Ru, no credit required or taken. It's only an admin formality.
i feel compelled to spew some more words;
Anybody who (excuse the personal pronouns, but i believe 'you' know what i mean) is still searching will be fixated on a label (a certificate) Most of those who have SEEN no longer even consider ...

Ha. :) Well, the sense that all of the worries and concerns arising after the so-called awakening were RUBBISH and to be allowed to blow by like pollen on the breeze :P... arose shortly after posting to this thread and being questioned by Vince. SO, timewise... it would seem that he was the one that ...

Hi Rupam

Just one or two quick questions if you don't mind. In your reply you said:

"Rupam (I), chose," and, "this beauty existed always should I choose to view it."

Are you able to choose how to view life, and is there an "I" that makes such a choice?

Love
John

The above was a summary of a ...

In my opinion you're already through the gate, so I couldn't claim to have guided you.

But if you like please answer the following questions. I feel sure that the answers will be a delight to read :-)

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

What is it that makes you think that you may have fallen "back to sleep"?

What is not here today that was here a week ago?

Thank you for contributing to this thread's unfoldment.........

I say toward the end of the first post here that: "...it feels that the awareness is not as strong. The ...

Ru, What form does this self take ?
There is no form, there is just a seeing of the thoughts occurring as they occur...

Are these "fears" perceived as sensations ?
They are just perceived... there are sometimes sensations perceived but they are so rare and so fleeting... The heart might ...

And tell me if there is a 'self' anywhere there now ?

I don't know... a "self".

Hello? There is the thinking mind as I have described. But... then that's just a big chicken as we have described earlier.

There is a self but it's not believed or identified with. It's just there, clucking away.

how to appear to be seen in a certain light, to be seen as the mind believes it is. Yes, but not only does the mind distort, but it's not honest.

For some reason I want to keep re-reading this line!!!! hahahaha....

Not only does the mind distort... IT'S NOT HONEST. There is this sense that I'll ...

Morning Ru (down here in Australia)
I wish I could edit the above post The idea of not being able to edit is to honour the spontaneous as more valuable than that which is left after the mind has finished with it. (like the spoken word)
By the time you are through the gate, there will be no ...

An experience of course means more than a thought. But then what gives it "meaning", really. The mind? The thoughts? Exactly. If the experience (physical/emotional reaction) it the response to thought, then why is an experience more meaningful than thought ?

IS experience response to thought ...

First of all, I wish I could edit the above post to make it shorter. Sorry!! Much of it is extemporaneous (is that the right word - fancy!!) ;)

Last 24 hours: The mind is going "what is going on here", and saying "you are not aware enough to be awake". But there is a sense of it not having the ...

Almost 1 week ago I had the experience of spontaneously waking up. It happened progressively. In stages. I saw that 'I' was seeking/identifying with a sense of seeking and that this seeking energy was creating blindness to the reality of what is. Previously, I was walking around with my eyes closed ...