Hi again Arrietty,
no more questions from other guides - we are all done here!
let me know (via normal email now) if you want to join the facebook groups and i'll get you added.
much love and appreciation, Padma xxx

Hi Arrietty,

Thank you for that! I can hear your unfolding between the lines - it's lovely x

Let's see if any of the other guides have anything to add or ask!

I'm going to be away for the week end, so we'll pick it up on Monday (or sunday evening).

Much love, Padma

Hi Arrietty,

There's a sense of relief, (from responding from a self sense of I, the effort of keeping the "I" intact or "I" in place).Now the body feels open,energised, yet content. Heart isn't closing up, no tightening in the body in re- telling life story. Mind, content seen more clearly, the ...

Good morning Arrietty,

:-) :-) :-) :-)

I’ve really enjoyed reading that this morning!! :-)

Thank you! Really lovely to read about the seeing and letting go, the openness of heart and sense of freedom and relief! It’s also very good that looking is becoming a new habit: it’s a good one to develop ...

hope you're okay?

Evening Arrietty,

Some really good looking here!
What a read!

some frustration in how to communicate this to you
no problem at all here, I’m listening!
Here are some pointers for you to look at tomorrow morning.

No me… Nothing is behind it … No owner … Just thought and content of thought ...

Hi Arrietty,

with recognising how the life 'story' of 'me' changes in the telling. So I see this and it isn't a new discovery. It feels familiar now accepted, although years ago this would first have been presented and understood intellectually
It’s brilliant you’ve known this for a while. And ...

Morning Arrietty!

On opening my eyes, there was just being/ awareness reflected back or everywhere but not separate somehow, before labelling/ analysing happened, this is hard to express in words
Lovely!!

Referring to 'me', ‘Arrietty' is referring to a conventional view of a self, a human being ...

Hi Arrietty,

Yes, work is going well thanks. I just tend to see people until a bit late. Also I have been cycling to work, which takes more time and faffing.

......I can only see a present thought or remember a previous one, but even trying to track backwards so to speak is difficult. There is an ...

Hi Ab,
Hope you had a good week end. Sorry this is late today, I was hoping to send this back earlier, but I ran a 10K thingy this morning and needed to recover! I also wanted to take some time looking into this because I may not be able to write Monday and Tuesday as I will be working late.
So ...

Hi AB,

Apologies for being a bit out of sync with you, having access to Internet is intermittent until Sunday.
No worries at all, we try our best!

The me isn't in the thought as a thing either . Me self I are labels which glue together the thoughts - memories, stories, wishes, etc of a ...

Hi AB,

Many thanks for your response, Some great stuff here.
Lovely read about your exercise - it sounded very useful thing to do.
Sorry I need to be brief tonight.

There is a habitual tendency which assumes, with some thoughts, that 'it' is real - it is a belief system
Yes! So there is an ...

Hi Arrietty,

So 'cup' becomes a vague and unreliable description as a label of what is actually perceived directly

the whole description of labelling is very nicely put! Thank you! :-)

You talk about semantics being tricky. Yes language is inherently dualistic and even frustrating.
OK try this ...

Hi Arriety or shall I call you Bee?!,

Labelling arrives after contact through one or more of the senses,sometimes immediately.
That’s a great observation. So, just so that I’m sure you’ve got it, could you look again in your experience. Slow it down and describe the process to me like I have no ...

Hi Arrietty,

You are doing great!

am I observing linguistic semantics rather than seeing / being direct experience?
How to recognise the difference?
Well yes, it is part of this process to become clearer about what is direct experience.
What we mean by direct experience is what is noticed right ...