Dear Rowena,

Thank you for your message. I appreciate it very much.

Just let a "memory" be there, and look at it, simply, in your direct experience. And remember, you don't have to know, or come up with some explanation as you answer the questions!!

Look at what is actually going on and not what ...

Dear Rowena,

Thank you. I am relieved, as I always felt guilty for not responding daily or even weekly. I will continue and try to reply in as timely a manner as I can. Thanks for your patience.

Glen

Dear Rowena,

Sorry for my absence.

The two previous questions were: Does this sense of self have a specific location, or shape or size and you answered "No" to both those questions. Then you were asked later on whether this sense of self confirmed the existence of an actual self and again you ...

Dear Rowena,

Thank you.

Does this sense of self have a specific location? Yes/No No.

Does this sense of self have a shape or a size? Yes/No No.

Does this sense of self say or communicate anything? Yes/No Yes.

If the answer is yes, how does it do this? Through sensations in the body.

Does ...

Dear Rowena,

Thanks for your reply.

So, one does not override the other in importance, they work together once the illusion is seen that there is no separate entity running the show. Is this clear for you now?
Yes, I feel more comfortable with this concept now.

So, as you do this apple ...

Dear Rowena,

I've taken longer to respond because I had to move to a different location for the summer. I'm settled now for a few months, so...

The operative word here is 'what'!!! What implies a separate something that is controlling the show, choosing, deciding etc.
Can you, looking directly in ...

Dear Rowena,

Onward:

You can glimpse 'it'.." to what does 'it' refer that can be separated out of the total movement of experience?
By "it" I was referring to the lack of self or "I," that I feel I can only glimpse if I look or sense in a specific way. It doesn't feel like a knowing yet; it's ...

Dear Rowena,

Continuing:

That's right, "you know how to do it, because you do it." Does that 'you' mentioned refer to anything in particular or just a way of languaging to say that somehow it is known? Is there a 'you' that can be found, or experienced separately from what is happening in direct ...

Dear Rowena,

Continuing:


Do this as many times as you like, and EACH TIME inquire: How is the movement controlled?
- Does a thought control it? No, not that I can tell.
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- Can a ‘controller’ of any description be located? Strangely, no.

- How is the decision made to turn the hand over? I ...

Dear Rowena,

You talk about influencing our thoughts otherwise we wouldn't be able to learn anything etc. Well, think about that, in the above scenario, something must have been experienced that had an impact on the 'system' that caused a shift in perspective.
From that shift in perspective, comes ...

Dear Rowena,

Thank you. Going on:

Where are thoughts coming from and going to? I don't know. They seem to appear from nowhere and disappear to nowhere.

Did you do anything to make a particular thought or thoughts appear?
No.

Could you have done anything to make a different thought appear at ...

Dear Rowena,

Thank you. Continuing:

Now, can you physically grasp or touch that image of a cup? No.
Can you pour tea into it? No.
Can you drink from it? No, of course not.

Is there a "real' cup or just an image of a cup? The image is "real", but the cup is not, at least not in the same way ...

Thank you, Rowena

If there was any inkling of an "I" doing the hearing, where might that "I" be found?
Well, part of the difficulty of this exercise is talking about it without referring to an "I." If there is an inkling, it feels like the "I" is in my head, but pointing to it can't happen ...

Dear Rowena,

I apologize again. I understand what you are saying about keeping up the practice, and I will endeavor to do so.

1) In 'hearing' can anything be found other than 'what can be heard'?
No.

2) Can what is doing the hearing be found? Or is there only 'what is heard'?
I want to say ...

Dear Rowena,

Thank you for your patience. Here we go.

When you look at the word label GREEN, what is the actual experience?
Is the color red experienced, or is the color green experienced as the label suggests?
I experience the color red. I don't experience the color green at all, only the word ...