Yes, of course! Thoughts and stories. It's all thoughts and stories.

Thank you!

Hi Stacy,

Just checking in.

I'm becoming more aware of the subtle thoughts in real time.

I feel like I want to avoid people! They get me up in my head and out of presence.

Any suggestions? Will compassion naturally start to come forth?

Love,
Jacki

I may have some understanding about the nature of "time", but I'm not ready for the other questions. I have not seen through the illusion of a separate self. There is still identification that needs to unhook. I'm staying alert to thoughts. It's all I do, all day long. Eventually the spell will ...

Where does that leave the stories of cause & effect and responsibilities?

The stories don't make sense. They are just stories. It's just this moment.

But is there an experience of the ’now’ moving along the line of time?
No, the now is just now.

Any experience of one ‘moment’ giving way to the next?
No

Is there any actual or direct experience of one event following another?
No

How fast is the ‘present moment’ actually moving?
The ...

I love these questions. I will post my answers tomorrow.

If decisions just happen, and there's no free will, how can there be cause & effect or responsibility?

Cause and effect is apparent if you look at the environment. Because of sun, water and oxygen plants carry out photosynthesis, for example. Cause and effect is everywhere if you look around. If ...

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
I cannot find a separate self in any way shape or form. I only find thoughts. I am still looking but I don’t expect I will find anything or anyone.
I guess there never was one. I just ...

I will get to these questions and answer them the best I can over the weekend. We had an emergency with our male cat straining to pee and he went to the ER today. He's going to be ok. Apparently urinary problems are very common in male cats.

I was very present, concerned but not stressed.

I will ...

Thank you so much. The doubt the last couple of days has been huge.

I am questioning my expectations and working with accepting my present experience, whatever it is. Going back and forth between presence and doubt. There's so much to question and uncover. Trying to stay in the body.

Very helpful ...

Hi,

I need some time to answer these questions. I want to answer them honestly, but I am afraid my experience is still conceptual and not totally felt.
I think this is because I don't feel it in my bones, so to speak. I don't feel a self or no self.
I'm sorry if I'm frustrating. As I said, I don't ...

Can you say 100% there's no separate self?

I can say 100% that if I look for the next 20 years I'm not going to find one. Weird thing is, I'm not sure what "no self" is supposed to feel like. I haven't had another shift like the one I had before, but if I refer back to the past there's a world of ...

Hi Stacy,

I hope your week is going well.

There's a lot of presence.

When I inquired if there was a separate self there was a contraction in the chest. It felt like a lie.

Love,
Jacki

I watched the video. Is that where you feel you are?

Yes, it feels like that, but feels like something is shifting as well. My ability to rest in presence is growing.

I like Vince's song. It seems like the resources I need come right on time. Angelo has a silent sitting group Sunday mornings ...

I realized I didn't share the link of the video, The Spiritual Desert. It's only 5 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghbrv_jGO8Q

So when you saw that Santa Claus was just a man in a red suit, did you insist that he remove the suit over and over again or did you know from then on that any ...