Hi Sarah,

Sorry for the late reply.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
No.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience. Describe it fully as you ...

Hi Sarah,


Is it more true to say, I walk..... or walking is happening? Is the body/mind an entity that is an experiencer, or is experience just happening?
Just look ... Is life happening TO someone? Or is life just happening? Is there a you that is experiencing anything? Or is experience just ...

Yes, I saw them.
Talk to you soon.

All the best,
radu

Hi Sarah,

I didn't get any notifications by email that you wrote back. Don't know what happened.
I just saw the messages today. I will reply to them later, but just wanted to let you know that I didn't fall of the planet either :P

radu

First time I read the questions mind just stopped, and then came "I don't know".
As I look I see that sometimes actions appear out of nothing, sometimes it appears that a thought precedes the actual action, sometimes action precedes thought.
I don't see them in a strict causal relationship.

radu

Hi Sarah,

I won't quote all questions, but rather write the answer directly.

I cannot pinpoint a certain example to give, I’ll try and describe from direct experience…
Thoughts about choice, control, decisions etc happen, but there is no me that creates those thoughts.
Thoughts are part of ...

Hi Sarah,

Thx for the info.
If there are further questions will they be posted on this thread? This way I can get notifications by mail.

Hi Sarah,

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
No, there isn't; no there never was. Saying more than this feels like diverging, so as succinct as it is, the answer is no.

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

Hi Sarah,

Of course its ok :)
I'll go over them in the next couple of days and post back.

Have a nice evening.
radu

Hi Sarah

You known what Im going to write here!!!!!

:)), yes expectations! :D

Are you ready for the final questions?

Yes, I am.

radu.

Hi Sarah,

I allowed some time to pass before answering in order for things to unfold and notice them as you suggested.

Sometimes expectations pop out of nowhere, like beliefs they can hide. I like to check just in case!
Yes, they do :). Yesterday evening, while reading your question 'Have you ...

Hi Sarah,

This would mean there are two things experienced here – an entity and a space. Do you experience that really? Or is that thought separating?
Thought creates separation, I can this now.

Again – items here – how do you experience the heart region? Is that thought again? Thoughts ...

The more I look at it, this me-ness resides in the mind. It is like an assertion that the mind makes about its existence; its existence is taken for granted. It is as if the mind does not know how to function without it.

Hi Sarah

Is time an issue for you Radu? Are you able to turn around the responses to my questions a bit sooner? Not to worry if not
I will answer faster; had some stuff work related that needed to be taken care of.

You as the witness – how do you experience that – you say its like ‘there is ...

Hi Sarah

Not expectations – this whole experience.
Do you ‘know’ there is no one home? Do you ‘know’ there is no ‘I’? Not as a thought but deeper?

No, I don't. But I feel it goes beyond just a thought. 3 deleted paragraphs later, in which I tried explaining how things are for me, and feeling ...