Hi Damon

Thanks for your reply to my query. After I sent it I realised it could have been seen to be a bit hasty and impatient in tone. Sorry if that was so – that wasn't my intention. I was not aware of the checking process you use. Sounds all good to me!

The last week has been an intense time ...

Is there anything else for you to ask Damon, or is our dialogue finished on these posts?

Regards

Here are the answers to your questions.........

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

No, in truth there is not, nor has ever been any separate entity of any description.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate ...

How would you explain this to an interested friend. How would you invite someone to look? How would you enable them to see?

First, I would ask them why they were interested, just to elicit whereabouts they were coming from. It seems that most people get interested through experience of suffering ...

Okay, point taken. No fluff or romantic drivel, just straight looking and reporting what is seen. Here goes……

Really? How do we control what happens to us exactly? Can you describe a concrete moment of controlling what happens to you?

I was describing what appears to happen before it is realised ...

Hello Damon

I finished my last post and went to send it but it disappeared into the ether. Decided to paste future ones from elsewhere. Here goes again………….

Who has a physical body exactly?

There is no-one to ‘have’ a physical body. There is the illusion of ownership through the agency of the ...

Thanks for the quick reply Damon.

So, what exactly is the 'me' that is not there?

It's a thought, acting habitually. I have found it useful to imagine the 'I' thought as one of those cardboard labels with the word 'I' writ large on it. Through the hole in the label is attached a fish hook and ...

Hello Damon

Thanks for taking up my request.

Here are my responses to your two questions:

What do you hope to get out of this?

Well, there would be nothing for a 'me' to get anything out of it.
Sounds a bit artful and tricky perhaps but that is how I see it. So, I suppose the only hope would ...

Hello,

I'm a 66 year old man, living in southern England and have been seeking the meaning of life since perhaps the age of 16. This has entailed a lot of reading around "spiritual" matters and many years of meditation practice, mainly in a Buddhist context.

I would like to be able to see clearly ...