Hi May, Checking in…Spending much time w/ the inquiries..... like guardrails they help w/ focus…thoughts, sensations, seeing hearing…. Falling asleep…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

try again:
HI May, sitting for a few hours with this…
Without going into thought, without reaching into past or future: What’s here?
Feel the body. Notice sounds. Breath. Pressure. Tingling. Warmth. Whatever is present, let it be exactly as it is. Yes all that, pressure, breathing/not breathing ...

HI May, sitting for a few hours with this…
[/quote]Without going into thought, without reaching into past or future: What’s here?
Feel the body. Notice sounds. Breath. Pressure. Tingling. Warmth. Whatever is present, let it be exactly as it is. Yes all that, pressure, breathing/not breathing…

You ...

Hi May, I can sit with all that's happening....I know where the stories can go and tired of that. Much of the time I'll drift asleep, good if I can get some deep sleep. Other times there's alertness, stairing ahead...seeing ,hearing, feeling the facts...Attended David Bonny's meeting today, very ...

And yet, notice, there’s still a familiar storyline spinning:
“I had a hard story… I’ve been a victim… I deserve justice…”
Yes, it hurts. Yes, it was lived.
But here’s the essential question:
Is there a fixed, solid someone who lived all that… or are there just memories, thoughts, images and ...

May, 80% of my last response didnt go thru!?

Is there a fixed, solid someone who lived all that… or are there just memories, thoughts, images and sensations? What seems fixed is a program, yes memories, stories, sensations,reactions) that pops out daily. Nothing solid but exhausting. Close your eyes for a moment and look: Who exactly lived ...

I keep forgetting, you asked me what I want to be called. I've never been attached to Mark or any other name but Mark is fine

Hi May, well, I've been presented with this inquiry before but when I sit with your questions, it's kinda like a deer in the headlights, or maybe confronting the Gate. Sometimes there's emotion like sorrow that wants to flow out for weeks , speaking from my direct experience I'm still, welcome ...

Thank you May. I find it neat that my favorite Aunt's name is May and I'm now living in her old house. I'm going to sit w/ what you sent me before responding....mostly because I have no words to describe my experience. Thank you!

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
self is made up of constructs and conditioned to be a somebody, a conceptual invention separate and disconnected. We were not born this way

What are you looking for at LU?
Ultimately I'm looking ...