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 ...

Dear Rowena,

I received your email. Thank you for checking in. I’m overseas at the moment and I’ll respond to your previous post in a couple of days. My apologies for being slow to respond.

Glen

Dear Rowena,

I apologize for not writing sooner. I hadn't received an email notification that you had responded to my previous post, and I didn't think to check the forum itself until recently. I'll be more proactive in the future.

So, as you do this apple exercise, is there really an 'apple ...

Thank you, Rowena.

Glen

First, can you remember a time when you lied to someone you loved?
Yes.

Find the lie. I don't need the whole story, just a few key words to refer to it.

The lie about drinking.

Then scan your body for any Sensation (DE or Direct Experience), particularly in the gut or maybe the heart. Check ...

Dear Rowena,
Here are my responses:

For the first ten minutes write down what you are experiencing right now using the word “I”.

I am looking at my notebook.
I am sitting.
I feel scratchiness in my throat.
I see my glasses on the table.
I am hearing my wife talking in the next room.
I am ...