Thank you Steve!

Markered wrote:
There is acceptance that doesn't even require the label 'acceptance'. This could be labeled "ising":) This is a joke.

Make mine chocolate!

Haha, I was going for "izzing", like is-ing, verb form of "is". It also may just be an assumption that you interpreted "icing". What a ...

There is acceptance that doesn't even require the label 'acceptance'. This could be labeled "ising":) This is a joke.

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

No. There is no self that can be identified. There is only a thought of a separate self with continuity. Without thought self does not exist. It never existed. There has only ever been a ...

Thanks Steve! There are no doubts. What a wild ride!

Mark

Here are a few more questions that will help you to focus, bring deeper clarity, and reveal any areas we may need to look at more closely:

With Mark revealed as an imagined character, what remains?

What lives?

What experiences?

What thinks?

What does?

What is aware?



No philosophical ...

What lives?

There’s seeing arms. Thoughts. Fingers typing. Desk. Keyboard. Seeing. There is hearing, and the other senses.

There is sensory perception and there are thoughts. Nothing is seen other than this. What could live? Living is a thought. Can you help with a pointer?

Mark

Is anyone there to be confused or scared? Or is it just noticing those feelings arise and subside?[/quote]

It is just noticing. Nothing is there to be confused or scared. Only the character could be confused or scared, in thought.

Markered wrote:
Steve wrote:
Are you satisfied you've seen ...

Hey Steve,

Thank you! I may have said this before...but thank you for your guidance!

Markered wrote:
There is no mistake in assuming the there is an I.

Would you write a little more to clarify this? Just because it might be open to misinterpretation.

Typo, here's what I meant to type: "There ...

Stop playing around! You've seen the illusion mechanism but now you're indulging in thinking about it.
Take it inside! Let it really sink in. Absorb the implications!

There is no separate self.
Is it true?
LOOK!

Yes, it is true. No, there is no separate self. There is thought. There is body ...

I finally came to understand thinking cannot bring seeing through the illusion. Dead end after dead end. I thought this was known, but it was a thought itself. Thought was confused for looking. Foolish is the feeling. This is good. Just want to reiterate, your guidance is appreciated beyond ...

Thank you Steve. That is very helpful. Back on track

Wow, just realized I turned your hypothesis into a question. REDO! Haha, I'll see if it changes the nature of the inquiry.

Steve wrote:
Now put all your energy here:
There is no separate self. Is it true?

Hi Steve,

This is what I wrote while sitting on my porch this morning. I felt stuck so decided to write out a lot of stuff, it was very helpful in getting outside of thought process (or so I think). If you feel ...

Put aside the glimpses of spontaneity. As you've seen, that's a state, an experience. It comes and goes. Wanting it to be permanent or more frequent is just another expectation.

Yes, got it.

Now put all your energy here:
There is no separate self. Is it true?

In other words, bring it inside ...