Hi Metta,

I only have a partial reply here but I fear that my couple of days are running out. So here it is:

Is there a self? How much of what you observe around you is a reflection? Let this sit for a few days and observe interactions. When observing any reflections, when you cut out the story ...

Hi Metta,

Is there a self? How much of what you observe around you is a reflection? Let this sit for a few days and observe interactions. When observing any reflections , when you cut out the story of Kent what happens?

I just got back from the camping trip and there was no internet access or ...

Hi Metta,

Thanks for the post.

In getting ready for the camping trip I am about ready to leave for, my wife and I had some joint tasks to perform. We have a folding kayak, called a Klepper and a kayak rack to put on top of the car. It is a joke between us that her and I yell at each other at ...

Hi Metta,

Truth, Is there an I to even get or give a wrong meaning. How do you know what has come through? Aren't feelings ,thoughts and projections just more stories.
But is there not a danger if a meaning has been misconstrued, that discussing that misconstrued meaning is like discussing a ...

Hi Metta,

I think this is very interesting, who is there to take something the wrong way?? :-) It is absolutely alright to not know something. There is no right or wrong thing to say.
I just had a chance to reply, e
There is nothing wrong with it at all, it is very liberating. I did not mean to ...

Hi Metta
Lately I have been trying to communicate and apparently not doing a very good job. It feels like the intention of my words are not coming through. This has led to me opening a post with a little bit of fear - feeling like I need to clarify what I say because the wrong meaning has come ...

Hi Metta,

That is very curious, because it seems you do know and said it very well. How can there be anything other then what is? Awareness is always there, even while sleeping or you wouldn't wake up when you are hungry. No matter what is going on eating, sleeping, breathing, seeing what is there ...

Hello Metta,

That is good, sit with it, see from your experiences, what is happening now if it is true. Life living itself with a consensual conceptual overlay of a fabricated identity. When reinforced by conditioning, culture, family, etc. etc. it appears real.

Objects appears and is what seems ...

Hi Metta,
Isn't there just the awareness all the time, regardless of thought. Was there awareness before the thoughts arose
I just don't have any answers to that. No yes buts. No what ifs. No what about this. Part of my identity has been my perceived ability for the yes buts...
So acceptance of ...

Hi Metta,
[quote]When you sit quietly with no thoughts what is still there? Do you think about breathing, smelling, seeing, etc. No, but something is still aware that there is breathing, seeing, etc. Something that needs no identity. Can there be just witnessing without identity? A baby has no self ...

Hi Metta.

Doesn't that mean there is no self?? :-) That awareness in,out,around, always there is the only true being?
I think so. I think so.
But there is confusion here of what awareness is. Is it what witnesses? Is it the result or the embodiment of witnessing. Is it just the groove of life ...

Sorry about no contacting. I worked until late at night here at the cabin.
I have been pondering your question about why we can't remember or rather visualize someones face. My theory is that a face is what someone projects themselves onto or through and others project their own image upon. These ...

Hi Metta,

Good point about my rudeness assumption.

Okay, when sitting quietly take a deep breath in, a couple of times if needed, slowly relax all your muscles. Now notice that there is witnessing by awareness. When the eyes are closed without seeing any objects there is still witnessing, correct ...

Hi Metta,

Please understand that I am writing this having had not such a great day. I am sure that I will wake up in better mood although my mood is not awful.


So, do you feel you have seen? Living as awareness in the now , able to drop the Kent story?

I feel that intellectually, I am able to ...

Hi Metta,
I did a post at least I thought I did but it did seem to get through. As much as possible, on the trip with my wife to visit her mother, have been being aware of awareness for lack of better words. My mother-in-law has a habit of rambling on about the details of people's lives who I don't ...