Sorry for such a late reply....

No I can surely not control whether or not i like a thing.

I thought over this and it this is what i think: Liking chocolate happens. Then there is a story attached to it about you liking the chocolate because it is so good or so sweet. Infact, it is easy to see ...

Is it you that is walking or is walking happening?

I tried to see this, but its not working out...
I have a feeling that I am only seeing things intellectually and not at an experential level, but here is what i think: We have all kinds of thought and one thought especially very strongly held ...

Yesterday i was just sitting around and went over the random numbers exercise again and i realized that when you think about numbers you are only thinking about them. It is kinda difficult to hold thoughts like "I know.." etc. simultaneously.


I had some difficulty with this exercise. I get what ...

No the thoughts about breathing almost never come.

From what I feel, the numbers come more like 4!, 6!, 11! than I know 4!
If I try to jot down a whole lot of numbers quickly, they appear sort of themselves without any thinking about 'I'.

I thought about the 'I' and experience. What i felt was ...

I am sorry for such late reply. I was having some difficulty in tackling your questions.

Anyways rather than wait indefinitely till an answer comes that makes some sense i shall try to present whatever I think right now.


Do they own the experience or does the thought that 'you' are experiencing ...

Still here...i need some time

Go out point at a rock. You are pointing to show where the rock is.

Does the rock stop existing if you stop pointing?
Can you mistake your fingers for the rock at any point in time?
Call it 'rock' then call it 'my rock'. What difference do you feel?

Assume you bought the rock and took it home ...

Ok no more long winded philosophical monologues :)

Are your thoughts only formed from sensory experience? If I asked you to imagine a purple flying cat, can you imagine one?

I can very easily imagine a purple flying cat. IMO, thoughts might originate from other thoughts as well.

Take a look at ...

Are these things you hope to do and do you think these are things awakening will give you?
Not necessarily, I am already doing these things; what i hope is that gating will leave them untouched.

What do you define enlightenment as?
Well, let me put it like this. All my life I have been looking ...

Actually I found LU randomly one day while surfing.

I forgot to mention, I am 21 years old and a college student right now. But still there is some kind of curiosity that has been present my entire life.

My journey has been going on for a some time now. For some time I believed in stuff like ...

I would like to add that i have only recently become acquainted with non-duality. I have always been a seeker though, trying to read up on philosophy and stuff, or just sitting and thinking about "everything". I have never meditated seriously, i hope it is not a problem.

I would also like to admit ...

hi I am ready to step in