Thank you May for your patient and insightful guidance! Much gratitude and much metta!

Surrender has been a theme coming up - surrender to the flow, trust in what's coming up, trust "myself" (low-internal trust in the past) - so was pleased to see it in the pdf.

And looking to pay it forward as ...

Hey KP, how are you right now?


I'm at an event and speaking with people and listening to talks has been so different. I'm comfortable just taking things in. There are thoughts objecting to things people say, and they just go away by themselves. Previously I would have been stuck/spiraling with ...

Hi May,

Over the weekend, and today, had times where there was no sense of self, few to no thoughts, little "stickiness" to thoughts, easier identification of emotions coming and going.

Lots of relaxation/loosening up of tight areas in the upper/lower back, during meditation as well.

More ...

Hey KP,

There’s a rare clarity in what you’re seeing, the absence of doer, of control, of ownership. That’s beautiful!!!


Thank you! The clarity feels like a solid rock..



But there are a few remaining subtleties I’d love to explore with you.

In direct experience, is there ever more than ...

Hi May!


1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?


No. There is no separate "I".

It was never there. There were thoughts which referenced an "I". There were sensations which were mis-identified as "I". There was an ...

Exactly, KP!!!

Here, we usually do a quick checkpoint to see if there’s any residual belief still hanging around. May I go ahead?


Thank you May! It's been a couple of days, and it continues to be the same. Thoughts arise and pass, emotions arise are seen and pass, sensations (including from ...

KP,

Now stay right here.

Not knowing what to do, not needing to go anywhere. no path, no task, no special moment to reach.

Just this:

The sense of “I should be doing something”.
Look at it. Where is it anchored?


Was a thought, was there, then went away. Then there was just nothing ...

What are you still trying to find?

I don't know what I'm trying to find anymore! Had to go back and read the first post here. Now that post "what I want" makes no sense anymore :'(



If nothing is missing, and no one is looking, then what are you still holding on to?

What movement still ...

Thank you May.


Stay with that freshness, let it show itself naturally.

There’s no rush, no effort, just quiet seeing.


Doing this every sit, and also anytime I'm alone/quiet.
I bring awareness to where my foot touches the ground. As I bring awareness from outside the space towards the place ...

Hi May

Started reading a book, and after some time realized that in the reading there was only the reading, there was no I at all! Then went for a walk, the same, the world was there, sounds, sights, people, etc, but there was no I at all!


So please look directly and answer

Are “sensations ...

Hey KP!

What youve seen is already incredibly clear, reactions arise and dissolve, appreciation flows freely, and no “self” is needed to manage any of it. Thats beautiful!


Yay! Thanks May!


Who is practicing?

There is no practice! This just is!


When a reaction appears, where is the ...

Notice what’s hiding in that eagerness.
Who is waiting?
What is this subtle movement that says something else must come?
Can you locate the one who needs the next step?

No "I" appears. There is no one waiting for the next step. There is no one who needs the next step.


Look:

Who is ...

Thank you May! This was very helpful.

Wiill keep an eye out for any comebacks!

When I sit down now, there is a more open feeling. There are sensations coming in from body, senses, and thoughts. There are few constrictions and little tension in the body. The boundary between body and outside is ...

Thank you! These took me some time to experience, and WOW!


Is there such a thing as “mind” apart from the very thought that says so? Or is "the mind" just another label given to a new thought, trying to explain the previous one?

No. There is nothing else! Calling it something is just a habit ...

Hi May!


“in the moment, there is no separate entity that needs to figure it out. later there is a thought saying how can both be the same.”


That questioning thought, where does it come from? Is it anything other than another movement, just like any sensation or perception?

It is just ...