Thank you so much for being my guide, Xain. As I have said, your style very much resonated and was just what I needed.

I do not have facebook, but thank you for the offer.

Also, thank you for the quote from your fellow guide. I think that was a very accurate analogy!

Xain, it has been a pleasure.

Why am "I" tied to it and not the experience that is "Xain" or "Joe Smith" or "Brad Pitt" or "Obama"?"
Xain, this one is not clear yet.
I don't think even I understand it.
Is 'Rob' an experience?
Is 'I' tied to anything?

Does seeing require an entity that sees? Does hearing...? Does feeling ...

> One thing that is bothering me- if there is no I then what is it that realizes there is no I? It feels like there needs to be something that is aware that there is no I.

Awareness is aware. There's no 'I', but there is awareness. Awareness is just awareness. It does not control, think or do. It ...

4) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, as if you were explaining it to someone who had never heard about it. When it starts and how it works from your own experience. Describe it fully as you see it now.


There is no such thing as a separate self. The 'I' or 'me' that you ...

A tactic? Oh no! Not me ;-)
I simply offered you the opportunity to let it go, and you did :-)

Well thank you for it. No self is so simple, that's the reason it gets missed. It really is a backwards step, an unknowing as opposed to a knowing.

Can you explain this to me a little bit? What is ...

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

There is no separate self, no 'I', no 'me', no 'Rob'. There never was. Looking has never once found a self.

2) How does it feel to see this? What is the difference from before you ...

I need you to be clear before proceeding at this point, that you are 100% certain that you have seen through the illusion of self, that there is no 'I'.
Let me know if you still have doubts - There is no rush what-so-ever. Be honest.


I have no doubts. An 'I', 'me' , or self was never found ...

As a guide, my job is only to get you to see that there is no self - Not really to answer questions, although I will do this for you if I can at this point.

Throw some questions my way and I'll attempt to answer them and then I'll throw some more your way (the final six).


You know I had ...

Thank you for your guidance, Xain. Your simple explanation were just what was needed.

I think I need time to process things. Not to search, but just feel things out and take inventory.

If you don't mind I may have more questions for you coming up.

If I searched under my bed for a teapot and didn't find one, it would only be a logical conclusion that there isn't one there? Or would it mean that there really isn't one there?

Thank for this analogy. I do see it means there really isn't one.

What do you expect to change? What did you expect ...

If you couldn't find an 'I' that would mean there isn't one, wouldn't it?

Absolutely, and that's where I do understand it (perhaps just logically?). But maybe the fact that it doesn't change anything is what is hanging me up? I understand there are no bright lights and angels singing when you ...

When I say I am not getting a strong response one way or the other I mean that while I don't necessarily see an I that has seen there is no I, I don't not see it either.

This is sounding confusing :)

Is there even an 'I' that has seen through the illusion?

I don't know. I am not saying that to dodge the question, I really don't know. I'm not seeing a strong response one way or the other.


You've looked and you say that there is no 'I'. Is it clear?


I guess because I don't know then ...

Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay, so this means . . . what????

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There is no I.

"I" is a thought - It is a mental phantom. It is something that is often talked about and referred to, but when searched for nothing is found. Like Santa Claus. (I hope that statement hasn't ruined all Christmases for you from now on).

Next thing you'll tell me the Easter Bunny and Batman aren't ...