And I forgot to add.

This doesn't mean that the ear or radio or any condition is existent or having solidity.

What this implies is that the sound, the ear, the radio, the mental attention, etc are coming into appearance with the sound all at once.

This is why the ear is empty as well. The ...

Listen to the sound. Listen directly.

There it is, the sound in its clarity.

In the process of hearing there is only sound. There is no listener behind the sound, that is just a thought or a contraction in the body/mind. In direct experience there is only the sound as the process of hearing ...

With the fabrication of a thing both self and other is made.

With the end of fabrication of a thing both self and other cease.

Consciousness without feature. Present as the appearance rolling on and on yet ungraspable landing no where.

Whether sad, happy, closed or open it is the full conclusion ...

In the action of seeing, there is only the display of color, shape, and form. This color, shape and form arises dependently upon the eye, attention, and light being reflected into the retina. This is all happening all at once without a doer, without a self inside, outside, here or there. Just empty ...

Fun exercises. They bring one to the immediate!

When there is looking there is just the colors, shapes, forms. There is absolutely no "thing" looking. There is no sense of I am here looking out there. There is only the color, only the shape, only the form. Looking is the groundless appearance of ...

I sat with that emphasis on the heart and its relationship to lack of self for a little bit and an innocent joy started to develop. That previous confidence has turned into joyful trust.

And it isn't like I am enjoying this. Its more like joy itself wants to be seen, wants to be expressed. Joy ...

You don't exist. You are no more real than Batman. Considering this, what feelings or emotions come up? Are there any subtle doubts? Is there any fear? Don't answer with what your mind knows, answer with what your heart feels :)

In this moment there is just presence with the sense of release in the ...

I break down the six consciousness streams for the sake of conversation.

In experience there is a sense of oneness. Not as a thing, but rather everything is the of the essence of emptiness. Be it a thought, smell, sensation or any experience, it lacks any kind of substance. One cannot find such ...

Just some more thoughts to doodle out:

In the direct experience of vision the eyes move around. That movement or volition is impersonal and spontaneous. But with the realization of anatta the sense of watcher looking from here to the object out there has vanished. There is a no dimensional flat ...

yum!

Alright lets go deeper.

When there is self there is a closing of awareness. Kind of like an aperture on a camera lens.

When there is less of a sense of self then there is a wider awareness. And such awareness can be spacious, silent, loving, joyful, calm, etc.

And eventually even the sense of awareness goes. The sense ...

In my direct experience there is just the sounds, smells, tastes, sensations, colors (shapes, forms), and thoughts. Everything arising and then self liberating. Each instant of consciousness rolling on and on and on and on, with no sense of time, no sense of location, and no sense of self/ownership ...

Shit still sounds intellectual!!

I would have to say experientially life is a magical display. Everything is just utter magic. This whole thing is just empty phenomena rolling endlessly.

And in a way spontaneous activity is the best way to describe life.

Everything is the crest of jazz. Each ...

When you say "we create the reference point called self and in turn create other than self"... what is it that does the creation? What is the sense of self made of?
Is there a difference in reality between "solid sense of self" and "sense of self in abeyance"?

-The mind creates self, other ...

Hello,

My name is Taiyaki and my real name is Albert Hong.

My love affair with Buddhism has been on and off for about three years. We have been in constant battle and she always turns out to be right. I find that as a male it is always wise to listen to the females in our life. I dabble with zen ...