Dear Nona,

would you please describe how it's been felt and experienced in the past few days?
At work everything was as usual: Focus was on thought content, there were a lof of planning thoughts regarding how to proceed with the projects at work. In meetings focus shifted from listening to the ...

Dear Nona,

I do have one question, if you would expand on #1. You wrote
There is a body and a mind that creates thoughts

Do you have direct experience of the body and mind creating thoughts? Or do thoughts simply show up?
If the first, please describe exactly how thoughts are created, and ...

Dear Nona,

a good part of the forrest ride there was focus on direct experience and especially seeing. Things happening automatically has been seen many times, so I think it is a good time to answer the questions.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape ...

Dear Nona,

I was out for a walk in the woods yesterday watching the body move naturally by itself, evading obstacles and stinging nettles. I will be out on a forest ride this weekend and will use the time to watch all of nature happening by itself.

Have a nice weekend!
Martin

Dear Nona,

it has been seen that I is a thought and that things are happening by themselves, but there has not been a click in the mind or any "Ah, 'I' get it". Can 'I' get it at all? What is that click in the mind, are things clear afterwards and the illusion ALWAYS seen as illusion? Right now ...

Hi Nona,

should I keep posting every day or can I post when there are questions/doubts/news?

Nothing controlling events is seen more and more :)

Martin

Dear Nona,

I have been looking the last two days and I haven't yet seen any event that was controlled by a 'me' in direct experience.
I didn't get to doing the exercises but focus on direct experience happens rather naturally.

I'll keep looking!
Martin

Hi Nona,

it's been quite a busy day and tomorrow will be, too. I'll go through the thread and do the exercises on Monday.

Have a good night!
Martin

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Hi Nona,

on Sunday I had a lot of time alone and didn't need to do much thinking. After looking at direct experience as good as possible for two hours focus naturally came back to direct experience after most thoughts.
This week I was back at work and my girlfriend came back from a family vacation ...

Hi Nona, I am still checking... Right now things are less clear than they have already been...

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Hi Nona,

I was in the process of answering the questions but question 5 threw me in a thought-loop :/
I need some more time to check this in direct experience...

I'll get back to you!
Martin

Dear Nona,

About this "While abiding in direct experience" thing, I know it's popular to attempt to "abide" in some state or other, but one cannot abide in direct experience. One can only focus on sensation or not; sensation is always happening whether you are focused on it or not. While mind is ...

Hi Nona,

So, in your direct experience, is there an entity "I"? at all? In your direct experience, is there any director, controller, of what happens?? at all?

This is the crux of our inquiry. LOOK! What is the case in your direct experience?
In direct experience, there is no entity "I" at all ...

Hello Nona,

And is the mental image the actual sound? or the actual sound-maker? Or is it just a mental image?
It's just a mental image.
And tell me, do you notice any actual separation in your direct experience between the seen and the seeing, the sensed and the sensing, the thought and the ...

Hi Nona,

I tried to check for 2 hours using hearing. Almost every time when a sound was heard the mind created a mental image of what it supposed was heard. There were also many thoughts coming up, although I tried to focus on the bare hearing...
Apart from that I couldn't yet find a separation ...