Hi Daniel,

Apologies for the delay, I’ll reply in the morning.

Cheers!
Josh

Hi Daniel,

Great. There is no observer to be perceived.
Is this "feeling smart" anything more than a brief physical sensation (perhaps a slight sense of expansion in the chest or a smile) plus a passing thought?

Yes, it is a momentary feeling.

Tell me, is anything still unclear? How are you ...

Hi Daniel,

Can you find any fixed, continuous "I" in the pure sensory data that travels from one moment to the next?

Or does the feeling of an "I" simply appear as an isolated moment—passes away—and in the next moment something entirely new emerges?

What about that? Is an entity watching all ...

Hi Daniel,

A crucial point: What the thought says, what it explains, what it analyzes, or how clever it sounds—none of that matters at all.

I’ve been watching the experience of time… or, rather, the lack of firsthand experience of time via the senses alone.

I’m not sure what to say about it ...

Hi Daniel

Yes, this is understood! Will look at this.

It’s just good to know the looking is in the right “place”.

Warm Regards,
Josh

Hi Josh,

All that remains is a single thing: a physical tension.

Take a look at what ist happening here. The thought process acts as if there were an assembly line of events: first a sensation, then a thought, then another thought, then a sense perception, and so on. Thought Process reconstructs ...

Hi Daniel,

Take your latest text and apply a simple grid to it:
Bold the parts that you are actually perceiving with your senses in this moment.
Cross out everything else—any explanation regarding causes, conditioning, or the organism.
What remains in black and white on the page?

Ok! Please see ...

Hi Daniel,

You have realized for yourself that you cannot find an originator or owner of the perception anywhere.
And yet, someone is waiting for something to change or for something to be "done."

What exactly do you think the "I" can do right now?
Please list for me, specifically, what action ...

Hi Daniel,

What exactly makes attention *your* attention? How does one possess perception…

Right now, can you find anyone—somewhere apart from arising thoughts—to whom the perceiving belongs? Or is there simply the perceiving itself—without an owner?

I cannot find an owner of the thoughts and ...

Hi Daniel,

Oh gosh, I didn’t realize there was a two day rule in place! I’m sure it must be stated someplace but I missed it.

I can respond within two days to check in, even at moments when I haven’t had the time to write a complete response to your questions/prompts/comments!

You very often ...

Hi Daniel,

Thanks! I’ve been working on this….

Step 1: Feel the sensation
Close your eyes. Simply feel the pure sensations in this moment (tension, warmth, pressure).

Done. I feel the aliveness of the body. A generalized cloud of sensation. One interesting thing… when I try to think “where do ...

Hi Josh,

fundamental question that is really at the heart of the matter: Do *you* exist?

I can’t find any evidence of it… but the feeling is still there. I’m looking at the nature of that feeling to see what it is (as opposed to self-existence)… but it’s still an ongoing looking.

I’m open to ...

Hi Josh,

Hi Daniel,



Perceiving the shift IS simply the shift itself. Can you Take a Look at that?



Yes, I will look at that.



Have you actually seen the directing itself — a thought actively moving the focus — or do you just see: a thought is there, and then the focus is elsewhere? Is ...

Hi Daniel,


Take this questions with you for the weekend:

Do 'you' or something know where the attention will go next, before it goes there?
Does thought make focus move or does thought describe after the movement?

Have a nice Weekend, friend.

Of course I spent some time over the weekend ...

Hi Daniel,


Fine. Ask yourself: Does this boundary exist in your actual perception, or is the "boundary" itself merely an imaginary line that you superimpose after the fact?

Is there a "you" in the immediate process of perceiving and reflecting upon it?

I was walking down the hallway at work ...