Hi Paulo,

What is this 'I' that has life?

Life encompasses everything, "I" only exists in the thought stories of the mind, these stories are just that, stories, they have no life. Life encompasses everything that is true, not illusion. The "life" of illusion only exists in the mind when the ...

Hi Paulo,

Yes no direct answer, probably because I have been investigating it all night, whole can of worms!! My conclusion this morning would be that there are no guides in direct experience. There is a carefully constructed belief system surrounding the practice of Reiki. I can understand why it ...

Good question.

This will need deep investigation indeed! I "met" two of my Reiki guides during a meditation when I did my Mastery. One was a particularly tall, thin, regal, black woman. She reminded me of a Masai elder (as a young child I lived in East Africa and have a strong affinity with the ...

Paulo, my friend, I too realized, as I typed that it was an expectation :-) I feel you understand me, probably more than I do at the moment, but yes I would love to look deeper.... it is through these observations that clarity dawns more and more. Like yesterday, studying Now, it all started to drop ...

I suppose I have, yes, and it is quite clear.... but I don't really feel any different. I feel calmer, am not reacting to stuff personally anymore, it's a bit like looking at life from a different perspective, just need to get used to it I guess :-)

Hi Paulo :-)

Look with your physical eyes, can you see a separate entity called ‘I’ anywhere in the now?

I can't find an "I" anywhere except as labels in thoughts. There is no separate entity that is "I" in the now, "I" only appears in thoughts and memories (thoughts of the past) and it has no ...

Hi Paulo,

Tricky one this, I immediately thought yes there are things outside of the present moment, the house, animals, mountains, forests etc they are always there whether I am there or not. But, I followed your advice and mulled it over while doing my chores.

Can you find anything outside the ...

Hi Paulo,

What does 'I' refer to in direct experience?

In direct experience there is no "I" Like with observing happening without an observer, experience doesn't have an experiencer. Direct experience is just that, experience, it happens and will happen without any control or influence from "I" it ...

Oh Paulo, I think you have me on the sound game..... unless..... heartbeat, the subtle sound of blood pumping through veins and arteries, the sound of life itself! Sometimes it can seem quite loud but mostly it goes unnoticed. Why is it that if you are really frightened or need to be really quiet ...

Hi Paulo,
The subtle sound of breathing, faint but there and because it is constant I guess the mind doesn't feel a need to label or comment on it unless of course I have a cold or cough which could change the sound to a degree where the mind would feel obliged to label it as "chesty" or a "wheeze ...

Take 60 seconds and note what sounds you can hear in the moment. Report what you observe.

OK, observing sounds, first hearing clucking, after the sound the mind identifies Colonel the alpha cockerel "talking" to the hens. Hearing the rustle of a couple of dogs climbing up to be near where I am ...

Good Morning, Paulo :-)
I would just like to share this before trying this next exercise.
As you noticed yesterday's exercise about a car triggered a maelstrom of conflicting thoughts and sensations, I tried to address them each but soon found that as soon as I focus on a thought or feeling it would ...

Sorry, Paulo, not got hang of the quoting yet.
So.... how did the thought arrive? It just did, you mentioned car, the thought of the Atos popped up without a "me" prompting, the thought came first, uncontrolled. "I" was added as an after thought. Looking at thoughts they just happen and can string ...

Can we start again, please? I do so want to go through the Gate.
Yes, absolutely! We are here to look at truth, at what is in reality, and will do so through direct experience. If you are unfamiliar with direct experience, or want to deepen your understanding, you may wish to have a read of Neil’s ...

OK, Thinking of a red Hyundai Atos. This car was a "tardis" we once got a complete bathroom set, bath, shower, sink and toilet in the back and it was surprisingly economical. When thinking of this car I have feelings of loss, appreciation of how lucky I was to escape crashing and writing off this ...