Hi Necip,

Interesting process working with what you offered today - thank you! Here are the (maybe final) six answers. (I will be off the grid with no computer access Thurs Oct 1- Monday Oct 5 US Pacific time and will respond to anything posted then after that.)

1) Is there a separate entity ...

Is there anyone responsible for becoming more and more aligned with the flow of life?

No.

But this is a very helpful question, because it gets at the ways that a selfing process tries to grow back, like algae over a lake. When I was meditating today the helpful thought arose that I should notice ...

Hi Necip,

Thank you! <3 Here are all six answers together.

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

No, there is no separate entity of 'self', 'me' 'I' and there never was. I looked through childhood photos today and it was ...

Hi Necip,

Thank you for the reassurance and warmth, and for everything.

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

No, there is no separate entity of 'self', 'me' 'I' and there never was. I looked through childhood photos today ...

Hi Necip,

Today I had to work and could not give answering these enough time and attention. And also this inquiry has been really helpful and it seemed beneficial to look more into daily experience today using yesterday’s questions. I intend to answer these tomorrow. Thank you for being patient ...

Hi Necip,

Thank you for these profoundly challenging questions. They really pushed a deep look at experience.

[<- And, to be honest, my training is as a writer so I know how to write in passive voice (avoiding the “I”) or active voice (using “I” as the subject of the sentence). If I write “I” not ...

Hi Necip,

Thank you so much for this!

1. Could you describe what happened a couple of weeks ago when the shift occurred? What exactly changed in your experience?

It was now about three and half weeks ago. I had been feeling beat up by thoughts, especially when I was awake in the middle of the ...

Hi Necip,

Thank you for all of this encouragement and your time!

Is there anyone there who can know what is best for all?

No

Is there a “you” that can choose what is best?

No

What is the difference between selfing and believing in a self?

Selfing is a process. To believe in the self is ...

Hello Necip,

Thank you so much for doing this work and responding here! Things have unfolded for me in the weeks since I posted. I think shift may have already occurred to non-self as a stable lived experience. So I’ll answer these questions including both expectations and what I’ve actually ...

LU is focused guiding for seeing there is no real, inherent 'self' - what do you understand by this?
That experience happens but there is no “self” it happens to. When suffering and tension come up, this is because there is a gripping. The gripping is wanting to make things permanent so there can ...