Excellent advice - thank you!

Will be in touch - be well!!

Pat

I really enjoyed reading your answers! I will pass them on to the other guides to check if we've missed anything, so please stay close


Thank you so very much Rali! This has been a wonderful experience - thanks especially for your diligence and patience in helping in those places where the ...

Hi Rali - thank you! Let's dive in!

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?


Nope! No separate entity of 'self', no 'I/me/mine' - not anywhere, and there never was. There is only the thought-construction of a separate self ...

Hi Rali!

Is there anything that is separate from everything else?

No, there is nothing that is separate from anything else. Any idea of separation is thinking stuff.

Is there a border that divides “me” and “my body” from everything else, or is it just a thought? Is that interdependent movement ...

Hi, Rali - taking another day to be with this. Will chime back in tomorrow. Thanks for your patience!

Pat

Hi Rali!

Look carefully. Is “hearing” made out of hearing or “hearing” is a label for a particular pattern of just “this”? Is "looking" anything more than another label?


No, hearing is a label, looking is just a label. I just got caught in the trap of language. Anything described is a label for ...

Hi Rali - apologies for the delay here, will reply first thing in the morning my time.

Pat

Just to continue: there is no experience of my intention (thought) actually causing or leading to an outcome (action). A thirst-thought arises. Then, maybe, at some point, an action of taking a sip of water happens. Maybe soon after; maybe a while later. Any perceived relationship between these ...

Hi Rali,

Thank you!

OK, I watched the soccer video and this was a beneficial exercise. It is clear that the commentary (thought) is not needed for the game to happen. Yes, it adds color, context, etc. but the game is being played whether on mute or with commentary. The commentary does not caue ...

Hi Rali,

Thank you - I'm beginning to feel a little stuck. I think you are trying to guide me somewhere, but I feel as if I am going in circles a bit, and I'm not sure how to "break out of it". I'm trying to focus on direct experience, but it still feels like thinking. Like I have to interpret the ...

Hi Rali - I've worked with this a bit more today and have a little more clarity here. It seems there is a pattern when I look at this from a new angle to think aloud about it rather than experiencing directly even though my intention is to do so! At any rate ...

There is no direct experience of ...

Hi Rali, let's have a look!

How is it known that one thought is relevant now and another isn't? What exactly makes one thought get labelled "memory" and another thought get labelled "future"?

OK, I am going to try my best not to give thinking answers, but I'm just going to be honest in my ...

Hi Rali, I took my time with this round and was careful to reply based on experience, not philosophy or reasoning or anything like that.

Must it? Or is that thought drawing a conclusion?

Actually, I'm not sure I arrived at any conclusion - I have no Direct Experience of death, so anything ...

Hi Rali, thanks - let's continue!

What exactly makes them "other"? However, is a ‘person' actually known?

No! there is no DE of "person" ... same as "apple" same as "thought" same as "I" - there is no boundary, it can't be found. There is no demarcation of "me" vs "you" ... in other words, it ...

Hi Rali,

Sorry again for the delay. I am no longer receiving email notifications of your responses. I'll see if the subscription changed or if they got moved to spam. OK, onto your questions!

Let's look there. A suggestion appears. Words are read and interpreted (thinking). Then more thoughts ...