More thoughts, just as memory is thought.
Thought = story !
So can you think of anything outside of your actual, now, experiencing that is not a story ?

This bit made me see. After I realised what the self was in terms I could understand. It was easier to see that it was outside of reality and ...

To elaborate on my last point. When I was told to look, I was looking for the 'truth' of no me. I would just stare blankly at whatever was in front of me with the frustration of not seeing. I never realised that the not seeing was the point all along. What I mean is, now when I look, I see ...

Brad, How does it feel to see that self was always just a concept, an illusion ?

The same as before mostly apart from that I can just drop how I'm feeling at any given point and just relax. Can't really explain it more than this. It just seems funny to me that people get so upset about things ...

More thoughts, just as memory is thought.
Thought = story !
So can you think of anything outside of your actual, now, experiencing that is not a story ?

No nothing is outside of my actual now that is real. Everything else is just story as you say.

Brad, tell me how the illusion of self works ...

We are lifting rocks to see what is under them and don't want to disturb what is there too much before observing.

I get that. And I think that your right I should just relax.

So you are saying that Brad, the person is just your and others opinions and judgements aimed at the physical organism ...

When you say "person", describe Brad as a person.

Hard question really. I've always just seemed to take the word for granted without ever trying to question what it means to me. It seems the 'person' is used to collect together how I and everyone else views me. For example, am I good, bad, kind ...

Call me Brad. Ill stay to the end and I have the free time to do this every day yes.

My expectations are that when I see I will have the freedom to do whatever I feel like in the given moment without the fear of moral consequence. In other words, true freedom as opposed to the illusion of freedom ...

Over the past few months I've been reading the posts on this forum and I have read the book. I know intellectually that there is no room for a me in reality. I have examined my thoughts and actions to try to see this in the same way you all do but it seems as though there's something in the way ...