You have taken no-self from being a theory I believed in to a fact that can be observed. In ten years of study and practice this is the first time I realized what all those fingers were pointing at. Thank you for your time and knowledge. This new perspective of no-self is very different than the one ...

I never have understood the Heart Sutra completely, here's where I am at now--all phenomenon (including thoughts) that are perceived by awareness are empty (finite, illusionary, dependent) while emptiness can not be perceived it is the medium (space, silence,stillness) that alllows phenomenon to ...

To be honest I have enough problems making self-lessness my default setting. This no-self state is not yet known automaticly. Attention to looking leads to realization that there is no me, but, the mind has not let go yet. I could give you the answer your'e looking for but it wouldn't be heart-felt ...

5.--Like most problems mine was self-inflicted. I made "looking" very complicated. I envisioned peering inside my skull somehow (which never worked). A video on LU indicated that looking was just looking (like for car keys). It worked! I envisioned Harold's body standing completely alone and saw not ...

4.--The object hidden in a picture comes the closest for me. It seems impossible to see until you see it and then it becomes impossible not to see it.

3.--My first impulse was, that's not it, way too simple. I mentioned before I had this concept of looking inside to be mystical and complicated. When I just looked it became obvious --no entity hanging around. A feeling of aloneness came over__(I would say me but there was no me). I had a slight ...

2.--At birth we are aware and part of our surroundings. We are taught we have a name and that name is who we are. We are told that we have a nose, ear, fingers etc. until we assume ownership of this body. later as the brain becomes active we assume the thoughts occuring are "our" thoughts and when ...

I will send one question at a time, to cut my losses.

1.--Looking directly it is obvious there is just a body with no person, or thing, floating around (inside or out) that could be a "me". "I" thought there was a "me" doing things, making decisions and somehow in control. Now it is seen that the ...

I typed out answers to all five questions and then checked to make sure I was still logged in then hit submit and everything was deleted (because I wasn't logged in). This is about the fourth time this has happened. I wrote the answers out in longhand just because of this problem. Should I send the ...

Welcome back, I think you have more faith in my progress than I do but go ahead. Harold

Good point on "we don't exist as who or what we think we are" I tend to try to exterminate "I" or Harold instead of seeing through the illusion. Re: sitting in your chair, typing....it seems to me that sitting, typing, breathing and seeing are real as they are experienced not real if recalled by ...

OK--time out! My computer skills are getting in the way. I didn't understand the page 2 indicator and was under the empression you had not answered my last post yet. So, my post of Nov 15, 10:42 is in answer to your post of Nov 13, 5:58 pm. I will answer your post of Nov 15, 6:03 AM now. (I warned ...

Will try to answer without getting technical. It seems that opinions are thoughts about other thoughts that indicate belief (pro, con or neutral) in them. Judgements seem to be values given to thoughts. Both seem to be ways the ego can create a story to believe or reject. "No value" appears to be a ...

Need some clarification to answer your post. Spiritual terms are used differently by different people and sometimes there is confusion. For example--ego is just a thought--ego is a lie--thoughts are direct experience (real). The problem lies at this end not yours. Words that cause problems--real ...

Have spent as much time as possible today as nothing, just a body with thoughts passing through, along with feelings, emotions and sensations. Trying to remember there is no person for them to report to. This feels contrived, however when I look and cannot find a self it happens automatically. There ...