Knick! Good to see you pop in again.

So a practical question on practice and looking. When looking should I try not to internally think in English and just be aware? But then it would just be the flow of experience, so there needs to be this investigation component or looking?

Well thinking isn ...

Alright there's a dehumidifier here, basically it pushes out air with constant drone. No visual clues sound is coming from that area, so its the same sound with eyes closed or open. If I move my head, sound changes slightly as vibrations to ears change. The perceiving of the sound is in the hearing ...

So the seeing is happening anyway before thought translates it into 'my perception'.

yeppers. Especially the 'my' part of that perception. Seeing happens, perception happens, then there's this little tag-a-long thought that claims the perception. But what is the basis of that thought? What is ...

Hi Ross K,

I like your questions.


How could an I be IN action, thought, feeling, observation. If anything I is the vague sense of being behind them eh?

That's a good pair right there. You're right, the I isn't in action-thought-feeling-observation. It's really just an empty reference. It may ...

Deepening the liberation is continuous it seems, but now thoughts and emotions, even reactions, still surface. Only they don't have that belief of self to reflect off anymore, so they dissolve away into the void far quicker than the used to. There is no need for things to get out of hand. Nothing ...

The discontentment with the current state of "enlightenment" - lack of peace, too many automatic reactions, etc. is in itself just an appearance of self. It raises its head where it can- why should it stop just because some insights have been won. All just memes competing.

that's exactly what i ...

Clyde - One of our friends here pointed out something amusing to me that I thought I would share with you. My name is actually Bonnie.

uh oh! :-) where's the hail of bullets when we're least expecting it?? at least we had a spot of adventure first.

Hi Clyde, some really nice descriptions there. It's great to have you here, welcome.

the warm welcomes here are just wonderful. the love comes through -- THANK YOU for that.

To answer your question, yes, the definition of liberation we are working with here is that of no-self (ie. the Buddha's ...

Is realizing the reality of no self equal to liberation?

(speaking as an amateur - wait for a better answer)

liberation is to be free from entanglement in the dynamics of suffering. if you see what self actually is (a mirage) and how it has been believed throughout your life, you must have an ...

Cool ... can you see how the illusion of self is created in practice?
yes
Like how does it go from an action to I did this? Or from thoughts to I am thinking? Really explain this like to a 5 yo. Just tell me what are the facts, what can be seen.

for example right now typing is happening. there ...

Hi clyde, could you answer the following questions just to be sure we're speaking about the same thing?

1) Is there a you, at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form?
outside of linguistics, no. i reply to my name when called. i'm not about to give up the cash in my savings account to anyone ...

So you see that life goes on automatic, happening by itself, but want to change something.
Reactions become less and less with time as beliefs re cleared and feelings released.

promise? It's been about a year now and I haven't noticed much change in terms of less reactivity. less questions, yes ...

hah! I knew that 'pretty' would get me into trouble. I thought about taking it out but then decided to leave it in to keep a casual style. Interesting.

Pretty true or obvious, that's the question. Yea, when looking / attending right now, nada. It is obvious.

When not attending, not looking ...

Hi,

The reality of no self seems pretty true. At least none of what I've seen of self seems to amount to much more than a thought reference to something imagined. There isn't really an entity or anything that could be clyde, for example.

I see what the Hindu angle is too, when Self with a capital ...