word written in red. So I've played with changing the word to something that is not another colour e.g. house . The meaning of the ...

Hi Stacy

The experience of looking at what you are calling the 'word label' GREEN is indescribable without using concepts. The most direct I can get is that I see lines/shapes in a colour that we call red.

Do the labels have a one-to-one correspondence with "reality?"
No

Or do the labels ...

When you look at the word label ‘GREEN’, what is the actual experience?
Red is experienced

Is the red color "experienced" or is color green "experienced" as the label suggests?
Red is experienced

Do the labels have a one-to-one correspondence with "reality?"
I'm not entirely sure I ...

Hi Stacy

Thanks for your reply.

I have experimented with placing attention on the gut and noticing clenching and releasing but it doesn't seem to be related to anything the mind has to say or whether it is true or false. In my case because I have been dissociated from the body, so the simple act ...