Hi Stacy,
It seems that I am getting lost in the words that are used here with the questions and the LU process. My TBI has left me with a brain that is quite autistic in nature and will cognize and organize words in my thoughts in ways which I have observed is not the norm and quite often I just ...

Hi Stacy,

And please answer what, if anything, you are responsible for.
I am responsible for what I see.
A thought presents (direct experience of thought) - I see a thought, the thought itself is a measurement of something from memory-past or of a fiction-future which may or may not move into ...

Hi Stacy,

Do those idea in Question 5 exist in reality?

They do not - if what you mean by reality is what I see as the no-thing presence.

And please answer what, if anything, you are responsible for.

I am responsible for what I see.

Ciao
-E

Hi Stacy,

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever? There was/is an idea of me…a character, if you will.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience ...

Hi Stacy,

We have some checkpoint questions. Would you like to try those?

Yes

I'm confused about the Vince thing??? Who is Vince and to what should he reply?

Ciao
-E

Hi Stacey,
Also let me know when you reach the point that you can say 100% that there is no separate self.
I've been thinking about you question for the last couple of days and was not sure of how to answer.

I can surely say that I have experienced a shift in perception - I will call it a present ...

Hi Stacy,
I started listened to the recordings you sent yesterday. Intro and first meditation. I could not hang with the first meditation and stopped mid-way through. Today I did the second meditation where he explained to follow a thought to right before it appeared - this worked for me each time ...

Hi Stacy,
Today while driving I started butt/chair - no separation only sensation; without really thinking about it I then did hand/steering wheel - no separation only sensation; foot/shoe - no separation only sensation. I then looked around at the surroundings and felt no separation with anything ...

Hi Stacy,

Thanks for the explanation, it was helpful for me to understand what is happening here.
I will check out the recorded pointers you sent and continue with Butt/Chair as you suggest.

Ciao
-E

Hi Stacy,
I'm confused about what to do here on this forum. I did the butt/chair and have nothing else to add about that exercise.
I'm reading the book and find that very different from what we are doing here.

Ciao
-E

Hi Stacy,
I'm halfway through the book - what's up?
ciao,
-E

Hi Stacey,

I've been reading it since signing up at LU.

Ciao
-E

Hi Stacey,

Please LOOK for any place where your butt ends & the chair begins.

Is there any clear dividing line between them? Or only the Sensation with no clear division?

There is only a sensation of pressure of the butt on chair. No division of objects, only sensation.

Ciao
-E

Hi Stacy,
What about the content of thoughts, what they describe? the contents of thoughts about apple is the story - a script
Is there really an ‘apple’ here, or only color and a thought ABOUT ‘apple’?
no apple
Can ‘apple’ be found in actual experience?
not here
However, is an apple actually ...

Hi Stacey,

When you look at the word label ‘GREEN' , what is the actual experience?
I see red letters arranged to make the word green
Is the color red ‘experienced’, or is the color green ‘experienced’ as the label suggests?
I experience seeing the word GREEN in the color red
Does the label ...