Hello Ronald,

feelings arise within the human being

In other words means, innate biochemical reactions plus conditioning creating psycho-physiological responses (feelings).

Thanks,
Mark

Thanks Ronald - that was great clarification!

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

No "me" at all, ever and there never was.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works?

The separate self starts off ...

Ronald,

Thanks for your patience - first question for clarification, do you want me to answer those last five questions on this thread and/or where to go from here?

Mark

Ronald,

Hope you had a pleasant weekend.

Re-writing the argument looks something like this:

thought. thought. action. emotion. emotion. action. feeling.

Who is it that hears the sound?
or
Who is it that’s breathing ?

No one hears sound and no one breathes.

When I sit with these and follow to ...

Thanks a lot Ronald - I truly appreciate Everything!

There is a tendency in me to want to go fast so it seems appropriate to "sit with" your last post and everything else so far for a couple of days and post back Sunday night. Sound good?

Thanks,
Mark

Dear Ronald,

Who is it that hears the sound?
or
Who is it that’s breathing ?

Hearing hears; breath breathes; thought thinks

explain what is really happening

There was a story of Mark embedded within and recognition saw Mark as false. Mark never existed; non-existence is no-thing and nothing ...

Who is letting go of control ? Is there an I that can let go or not let go ?
Is there a "I " that does have a say in whether or not I’ll attach myself to the initial thought?

Unsure whether your not responding was intentional but there appears to be reason for that, like you recognized something ...

Ronald,

I hope you had a nice Easter as well.

Is there a "I " that does have a say in whether or not I’ll attach myself to the initial thought?

Who is letting go of control ? Is there an I that can let go or not let go ?

I will need some time with these as things are getting more difficult ...

Hello Ronald - hope all is well,

I failed to mention that I am a full-time psychotherapist and am telling you now to make you aware that psychobabble bullshit may be coming your way!

Who is thinking this I-thought?

No one is thinking the "I" thought because no one as controller/protector exists ...

Who is constructing this story?

Fear triggers the story. It attempts to solidify elements in order to protect and feel in control. The story is handed down from the family and the environment one to the next. There was a time when I took over the creation of the story and have attempted to ...

Ronald,

Just wanted to let you know, in a few hours after work I will respond to the questions. I sat for various long periods and a lot arose, then ran into posting problems as I could not log in; it is obviously fixed and interestingly this inability to post led to the realization - "I" had ...

Hey Ronald! Thank you again so much for working patiently with me through this process.

Do you mean that the sound is always there ?

Yes! Sound is always there and beyond that, Everything hears Everything; sound is being heard by everything and everything is concurrently creating sound (the ...

Everything is heard. The sound is ever-present.

Ronald,

Who is it that hears the sound?

This led to the experience "it is heard" then immediately after it is heard, "I" hear the sound. The sound is simply heard then I hear it and distinguish it as a particular sound.

Maybe I should have rested with that but this led me to question "internal ...

apologies for quoting "non-dual" and "I" as though the words were text from conversation; my mistake