So...im feeling a bit like a state between liquid and solid. Its pleasant, and most of the "seriousness" of "life" has seemed to evaporate a bit. I have more energy, more positive energy than before; probably because of the energetic re-investment from the release of most of the seeker. Truly ...

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1) No and No. Just this crazy illusion of one. Its incredible actually.

2) The illusion of a separate self is only the experience of the thought that says "self". In that respect, it is as empty as my name, but as alive as existence. It started as soon as an illusory "awareness of senses ...

If validation of this "seeing" is something that is valued by this forum than I will honor that process, otherwise im indifferent.

Today was the first of its type for me...excitement has seemed to replace seeking.

It was reversing the perspective on what is "seen". Realizing that objects don't have to appear TO someone or the "senses". Realizing the illusion of all of the senses. I was relying way to much on the "fact of the sensory faculties" to reinforce this sense of an individual awareness, when in fact ...

Something we look for to see if someone "gets it" or not. :)

Do you think "i' have "got" that there is no-one to get anything?

I do. Relativistically speaking of course.

It's funny, I can see all of this so clearly now. Gosh Chris, why didn't you just tell me this in the first place? Hahahahah ;)

Can you please take a look at my post from 9:59 AM this morning

Thanks

If everything "seen" is simply everything, removed of the illusion of sensory faculties, than what accounts for the "disappearance" of the "world" (appearance of objects and form) once the eyes are closed?

It feels like that whole subtle subjectivity as luminosity dynamic is what is muddying this..

But it's basically that everything is connected and dependent on everything else, and it's also empty because of this dependence.

You lost me at empty. Luminosity is the is-ness of emptiness?

Its crazy, but for the first time...the use of personal pro-nouns feels free from obligation. If that ...

Well there is this great sense of mystery surrounding everything now, and it appears that I still have some investment in cause and effect, but for now...im just going to continue to let everything I thought I knew continue to dissolve. It feels like its working without my efforts, and any attempt ...

"Understanding this (stanzas), practice is simply opening to whatever is."

"I" am that this morning. I even dreamed of this last night.

There is absolutely nothing left to do or think in the light of this.

"Our deeply held inherent and dualistic view has very subtly and unknowingly personified the "luminous aspect" into the watcher and discarded the "emptiness aspect" as the transient phenomena. The key challenge of practice is then to clearly see that luminosity and emptiness are one and inseparable ...

As i continue on with this direct seeing and with the reading of the anatta stanzas, its becoming clear that even an appearance must be an illusion. Above, I said that I can see how there is no sensory faculty of seeing, there is only the appearing of objects and form, but...that cant be true, that ...

In response to the link you sent me..

So, "seeing"...as a "verb" as an "action" or a "sense" or anything facultative, or any thought given to its existence at all, is an illusion. There are only the appearances of objects and form and color and so forth. No relationships.

In that same manner than ...

when conditions are "right", experience occurs.

I heard this mentioned before, and I understand that it has to do with the unmanifest potential that "is Reality", or Evolution. But I would like your further interpretations.

Thanks

So how do you account for your sentience?