Hi Udagga,

It has been a pleasure guiding you. I have enjoyed your insightful comments and will definitely be using a few of them in my guiding of others. I will put up your responses for other guides to see and if they have any questions I will get back to you. I will send you a private message on ...

Hi Udagga,

The questions I posted for you are part of the checking process. Your answers once checked by a number of other guides will give a good understanding of where you are at. Further work can them be done if clarification is needed, so start working on the questions.

There is a strong ...

Hi Udagga

Some fear and anxiety about disappearing into nothing.

I can understand that. It’s like a fear that one day you will drown in a mirage. (Ian’s early morning attempt at humour). The bottom line is that you are ‘no thing’ and that the ‘I’ is just an appearance in it but you have lived ...

Hi Udagga,

Just let it settle in for a couple of days and take your time with the answers. I did exactly the same thing. There can be a certain sense of "Have I really got this?". It is like being told you have won a large prize and whilst excited at the prospect not being fully willing to believe ...

Hi Udagga,


How will you know the search has ended?
When there is nothing to search for.

When you have searched diligently and have looked at all avenues and can’t find anything that is when you usually stop searching. At some point it dawns on you that what you are searching for does not exist ...

Hi Udagga,

“I am very aware of not wanting to use I, me or my typing this.”

No problem using them. It would sound strange if you did not use them. You know they are just thoughts not your true essence.

“Has the search ended? No still looking for something that's not there! If this were ...

Hi Udagga,

What is aware of this ‘I’. No-one, nothing, nada.
I am a little bit confused with this answer. Are you saying there is just awareness of this 'I' and you are calling it, "No-one, nothing, nada." OR is there another explanation you have.

So, does the “I” exist? Is it a separate entity ...

Hi Udagga,

Excellent. Thoughts just arise.

I cannot stop thoughts when I want to.

I cannot control what thoughts come up in terms of content.

I cannot decide never to have unhappy or any other kind of thought.

I cannot decide what the next thought will be.

I only know the current ...

Hi Udagga,
This will be a lengthy post as I want you to get very clear on exactly what direct experience is. There will be a number of exercises. Read this a few times slowly so that it sinks in. Direct experience is the key to "seeing" this. It is not an intellectual exercise.

Just so that you ...

Hi Guy,

With the quote function if you are responding to a question you would have the question highlighted only and the answer underneath it. Doing this just makes it a lot easier for me and all the other guides that will be looking at your posts and my posts also.

What comes up is a hopeful ...

Hi Udagga,

“No 'I' to regulate my thoughts/mind/life to stop feelings of being overwhelmed. What happens if I let go?”

If your life was a business and the “I” was CEO running it, what would the shareholders think of the CEO’s performance. Would they be on the lookout for a board reshuffle and ...

Hi Guy,

What comes up for you when I say there is no "I", there never has been and there never will be. It is merely an illusion.

What would be your greatest fear to find out there was no "I". How would you function?

Well that should keep you awake in the wee small hours if you read this before ...

Hi Guy,

Where are you located, what city and time zone. I am in Sydney.

Cheers

Ian

Hi Guy,

My name is Ian and I will be your guide.

There are a few ground rules, please respond to confirm:
1. You agree to post at least every day.
2. I will post questions, and you will answer them.
3. When you answer you answer 100% honestly,
4. When you do answer, you answer from your direct ...

Hi Udagga

One of the first things I will say is that awakening is not something you gain, acquire, achieve, set a goal for, meditate for etc. It is not some altered state that ‘special’ people get to and the rest just have to hope they will get there in the end. The reason they say seeking is the ...