What is “just presence?” We’re you to show it to me, how how would you do it? (in a less abstract way)

It's the sights, the thoughts, the sounds, the sensations, the tastes. It's this thing that is reality. Nowhere to go, nothing else to do. No one to do it. Yet, its happening.

Right here...sensations can arise, all in the same place. It is expanded and also close. Thoughts can arise. Attention is a spotlight function of the mind that will move around. There is a timeless feeling. There is nowhere to go and nowhere to run from. It's hard to put it into clear words. It is ...

I would point to what is, right here, when there are no thoughts. The substance of being of existence that is. No gainful activity. No extraction from the moment. Just this. Senses are felt. There are subtle changes in sensation and a sort of unchanging presence for a lack of a better word.

I would point to being here, right now, without any goal, agenda. Not trying to extract something from this moment or resist this moment. That's it. In this directive, you too would feel "presence."

I went into this…no thoughts, just being, just presence. That’s what’s there. It’s like this pointer is a koan. No answer can be found, but the “finding” brings you an into presence.

There are no thoughts when you are not thinking about thoughts.

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Thoughts appear like sensations. They come in and out of this experience; even if there is no “thinker” doing that. Just like how a flower blooms or a water drop turns to vapor. Stuff happens. Even thought ...

Hey Kento!

Thoughts can appear in this space of awareness (in the mind you could say), even if you are not "thinking about the fundamental construct of thoughts." If there is a hunger sensation in the body, a thought may appear with a food to eat. If there is a pleasant breeze on the skin, a ...

It is so nice to hear from you! I had a long self inquiry session today and yesterday based upon you prompt. Here is what I found.

I don't know where thoughts come from or where they go. They just appear and then drop away; like sounds in the environment. Like an itch that you have to scratch ...

Hi Kento,

Please let me know how you are doing and if you have any pointing for me at this moment. I have been doing self-inquiry lately with some moments of challenge and locked energy and moments of more illusory self seemingly going down the drain, which creates some confusion and lack of energy ...

When thoughts appear, where do they come from, and where do they go?

Please observe the coming and going of thoughts, and describe it in your own words.

Hi Kento,

I have been sitting in self-inquiry. Especially in the last 24 hours. Lots of staring, sitting, just being.

I will describe the ...

So nice to hear from you, Kento! I will be inquiring based upon your guidance. I will let you know once I have something to report.

Hi Kento,

I have missed you, let me know if you have made it back online. Perhaps you have been on retreat or traveling.

I will hear from you soon, take care!

The thinker is the one who never goes to sleep, yet also is used to awaken itself from the sleep.

The thinker is the same as everything else, it's made of the same stuff.

I don't know what else to say or where else to look.

I have done many silent self-inquiry retreats in the past and long sits ...

Hi Kento,

I needed to take multiple days for self inquiry, some longer meditations, and general space.

I can't find a thinker of the thoughts about awareness. There are thoughts generated by a mind or brain in some way.

It's like, there is "awareness alone" and "awareness of." Awareness of is ...

Can you explain what you meant in your previous message in a different way?

It is a little hard to comprehend. Thank you.