Ok, here's the rest of the questions in one hit.
5) What was the last bit that pushed you over, made you look? was there a specific moment when seeing happened or was it gradual? what exactly happened? Ultimately, pain was the pusher. A sense of hopelessness led the way to truth, busted open the ...

Ah, i see. Because i am feeding these questions to you one at at time the context is missing.
The thing i'm asking you to describe is the illusion. (though i loved your description of experiencing).
So an imagined niece or nephew says "Uncle Dan, tell me about this no-self/illusion thing. How does ...

Ah, i see. Because i am feeding these questions to you one at at time the context is missing.
The thing i'm asking you to describe is the illusion. (though i loved your description of experiencing).
So an imagined niece or nephew says "Uncle Dan, tell me about this no-self/illusion thing. How does ...

4) How would you describe it to somebody who has never heard about this illusion but is curious about it.

It's an absolute freeing. Thoughts that used to tie me to them are no longer powerful, no longer believed or binding. There's no me to buy any of it. There never was. More soon... Describe it ...

Great. that's the stuff i was after.
3) How does it feel to see this? describe in detail. It's been some time ago--about six years--since "Daniel" was introduced to the IDEA of no self. It felt quite right as an idea initially, well before the ridiculous fear of losing familiar relationships and ...

How old are people when the self is beginning to be formed ?
What processes occurred to create it ?
How is it strengthened over time ?
That sort of stuff. Seems it starts very early in life once a child is identified with a name as a separate entity. The mental image is reinforced a little at a ...

It's the thought that all experience is happening to an individual, instead of the reality that it's just happening. It starts with a thought of identification as separate by other mind/bodies. Ok, a bit short in detail. So how does it start ?
How is it maintained ? There's no certainty, no real ...

I'm confident that there is no such thing as a self. Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works. It's the thought that all experience is happening to an individual, instead of the reality that it's just happening. It starts with a thought of ...

So far, I'm not finding anything to hang my hat on. Ok, keep looking until you are absolutely sure. I never realized it would be difficult to find me. Yes, it's amazing how the (almost) whole world take this for granted. Even our language leads us up the garden path.
While you're at it, see if you ...

I can't find anything that owns experience. No one's behind anything. So there is just Experiencing ?
..and do it take it that you are now confident that there is No self/I/Me anywhere, except mentally - as a concept ? I was focused on just that again today and I could not find an owner of things ...

So far, I'm not finding anything to hang my hat on. Ok, keep looking until you are absolutely sure. I never realized it would be difficult to find me. Yes, it's amazing how the (almost) whole world take this for granted. Even our language leads us up the garden path.
While you're at it, see if you ...

Like there's really no choice to be made. This is a biggie. Yes, the idea of choice is an illusion. To be more accurate, the idea that a self makes choices is the delusion. Research has shown that choice is made by the brain up to six seconds before the mind becomes aware of it. (i'll send a link ...

Can you see that many of your thoughts are repetitive ? Sure.
Particularly the ones that define your likes and dislikes ? It's almost like those are built in. Like there's really no choice to be made.
Can you see that they have built a story of Daniel ? I had to sit with this one for a bit. I ...

Morning Daniel. Good morning Vince
Of the (estimated) Seventy thousand thoughts you have every day, How many would you say are useful ? A handful maybe. I don't know. Where are they coming from, anyway?
Does a thought have any inherent credibility, just because it is there ? I'm beginning to ...

Morning Daniel. Good morning Vince
Of the (estimated) Seventy thousand thoughts you have every day, How many would you say are useful ? A handful maybe. I don't know. Where are they coming from, anyway?
Does a thought have any inherent credibility, just because it is there ? I'm beginning to ...