Hi Endy,

I am so sorry for not replying sooner. I was subscribed to the topic but didn't get any email notifications for your last two posts. I just happened to check the thread just now and saw that you had written!

I'm glad you're getting settled in again and hope you had a great trip.

Please ...

Hi Endy!

When limited to hearing alone, in doing the exercise, there is only the sound, no source, nor the possibility of any unheard sound. Nor any hearer, just the hearing of the sound. No boundary, no entity. In the simplicity of hearing alone, and for the purposes of this exercise this seems ...

Hi Endy!

Thanks for the heads-up about your trip. I hope you have a great time! This is actually good timing, as the next few experiments could go on for years and still turn up new insights. So if you take some time on your trip to really explore these you could go deep. We'll go over the first ...

Hi Endy!

Well done, thank you! Did any observations come up as you did this exercise?

An important part of this realization is learning to recognize processes that are going on in the background so they can be deconstructed. One of those processes is the way concepts attach themselves to our ...

That sounds good, thanks for the update :)

Hi Endy,

Thanks for having some trust in this process.

I expect this exercise might get frustrating for you. If not, you can ignore this post. But I wanted to share a few ideas that might make today a little easier if you're feeling resistant to this exercise.

Try to remember today how marvelous ...

Excellent. I'm truly glad you're still on-board.

Watch from the perspective of your senses all day as continuously as you can. This is important - it's not a 10 minute exercise.

If you want to stop and write stuff down periodically that's fine, or you can do it all at the end of the day. You're ...

Hi Endy,

Do you have it in you to get to heart of this with me?

I do, and that’s all I’ve been doing. You think that a lot of these exercises are beside the point. They are not. They are directly relevant to the illusion.

I believe that you think you’re ready to drop expectations. But your ...

Hi Endy,

There is love here. And right now what you’re getting is tough love.

I know why you think those qualities you described are evident in DE. I remember what that felt like. But my sensitivity to what I was actually experiencing deepened and I saw the truth.

I understand that you think you ...

Hi Endy :)

must we totally discard the obvious?

Yes.

At least in the way that you mean. That first post was full of absolute garbage. Non-sensical, illogical bullshit conjecture that is just flat-out wrong, yet to you seems obvious.

That's very natural. Your ideas don't surprise me at all ...

Wow. We've got some serious work to do Endy. If you want to see this you're going to have to look much deeper. Your thoughts have you way off course right now. Today will be an experiment. I'll continue with some of the lines of inquiry that we've started and see how that goes. If there's a shift we ...

Hi Endy,

Yes, for a few seconds the instruction about the pink elephant worked. I read it and thought, ok, I've heard this one before, I actually don't have to think about it, moving on...and then the image of a pink elephant popped up for a split second, but I actually had to try to conjure one ...

Hi Endy!

I have trouble maintaining the perspective of "watching" thoughts for any length of time. There doesn't feel like there is any distance between the watching and the thoughts. When there does feel like some distance, for a few seconds, it feels forced and artificial. I am going to continue ...

Hi Endy!

Thanks, this was very good reporting. It shows good focus, an understanding of DE, clear communication, and it really helps me see where you're at in this process.

You mentioned that thoughts can seem more or less powerful and more or less personal depending on context. These are ...

Hi Endy,

So how did it go with watching your thoughts? Please describe to me any observations you made and any patterns that seemed to show up as you watched.

Conviction in life and existence. That's a good one. You'll recall that I said:

If you can find one, really examine that belief and ...