Thank you so much for your presence and attention. <3

1) Can you give a concrete example or two of this?
With work today, an unexpected project dropped with no spare time allowed to do it. Some emotion, frustration arose, thoughts RE strategy, defensiveness, working overtime, etc., arose. But these didn't have "hooks". They arose, and settled. It is ...

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
It appears to exist only as a concept, a placeholder in language that arises in thought.
2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from ...

THANK YOU!

All is good. Thank you!
If, in future, a question arises, will a post to this thread reach you?
-Steve

Thank you, Becca.
Yes, there is no seeking.
There is a play of what I would call expansion and contraction.
At times the perspective is very broad, or feels very large. At others, it is like thoughts and experiences arise as though through a funnel, more focused.
Emotions arise but are more likely ...

Thank you, Becca! -Steve

Hello Becca.
Memory this morning, last morning, previous morning, long stretches of awareness during the night the last few nights. Memory of dream, memory of lying (awake?) in darkness, occasional thought bobbing up. No emotion attached, no urgency or stress to fall asleep. Memory of multiple long ...

Is it possible to just marinate in this… the direct experience?
To let go of figuring out/analyzing/interpreting?
To ‘go direct’?
What emerges?
Periods of great quietude today even though environment or activity wasn't quiet. Like all events experienced at arms length. During work day ...

Is it possible to just marinate in this… the direct experience?
To let go of figuring out/analyzing/interpreting?
To ‘go direct’?
What emerges?

Hahaha. Thought arises "What will Steve and Becca have to talk about?"
Will do and update tomorrow.
-Steve

Hello Becca.
Just completed the exercise - twice, because I misunderstood the assignment the first time and was listing thoughts as they occurred. The second time I just put a mark under Self or Other.
What did you observe during and as a result of this exercise?
First run:
Formed a list under ...

So where are you with respect to that? Is it still the experience that there is a separate self? Is it clear there isn’t? What is the experience now?
On one hand experiences - perceptions, thoughts, etc. - arise without effort. Even this body being active, words being spoken, hands typing, etc. do ...

Hello Becca.
Happy New Year!
There is something you wrote previously that rose to mind today as it isn't exactly in sync with what I seem to experience.
Perception (seeing, tasting, smelling, feeling, hearing) is experienced now. There is a distinction however between thought and thought content ...

I posted last night but I don't see it here now. Luckily I saved a copy of the text, so here is what I posted:
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Hello Becca.
Still sick today, so no cloud watching, but I did lie on the coach and examine watching my dog sleeping.
Is movement happening in time or simply seen now?
I would say now ...

Today I seem as confused by the concept of time as yesterday. With thoughts and perceptions that arise, they appear in movement - even the word "arise" suggests movement. I experience only the Now (experiencing current perceptions and thoughts) yet I experience motion, which suggests the passage of ...