Hi Des,

Do you recognize this as all thought stuff ? What credibility does it have inherently and what credibility are "you" allocating it ?

Please be more verbose.

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

Do this exercise. Take your time.

take a chair.
Really look at a chair.
What exactly gives that object it's 'chairness'?
Imagine back when that chair was being made.
When exactly did the components become 'chair'
think and picture in your mind all the infinite different sorts of chairs ...

Hi Des,

:) Hope you are doing well.

Have you felt a shift that has happened since we have started talking ? If yes can you please describe it.

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

Now that you see this, how are thoughts created ?

How does it feel to be enlightened ?

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

I feel like I can choose my next thought.

Can you SEE that hypotheses are just stories & that thought is experience (not it's content) ?

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

Can you choose the next thought?

If I tell you "don't think about blue" a thought about blue appears...can you avoid this?

Can you see how the whole mechanism was an automatic chain of stimulus-response?

Love,

Akash

Hi Des,

Thoughts are usually automatic, unless they're not. Some thoughts are intentional. If you asked me to think about something specific I would be able to deliberately do that.

Since there is no 'self' what is this one that 'does deliberate thinking'?

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

"I" can willfully create a thought, but usually there is no me creating them.

What do you mean by that? Can a thought think?

Are there any doubts at all about seeing through the illusion of the separate self?

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

How do thoughts happen. Is there a 'me' that creates or causes thoughts ? Can thoughts be prevented from appearing, including the thought 'I'?

Does the appearing of the thought I make the self real in any way?

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

'Is it 'you' that 'thinks'? Locate the 'thinker'.

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

Can you please answer.

Is there ever a 'self' that is not simply the thought of one'? Since no 'self' can be found, how would the thought 'I' change that?

Love,
Akash

Hi Des,

How is a thought of noself, not being identified with a story ?

Would not thoughts that are an opinion about how enjoyable (or not) or how competent (or not), be thoughts that not only invoke that self, but originate in the story of the Self ?

it is the state wherein we are able to ...

Hi Des,

Are there any different kinds of thought ?

Are some thoughts more real than others ?

How are the thoughts of self any different than other thoughts ?

What is the state of noself?

You are saying self can be invoked. Then what is self ?

How is it different from normal thoughts ...

Hey Des,

When lost in thoughts you're lost, the real us is lost, the self concept arises.

Who/What is the real self ?

Its an idea, a thought, it exists in thought only
Is it comprised of anything other than thought ?

The thought of "I" needs to survive, or it wants to survive. It believes ...

Hi Des,

Can you please answer the following questions.

"the part that functions separately from others starts to believe it is US"
What is and where is this part that functions separately from others and believes it is a self?

"it is a thought that has arisen for ITS survival, not mine"
Do ...