Thank you again Patrick.

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

No. There has always been and always will be a self concept, but that is just a concept. There is the sense of self, but no self causing the sense. The self is nothing more than an idea, and a ...

Yet again the mind desires confirmation, and yet that seems ridiculous. There was no permanent change in perception - the illusion can be seen through very easily again when considered, but the mind keeps telling itself that nothing is different so perhaps this isn't it . It surely seems like it is ...

It was seen last night clearly. This all is what is, and thought has identified it as me, and habitually thought continues to identify it as me, and that's alright. Beforehand there was the lingering idea that there is some awareness separate from the object of awareness, but then there was the ...

Hahaha. earlier today there arose a realization that your instruction to "keep questioning" really pissed off the mind. The emotion was all content and happy with what it had seen, no worries at all, and then all of a sudden you told it that it hadn't seen it yet - this spawned a LOT of confusion ...

There continues to be the sense of self, does it even need to go away? Or does it just need to be seen as an illusion? Thoughts continue to arise, "am I missing something?" but then arises the recognition that there is no I. This is difficult for the mind to conceptualize. Thought is arising that ...

The sense of self still arises, but there is no self to be found behind it. The sense of self has lost its power, lost its foundation, but it still arises once in a while. There is the expectation that it will continue to dissipate, though, as the mind settles in to its new perspective. Sense of ...

Is this not a learned habit ? Try for the fun to write something about yourself without using ‘I’.
It’s not difficult at all.

You're right, it does seem to just be habit. Thoughts keep arising with the subject as I, but when the mind recognizes this, it sees the inconsistency and "rephrases" the ...

Sorry for all the multiple posts, but the mind keeps realizing things.

When the mind thinks that there is something to attain in "enlightenment," it thinks that there is something out there that will make the self feel complete. but the reality is that this desire to "be complete" just creates ...

The Santa Claus analogy is confusing to me because it seems so entirely an intellectual/understanding idea. There is seeing of the evidence for no-self, which results in thoughts arising that the self is an illusion. Perhaps the expectations that were held of what this would be like were far off ...

Or rather... "all that is seen is truth" :P

Will the thoughts still refer to themselves as I? it seems so habitual, as if the mind knows no other way to model this world through thought. In linguistic thoughts, every verb needs a subject, and "I" seems the only way to satisfy it.

How can I see that which is unreal? All that I see is the truth.

It seems that the mind is just hesitant to let itself be as it is. It doesn't want to give up the search. But it is slowly realizing that there is nothing to find because there is no one to find it. There is not some idea out there which will make the mind suddenly feel complete. Honestly there is ...

Let's check how clear you are seeing it, for yourself and for me.
To see if some points still need to be cleared up.

Could you answer this questions as clear as possible in total honesty and in your own words.

1) Is there a 'me', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
2 ...

No it doesn't. I think I see it directly now. My identity as Sean is just a character - a tool my mind uses to navigate the world. What I am is just what is happening in the present moment. There is nothing behind the curtains observing, there is only experience experiencing experience. I don't ...

When you see a rope as a snake, the rope is still a rope in reality and the fear is a bodily reaction to a wrong perception. When the rope is seen as a rope, the fear is gone together with the illusion of the snake.

There is only a change in perception when you really 'see' that the ‘I’ is an ...