looks like fun. Yes, lets see if any thing is left undone.....or not left undone, so to speak.

1) There is no 'me' at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form and there never was.

2)Wow, how to put into words..... Perhaps we can imagine there is an artist who dwells in empty space, actually the ...

yes, to perception being clear and vivid and no line between self and perception as outside of self. Yes to very open and fresh. seems so simple, without so much evaluation.....like early childhood, when a rut in the dirt was beautiful and fascinating..... don't know about luminous....does that mean ...

your post is very clarifying. thank you. un-noticed doubts are melting away.

your answer to 'are you liberated?' really struck home and makes perfect sense. the feeling was 'there is no answer to that', just for the reason you stated. no 'me' to be liberated. the question actually has no 'yes' or ...

yes, sounds good? I also want cross the gate to be solid ground, not shaky ground and I also want to have no questions or doubts.

There is a recognition of no separate and small 'me' , just life playing - but only when paid attention to. Only when something asks 'is there a 'you'? Majority of the ...

Thank you for the feedback. It is helpful....

The awareness, consciousness, or isness is not mine...it does not belong to anything....it is just there, existing.

there is no me, means no identity with 'susan', no identity with any thing or no identity with any place. It would be like lucid ...

still looking....what could be the resistance or.... fear of what? when I make a list of possible fears, no answer is obvious or, on the other hand, perhaps every fear is there. just don't know. pendulum swinging again... back and forth....no fear....all fear....no fear....all fear.

"where is ...

'it' doesn't possess feelings, thoughts, body etc. 'it' is aware of feelings, thought, sensations, etc.

"Does it exist as anything real?" I can't say 'no' for certain. I can't say 'yes' for certain.

when asked "where is the self now?", and attention is paid to the question, the self feels here...wherever that is, don't know... just here. As far as I know, can't point to what feels like a self....it is without any qualities that can be put into words. Even words that are close, like 'invisible ...

Hi Valarie,
there certainly is no evidence toward proof of a self and still don't know. can't definitively say 'yes' or 'no'.

all of the explorations have resulted in such trust and gratitude though, that it might not actually matter what the answer is.

Is it possible to have a definitive answer?

Hi Valarie, No, a watcher is not necessary. its existence is a memory.

thanks for the above post ....
yes, everything in your post is accurate so I continue to 'look there.' the watcher is definitely not a body, or the sense perceptions.....but seems to be an awareness of all that appears......'awareness' is also just a thought, though.....so I continue to 'look there ...

ok...will keep going because yes, there is a sense of a watcher. the watcher doesn't seem spiritual or not-spiritual. and who knows.....so thanks for the warning because the watcher and the self seem to be inextricably and undeniably aware, so must be the self is in that hideout. don't know how to ...

yes, very helpful....the words 'without thought' and 'in direct experience'.......very helpful

just sense perceptions happening (no self needed) ...perceiver appears spontaneously (poof) along with perception(no self needed) (both just one - not separate, like two sides of one coin, can't have one ...

just checking in...still struggling with this one. so far, seems obvious that senses just happen without needing a self, just like breathing, waking, etc and yet with no 'something' to experience the perceptions of the senses, do they exist?

it seems like a continuum, can't have one without the ...

good reminder. thanks.