All right. Great. Thank you Stacy. This helps me really a lot and means a lot to me. Thank you.

Hi Stacy, I haven't heard from you in a few days – just checking in. I've been continuing with the ButtChair exercise and sitting with what's here. Hope you're well. Warmly, Deni

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

I can't find any beginning or end in my DE on the chair.

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

There is only the sensation of pressure on my flesh. No clear division.

Can you see that?

Yes, I see it.

What, exactly, is your "will?"

I can't really say what is my will. My assumption of my will turning my hand was a thought arising.

How is the movement controlled?
I do not know. I assume it is my will.


Does a thought control it?
No.


Can a ‘controller’ of any description be located?
I don’t know.


How is the decision made to turn the hand over?
I don’t know. I can't spot a real controller. I can only assume it is my ...

Hi Stacy,

I can't spot a real controller. I can only assume it is my will doing this. But I can't locate the source. When I stick to my direct experience, then comes this:
Seeing my arm
Seeing my hand
Feeling the rotation in my wrist
Seeing the blue color of my shirt
Feeling lightness in the center ...

The apple itself is not the actual/direct experience. The actual/direct experience is the color, smell, taste, thought rising, sensation. „Apple“ is just a label for the manifest, that can't be found in the direct experience.

Warmly

Hi Stacy,
My mistake, I accidentally gave your name an extra "e". Thanks for the correction!

How does it FEEL (body Sensations) to see this?

A subtle sense of lightness in the center of my body.


Warmly,
Deniz

Wow. Hi Stacey. What a brain gymnastics. To be honest I do not understand it fully by heart. Let me try intuitively. Before I did the exercise with the lies and the contractions in the body, the first thing that came up in my mind was „there are no lies“, because „lie“ was already kind of a label to ...

Hi Stacy. Here we go. :)

Lies:

Today is Monday = contraction in my solar plexus
I don’t have a car = contraction in solar plexus
I like traveling by airplane = contraction in solar plexus
It’s raining outside = contraction in solar plexus
I have a lot of energy today = contraction in solar plexus ...

Hi Stacy, thank you for the exercise. :)


1. Is one truer than the other, and If so, which one?


I can’t say so, but the second exercise feels truer for me. I don’t know why.


2. What is here without labels?


Mere perception, sense, discernment, awareness


3. Do labels affect the ...

Hi Stacy, here we go. :)

Hearing the washing machine = sound
Hearing the thunderstorm outside = sound
Thought about checking the windows = thought
Thought about being annoyed about the loud washing machine = thought
Thought about cleaning the stains on the white wall = thought
Seeing the white wall ...

Hi Stacy, thank you. Give me one more day to practice this. I'll return to you tomorrow evening Berlin time. :) Warmly, Deni

Hi Stacey, yes I am clear about this. Thanks.