Hi Pete I hope this will clear things up.

Sorry Q5 seems to have been cut short it should have read: Do you decide, intend, choose, control events in Life? Do you make anything happen? Give examples from your experie

No I do none of these things, life just happens. Words come out of my mouth and ...

Hi Pete
Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

No there is not a separate 'self' in any way, shape or form. There never was but I thought that there was because I believed a thought that wasn't true.

Explain in detail what the ...

Thanks Pete I'll spend the evening working on this.
David

Hi again Pete
Have you been able to find, a ‘self’ that is the ‘experiencer’?

Or a self that is the doer, or can control what happens?

Or a self that ‘makes’ decisions?

Or a self who ‘does the thinking’?

No I have not.

Is the "body" just another thought label for sensations (namely tactile ...

Hi again Pete,

Another way of putting this would be, 'Can 'a body' be found in direct experience, or are there just tactile and kinaesthetic sensations?'

There is no body to be found. there are just sensations.

Again, another way of asking this would be, ' Can you find a self as thinker, doer ...

How did it go for you when you did the exercise in 'real life', i.e. direct experience. Any sign of a discrete self-entity present and making a decision at any point?

Hi Pete
Yes I did this a number of times and couldn't find who or what was initiating the action. It also becomes evident that all ...

Hi Pete, Yesterday was a bit hectic and I want to spend some considerable time today to going over all
of this so I won't post again till late tonight
Thanks
David

Hi Pete
I had heard of this choice timing thing before but I had no idea that it could happen up to six seconds
before "you" thought you were making the decision. It's just another nail in the coffin of the "i" being or
doing anything.
David

Hi again Pete,

Sorry if this seems a bit picky, but I just need to be absolutely sure, so please answer the question that remains outstanding from the previous post, viz: Can you confirm that in regard to hearing, smelling, tasting and both tactile and kinaesthetic feeling, all that you were aware ...

Hi Pete, Just a little addition to my last post.I didn't realize until too late that
part of an answer didn't get transferred properly.

I can't stop a thought in the middle and I don't have any idea what the next thought will be.

Thanks
David

Hi Pete,
Given that you said earlier, 'looking at the flow of experiencing there is no self', I think we need to take a closer look at this. Are you saying that, although, in direct experience, there was only hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling, for seeing that was not the case? If so, what was ...

Hi again Pete,
When you look at something, a book, a tree outside or whatever, can you find an 'I' that is looking or seeing, or is there just seeing?

If there is an 'I', where are the boundaries between what is being seen, the seeing process itself and the seer?

Please do the same with hearing ...

Hi Pete thanks for your reply.

How do you conceive the 'self' or 'I'/ me' that you hold 'yourself' to be?

At this point I think of myself as something that consists of the experiencing of the five senses, arising
thoughts of the mind, emotions, a sense of presence, and a memory residing in this ...

Hi Pete, Thanks for offering to guide me.
Here is the relevant part of my "story" so far. I've been meditating for 5 years. The last year or so has been mostly dzogchen. I found your site after looking through all the links that I could find on Jed McKenna. I am looking to see the reality of no self ...

Hi my name is David and I could use some guidance.
Here is the relevant part of my "story" so far. I've been meditating for 5 years. The last year or so has
been mostly dzogchen. I found your site after looking through all the links that I could find on Jed McKenna.
I spent a couple of days pouring ...