Rereading my post I see why it could seem that way to the guide so let me clarify further: Before this process I believed in a separate self (despite having read plenty about its illusory nature) the same way I believed in Africa. Now I clearly see that there is not and has never been a separate ...

No, I do not. It was part of my attempt to explain how the illusion of the separate self works. I still believe in Africa, though :-).

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Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

No.

Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works. Describe it fully as you see it now.

"The separate self" is a concept. It is a complex of ...

Clever!

And wonderful to feel how obvious the answer is and how spontaneously it comes: Nothing!

It does seem to be done. I will appreciate the standard questions but thank you very much indeed, Lex. Amazing how this direct experiencing cuts right through the knot.

No need to show anything to ...

Thanks for the article. Yes, it helped. And also reading the one called "View & Experience".

What I see is that I have indeed seen that there is no I. It is very simple and obvious and I have tested it now in several situations. It is stable. Awareness of existence / Life is here and it is very ...

How did you experience the coming of this "awareness of existence" / "sense of being alive". Was it a sudden shift or a gradual flowering?

Any fireworks?

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Hmm...


You are way past the gate, already crossed it, just didn't notice, so you keep on seeking. :-D


I suppose that may be true. I expected a little more fireworks. Some sort of shift. But I agree - it may be I just haven't noticed.


Let it swim.


That is nice.

Now look very careful ...

Hi Lex,

So... I have been looking at this experiencer and been unable to find anything. Yet there is a constant sense of "somebody is here, experiencing". It is as if the "doer" which has been seen through in the body has moved a floor up so now the body is doing its thing based only on ...

Hi Lex

I have been looking intensely into the body thing:

What is the body in direct experience? Are there organs, flesh, bones, arteries, blood, brains, a head, eyes?

I am unsure what counts as direct experience. And I think I am blocking because I am expecting to find a new profound insight ...

Thanks for the quickie :o)

Just had a shower (no relation to above statement). This time all alone. This formulation came, by the way, nuancing what I had written earlier and going along the lines in your question ("Is that me?"): I am not the observer, I am that which observes. Will dive further ...

Hi Lex,

Here we go :o)

these kind of thoughts appear here too, as well as: “I'm a total failure at guiding, I'd better give up”. Sometimes even they are believed (for a while). Don't want to scare you, just to be realistic.

Realistic is good. I am a bit disappointed, but as you say:

We are ...

A couple of further observations:

When I engage in activities that are more dynamic than showering and brushing my teeth, I forget myself completely. I play with my children or run a few arrends and there isn't a single thought about "me" there. They step in after the fact. What impression did I ...

Hi Lex,

Thank you so much for coming to my rescue. Or.. well. Not "my" rescue, I suppose. The opposite :o)

First: My first question is then: What do the words "I" and "you" point to in daily life? What is the use of it in communication? Just simply without mysticism or philosophy, what is the ...

I was reading the gatecrashers book and I got completely stuck with this question: What does the thought of "I" point to?

The deepest answer I could get to is that the "I" points to that element which creates meaning in all the sense perceptions that flow into the body. It is like a center where ...