Thank you all for the questions. See you on the other side.

What is the content of your mental chatter? Are the conversations about me, I, past, future? Don't write the content here, but have a look and tell me, what is the core of the chats.

I think I laid this all out in a previous post. There was a whole post, I think page 4, where I just tracked my ...

More thoughts. all thoughts. leads no where. Go back to breath. go back to mantra.

You don't have to try to get into a specific state. We are talking ordinary everyday experience here. Mental chatter is as good as feelings of stillness. Both are happening to ... Are they happening to someone ...

Word self itself causes a lot of confusion as different schools of 'enlightenment' have different definitions.

Let's see what is it that you call 'self'
What does this word point to?

Have a good look.

Then check what words I/me point to. Are they more than other words? If so, what makes them ...

The True Self?

Looking at this question, trying to experience it in real time. I am the only one here. Sometimes I get mad. And I don't think I should, so I'll blame it on the false self. That perhaps it is the mis-identification with the false self. But really, that's just more thoughts, isn't it ...

You are talking about ego, like it's an entity. Check if it's true. Can ego do anything? If so, how does it do things like try to liberate ego self?


I'm trying to look at the ego, and it's like that little floating thing in your eye, it moves whenever i try to look at it. The ego, whether real ...

What do you expect liberation to be? In what ways do you expect it to be different from not being liberated (in the sense that this word is used on this site)?

The reality of my life, the chores, the bills, the people I'm responsible to , work, friends, etc, that has not changed. Yet, I can say ...

What is ego?

Ego is the false illusion of self. To see past ego is to see reality as it really is. Ego is is created by the accumulation of sense and thought memories. The ego itself is a thought. Created out of social training. The ego is a very useful evolutionary trait. It allows ...

Tossing a few more mind rants.

This site has brought up a lot of sticking points, and I am overjoyed at that fact, even thought going thru it seems like frustrating work.

There is a part of me that really does not like to be challenged by others, and fears failure at proving myself. I get ...

Yes, Pratitya. I agree with the practice and do it whenever I can, as much as I can, I appreciate the recommendation and reminder.

I agree with everything you say. It reflects my own experience of it.

When you feel the ego swelling, pay attention to the thoughts and feelings, what is there ...

So keep observing as before, but don't bother about the content so much, except insofar as needed to find out where "I" comes into play. Persistence is the key.

look at what is true in your own experience directly

Yes, I see how the "philosopher" the "knower" and all the other very established ...

Look if there is anything all these thoughts appear to. Consider if this could be true: There are just thoughts, nobody is observing. The "observing" is also just a thought.

There is no solid thing that observes. I search and search and search, it's just emptiness. But everything that exists ...

buddhawarrior, what we offer here is help in seeing there is no self. That there is nothing personal about life. That the "personal" I is only a mind product and there is no separate entity. And that is the only purpose of this forum. If you have no interest in that there's no reason for you to be ...

I know I know. Yes, that comes up. What are my direct experience in the present. Yes, lots of thoughts. Wanting to have the right answer. Wanting to be liked, loved, right, enlightened. Afraid. Fear. Afraid of being wrong, being told wrong, not knowing, the unknown. These thoughts come too. Doubt is ...

Surely you can see that getting defensive or boastful is hardly convincing.

I sincerely apologize, again for that hiccup. apparently that thought thread has been brewing for a few days, and last night it butted in and took over. But I do apologize.

What do you say man?
We ask questions, you ...