Hello again,

A good exercise would just be to sit still and watch was is happening in the moment, always from experience.

I have done this exercise a few times now. Sitting here, there is music, a possum making sounds in the background. There is no self to be found, just those things happening ...

Hi Neil,

I’m very happy to continue our conversation.

A good exercise would just be to sit still and watch was is happening in the moment, always from experience. So, if you notice a bird flying in the sky, hear the sound of voices in the street, or just feel thirsty, whatever it is, ask yourself ...

Hello Neil,

Thanks for your last reply.

I must apologise in that I omitted to give you a full explanation of DE at the start of our conversation together. Really sorry for that! You can find this on the Home page of LU, under the Articles section. I think you had a good grasp of it, to be honest ...

Ok there are sensations, and there are thoughts, and they seem to happen in a similar place. While focusing on a particular sensation and thought that comes up feels like it is happening in that location. There is no "my" head. Just sensations which will my be called my head. But then the label my ...

Hello Neil,

Yes, but do you really experience thoughts ‘in the head’ or just thoughts. Look specifically at the experience.

They kinda arent really anywhere, there are just thoughts about them sitting inside my head, and an associaiton of the sensations of my head with the thoughts.

In this ...

Great post, Neil!

Yes! Do you see the difference in what the experience is and what thought says it is? ie. there is no ‘you’ trying anything, just intention thought appearing.

I see that. the arm lifts, a thought about lifting the arm happens one is in the sense one is in the imagination ...

Hello Neil,

When i look at my arm moving there is clearly no entity moving it. It just moves up and down.

Good.

What is an experience of ‘trying’? Or is that just thoughts about trying?

There is a thought about an action and then there is the action. More like an intention, like lift the cup ...

Hi,

It is clear that the senses are automatic and not controlled by a self. On the topic of action, when trying to watch action happen i tend to 'think' how is this action happening, i should be watching the action and seeing whether there is a self doing the action?

Yes, just look to see if ...

Hi Neil,

But do you see, that the ‘illusion of self’ is also experienced as a thought.

I see that, there are senses and there are thoughts about a self.

Yes, there is experience (known through the senses) and thoughts (also experience) of course.

Isn’t ‘your’ life made up purely of ...

Hi,

Ok well i figured what would happen is that i look at the senses and try to find the self, and then the illusion of self would melt away and i would wake up one day and there would be no illusion of self, just experience.

Try to put aside any expectations of this investigation, for now. What ...

Hello,

Sorry for taking so long to respond. The truth is I have been feeling a little overwhelmed. I try to do the exercises and try to see what you ask of me, but for the most part i really dont know how to respond.

That’s ok, Neil. It’s natural that there is confusion arising but you are doing ...

Hi Neil,

Is everything ok?

Brigitte

Good morning, Neil

Who is this ‘I’ that was a little shocked and a bit confused? Can you describe it for me? How is ‘I’ experienced?

That sense of shock was just thoughts about the realisation. THere was the thought go left, while the body went right, and then a less clear thought that said ...

Hi,

Hi Brigitte, how is your day going?

Doing good thanks and enjoying our unusually hot weather here in UK. How are you?

So i have been noticing there are actions happening and there are seperate thoughts, that often coincide with those actions. Then when i noticed that those coinciding ...

Hello,

Hi brigitte, first just a big thankyou for sticking with me this far, i really appreciate it!

Thanks, and I will stick with you for as long as it takes.

Good. So you see the stomach and chest (are you sure about the head?) and you see the thought that says ‘it’s me’. That is DE. Is ...