Good morning Becca,

Yesterday I did this exercise and was quite impactful, and I was the rest of my day thinking of it and seeing your point, kind of an opening to this possibility of no self. but not really, yet.
I just did it again to be able to respond you from what I'm experiencing right now ...

when thinking about their respective qualities, did you ‘choose’ the qualities? Or did they kind of appear by themselves?
No, I didn't choose the qualities. When I thought of coffee, it came to me the smell, warmth, the taste, that wakes me up... they appeared to me, but based on a memory. Same ...

1. Can you find anywhere where 'Daniela’ autonomously intervenes into life, choosing something that is not the product of all the elements; that is not a part of the overall flow?
This makes sense. And I get your point. the circumstances are part of my "decisions" or who I am. But as the stream ...

Hi Becca,

So, I did the hand exercise. It was interesting to notice it. I was moving my hands slow, then fast, changing the position of my hands as I was doing the movements. And I could not notice where was the controller. Again, it feels that there is an intentionality, the reason I was doing ...

Hi Becca,

I guess it's not a feeling that comes up when I look at the thought I can organize thoughts, but just another thought. I guess an assumption/pattern.

Yesterday I was trying to see how the sequenced thoughts happens, which looks like its predictability is a choice (made by a chooser ...

Good morning Becca,
In direct experience, is there any “brain processing” available, or is there simply a thought saying, “My brain processed the information”?
You're right! this exercise was very helpful. I could see that when I look at things, make a story about them (which btw I could identify ...

Are you the do-er of the doing?
Are you the eater eating?
Even though I know there is not, I feel that there is a eater/ doer..
However, when I did the hand exercise it was very interesting! I could notice that it's not my thoughts that's deciding how and what to do, I couldn't find any controller ...

Thank you so much Becca,

The sensation in my chest I don't notice if I'm not paying attention, but about the stronger heart beating happens maybe once a day, normally when I think about something stressful that I have to solve or something that is worrying me. And in general it's nothing dramatic ...

Hi Becca,

Yesterday I had a busy day and I wanted to write when I'm not distracted or in a rush. But the thing is that I may had lost momentum here.
Now reading the sentence again it's not as impactful as before. I notice thoughts coming and I getting distracted. I guess my mind is trying to "get ...

Good morning Becca,

There are few things happening as I read it: I noticed the worry about trying to get it right, or an effort to be effortless. A tension to "really" notice what I'm noticing as I read it. At the same time a sensation in the middle of my chest, like an open hole, but a tension ...

1. What do you think will be different when you realize there’s no separate self?

I believe I would trust more in life, stopping trying to control everything. Also, accepting things as they are, including accepting my conditionings instead of trying to avoid/resist them, that would mean being ...

Dear Becca,

Thank you so much for your availability to guide me! I'm very excited about this opportunity and I was looking forward to it!
You can call me Daniela. And yes, I understand your request and I won't be involved in any other teachings.

Thank you so much!
Daniela

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
My understanding is there is no one in command about what, when and how I or anyone think or feel. I understand that they're happening by themselves, that life is happening without having a subject ...