Hi Babysteps,

Are you still interested in a guide? I know it's been a while since you posted.

My name is Dee. I'd be delighted to accompany you if you're still interested :).

Please let me know.

Warmly,
Dee

Dear Kevin,

Thanks for letting me know.

What opportunities these coming weeks will provide to experience directly!

I'll offer that there's no need to consider a response, just feel it. And anytime you can, tell me what's there. What is the direct, immediate experience of whatever is happening ...

Hello, dear Kevin,

Thanks again for your patience. OK, first things first:

(how do i put your comments in a shaded box, like you did with mine)


If you go to the top of the page in "The Gate" forum (where all the conversations are), there is a section at the top of all the threads titled ...

Hello, dear Kevin,

Thanks again for your patience. OK, first things first:

(how do i put your comments in a shaded box, like you did with mine)


If you go to the top of the page in "The Gate" forum (where all the conversations are), there is a section at the top of all the threads titled ...

Dear Kevin,

Thank you very much for your kind check-in and your patience. I was overtaken by quite an illness and I apologize for my lengthy silence. I am back now and am delighted to respond to your last post within a few hours.

If you feel there is more to share, or if anything has evolved ...

It's nice to meet you, Kevin.

Thank you for the depth and clarity of this share. You’re naming the heart of the path: the longing not just for fleeting peace, but for the stabilization of freedom, the falling away of identification with that “small suffering self.”

Let’s slow this down and stay ...

Hi riverinalaska, Deanna here.

I'd be happy to walk this path with you. I'll offer a few bits here, and you can see how you feel about moving on together.

-In our conversations, I'll do the asking and you'll respond, when ready, with 100% honesty.

-I'll help to keep us focused and moving with ...

Hi Vince! Maybe I didn't format this reply correctly--please let me know if I can make it more readable/accessible:
What fun these are! Let's see what happens:

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form?
Was there ever?
No, there was a sense of a ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
No inherent, independent, irreducible entity that is at the core/centre of experience/existence. No "doer," no lasting identity, nothing needing completion or that fits into a larger metaphysical ...