Hey Rali ,

Yesterday I looked to your questions one more time. I am using ai to talk to as it helps me in talking to look more clearly. Sharing yesterday answers.



**Is there still any expectation that awakening should mean: more bliss, more silence, fewer thoughts, less emotion, permanent ...

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Awakening expectations
Is there still any expectation that awakening should mean: more bliss, more silence, fewer thoughts, less emotion, permanent clarity, certainty, or some final unmistakable shift?

I don't know what enlightenment is, honestly. Seeing the way it is is already ...

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Are we moving with the inquiry ?

Vytas

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First the seeker: “I should feel the present moment.” , “I should not feel like this.”, “I need more knowledge/guidance.”
Look at the sensation before those thoughts appear.

Is there anything wrong with the sensation itself?
no

Does it say: “this is not present enough”? “This ...

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Good. In the colleague example there was text (aka colour/seeing), sensation, and then the thought story: “he is micromanaging me”, “I decide what to do”. Neither the controller “him” nor the controlled “me” was found outside that story. Just check...
What exactly was being threatened ...

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Thanks for getting back. Just wanted to share that after our last conversation , I had a shift , by shift. I mean I started seeing very clearly mechanics of guilt and other thought processes when they rise.... Just wanted to share that the mechanics seems automatically clearer where ...

hey Rali ,

Before I begin with inquiry your suggestion looking at me and them was very correct :) I know its just thoughts just wanted to share ...

A thought appearing is direct experience. But the CONTENT of the thought is not. For example:
You see colours. You hear sounds. Then thought says ...

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Take one recent situation where there was anger, hurt, guilt, shame, blame, or defensiveness with another person. Do not choose something too personal, so we can discuss it openly and honestly. Bring that situation to mind. Now look carefully.

The situation - I had a conflict with ...

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In direct experience only, is there any actual difference between a thought about yesterday, a thought about tomorrow, and any other thought?
No

Does a memory-thought feel or appear as a different kind of thought from any other thought?
Or is the only difference what the thought ...

Hey Rali ,

Let’s make memory very clear... Take something simple to eat — a sandwich, fruit, anything. Before eating it, look carefully - there is the whole food in front of you. Take a bite. Now look again.

I will take coffee , there is a full cup of coffee in front and I am taking a sip of ...

Hey Rali ,

There is a general assumption that there is linear time that started (if started at all) somewhere very far in the past and advances to the distant future. The present moment (now) is considered to be a very small fragment of time, or an event that is moving forward on a linear line ...

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Before the word “sorry” was written, what was present?
Was there a sensation?
Was there a thought such as: “I replied late” / “Rali may think I am not taking this seriously” / “I should apologise”
Did you choose those thoughts?
Did you choose the apology?

I cant say know at exact ...

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I am travelling at the moment so my replies could take a little bit longer ... :)

Look carefully.
Is “guilt” something separate that is directly experienced?
Or is there a sensation, plus thoughts such as: “you should be working”/ “you’re not doing enough”/ “finish this and get ...

Hey Rali ,

When you say “guilt appears,” what is actually present?
yes , sensation + guilt

Now look at the thought itself.

Does the thought change the sensation?
no

Can you actually see the thought causing anything?
no

Does the thought make the action happen?
no


Or are there ...

Hi Rali ,

Sensations come, stay and eventually go, but is that dependent on anything? So next time guilt appears, check:

Can the sensation be allowed exactly as it is, even if it does not change?
yes

Is there any urge to make it disappear?
So in steps , guilt appears for not making enough ...