Neil,
For the last two days I've gone about my life as usual but trying very hard to try to notice the source of my thoughts, both what I think and where those thoughts come from. And what prompts my actions, as well. It seems so automatic. Some thoughts and actions seem to have a sequence and I ...

I think that "the self" is a construction of the self-referencing mind that seems to be very useful in the mundane world but limiting and not useful in the spiritual or awakened self.

I expect to awaken---have the direct experience of the mind's cessation of the "self-referencing" mind. I expect ...