Yup, got the message, thanks.

Vince, many thanks for your help. I really appreciated your style of guiding, and I'm grateful that it was you I got to work with. For me it was valuable that you shared some of the strategies at work and didn't keep it on a strict "need-to-know" basis.

I'm glad to know that the results of this ...

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

No

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

The illusion of separate self is a concept. Conceptualization is a function of mind that creates distinctions ...

Ah, yes, I'd seen that video before. It's exciting to be alive in the first era that can scientifically confirm what some spiritual traditions have claimed for thousands of years. Sometimes, in meditation, you can also see deeper into the agentless chain of causation that lies behind what we like to ...

Well huh. That's it? No, not what I was expecting. I guess I'd seen it before, but it had become a belief that I hadn't challenged in a while so it was good to prove to the mind once again.

You're probably right that I had hidden expectations. If this is awakening/satori/stream-entry/liberation ...

Whoops, forgot a word there. No concrete, physical self anywhere.

Well I'll just have to share some fragments and see where that leads.

So yeah, no concrete, physical anywhere. Pretty clear on that.

And it seems pretty clear as well that the "I" is a process of identification with things and concepts that are not self.

An insult provokes an emotional response ...

I've asked myself that question before and come up empty. Tonight I sat with it longer and still can't come up with a sincere answer.

Gonna have to sleep on this and try again in the morning. All I can manage so far are fragments of an answer.

Dave, is the mind anything other than thought ?
If it is Not, then residing can't happen, but certainly thoughts can behave 'as if'

I'm not sure if the mind is just thought (active) or if it also serves a function of passive awareness. Either way, maybe my terminology wasn't clear. I guess I ...

Yes, keep that zen stick handy, cuz I won't be surprised if you need to use it.

Regarding vipassana, there are communities of practice that are taking more of an "open-source" approach and laying it all out on the table. These groups are definitely showing results, and I had a lot of progress in ...

Great. I'm encouraged already.

Wow, to say that meditation can "never" deliver on liberation is pretty bold, but I'd agree that there seems to be more efficient and direct means emerging. I see direct pointing as an updated and interactive version of self-inquiry, which appears to me to have ...

Hi Vince. Thanks.
Will you agree to stay with this process until it is done ?
I've heard this can take anywhere from a day or two to several months. If that's true, no problem. I've stuck with a fairly unrewarding meditation practice for a few years, so I think I can do this:)
Will you agree to ...

Been seeking, mostly through Buddhism and Advaita, for several years now. Did Ruthless Truth maybe a year ago and made some progress, but my particular guide seemed stuck on a formula that wasn't quite connecting. Subsequently lost faith in this process, but now have come full circle and believe ...