Hello Todd,

Most wonderfully done! :)

Please sit comfortably and explore your left hand, using the tool of direct experience.

- In direct experience we describe what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted and felt during an exploration.
Thoughts, concepts, mental images are merely noticed and noted ...

Hello Todd,

Very well done. :)

Can you tell already the difference of the concept called "knee" and that what has been directly experienced while exploring that - what is called "knee"?

Can you tell how you look at that particular part of the body called "knee" and how different ideas, thoughts ...

PS: I am very happy to see that you have been useing the quote function! Super :)

To simplify matters in this dialogue, could you please use the quote function to quote the questions I have asked and you answer to?

Like this:

If you look at a knee, what do you see?

Here comes your answer ...

Hello Todd,

Thank you very much for your reply. :)

I would like to begin today with a few words about the tool - we use here in this dialogue - called direct experience.

In direct experience we describe what is seen, heard, smelled, tasted and felt during an exploration.
Thoughts, concepts ...

Hello Todd,

I am sorry for the delayed answer. I was very busy. :)

Please try the following steps.

After you read this lines, click on the icon "Quick Reply"

- A a field opens to write in.

- Please scroll down until you see two icons - outside, below the field.

- Click on the icon called ...

PS:

Yes, in my present delusion directly it would continue indefinitely until something changes.

Is this not why you are here? :) By the way, the antidote to delusion is to notice it and to fully relax into it.

Let´s investigate step by step. :)

Q: What is the nature of a me ?
A: Security

Was this seen directly, experienced directly through one of the following senses - seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, feeling?

Or is security an idea, a mind made concept, a thought?

Q: Please look directly ...

Hello Todd!

Thank you for your answers. :)

May I ask you to please use the quote function?

Here is how it works:

1) Select the text passage you wish to reply to. Copy it and paste it into the open reply window you are currently working in. For replying, please use the option "Full Editor".

2 ...

Hello Todd :)

Nothing solid in thoughts, feelings, concepts, habits or patterns.

Super. :)

Unfortunately, once attention is brought to them the centrifugal force contracts and they are felt as real in the body/mind and centers a familiar experience of a me. Pure experience of karma.

Please ...

Hello Todd!

Thank you very much for continuing inquiry despite experiencing a tight schedule. :)


Here is the next investigation to sit with;

Todd: Thoughts, feelings, emotions, habits and patterns come in eventually.

1) Can there any I, any self, any sort of center or solidity be found in ...

Hello Todd,

Historically and presently, I don't have a very well developed "on/off" switch, no dimmer. Once I started the noticing or point out instructions it went through the night. Very little sleep. I did notice that.

First of all I am very sorry to hear this.

When you will be in bed ...

Great! Thanks!

CET Germany. :)

Hello Todd, :)

I believe we are in different time zones, which might be a cause for an apparent delay at times. :)

Thank you very much for your detailed answers and the fine portrayal of what is happening there with you!

To have a fresh beginning we shall put your answers aside for now and move ...

Thank you very much for letting me know. :)

And here is the first set of questions, I invite you to answer.

What are your expectations for seeing through the illusion of the self?

How will life change?

How will you change?

What will be different?

Please sit with these questions, take ...

Fine. : ) Thanks, Todd!

Here is another bit of usefull information to read through.

About posting in this forum.

1. When clicking 'Quote' (in a post) or 'Post Reply' at the bottom of the page you get the editor where you can type an answer. You can also preview the answer before it is posted ...