Hello Pete,
Forgot to mention that currently I donot have a facebook account. Hope this is not a hindrance. If it is required, a facebook account can be created. Thanks for all the conversations all this while, it has almost become a habit to log into LU in the mornings and look for your replies ...

5) Do you decide, intend, choose, control events in Life? Do you make anything happen? Please give specific examples from your recent experience.

No , I do not decide, intend, choose or control events in life. As much as I want to take credit for doing this LU process well, I certainly cannot ...

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

No, there is none. There never was one. It was a creation of thought and the deconstruction process clearly makes one see it to be one.

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

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

No. There is simply the experience.


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

No.

Or a self that ‘makes’ decisions?

No. Your raise your arm experiment clearly establishes this.

Or a self who ‘does the ...

You're right and, no, it's not listed but that's because witnessing is just another way if saying awareing i.e. being aware, and the various categories listed by Neal in his article are just the various modalities of being aware. Does that make sense to you?

Yes it does, and thanks for the ...

Hello Pete,

please say whether you have been able to find, in direct experience, a body that experiences. Or is it merely a label attached by thought?

No, there is no body that experiences in direct experience. It is indeed a label attached by thought.

As always, looking only at your direct ...

Hello Pete,

Does the body experience sensations and thoughts?

we established that there is only the experience of the sensations and thoughts, there is neither the experienced nor an experiencer.

Is the "body" just another thought label for sensations (namely tactile & kinaesthetic)?
In ...

Hello Pete,
This is a really an interesting point of investigation:

when 'you' look in direct experience, can you even find any (experiential) evidence that a thought ever guides actions, or that an action triggers a thought, or that a thought triggers an action? Or is it possibly the case that ...

It's clear that when we breathe, blink, digest food etc. there's no 'I' involved, but how is it for you when walking?

There are many instances when walking happens. Here one such instance is described:

Hunger is felt and a thought arises about eating. The body obliges by walking to the kitchen ...

Can you find any separation or boundaries between seer, the process of seeing and that which is seen? Or is there just seeing? The same goes for the other four sense arisings.

There is no boundary between the seer, the process of seeing and that which is seen. This is very clear. For a few ...

Yes, please continue to look at your experience with each of the five senses Chandra, and let me know whether you can find an 'I' involved or even present at all, save as a thought saying something like, 'I'm doing this, I'm seeing' etc.
Not only there is no 'I' involved, there were extended ...

For the time being however, can you say whether this conception of you being your body can be found in direct experience? Or is it just a thought? If not, please tell me what you see in direct experience.

In the direct experience, there is pure experiencing. The moment we talk about conception of ...

Since the thoughts and the action happen in the organism which others refer to as you, I seems to take credit for everything automatically, reinforcing the belief it was in charge all along.

I also see the following: the mental image of Me takes credit for everything i do, grossly inflating itself and its role. Thoughts did not come out of it. Actions were not performed from its instigation. Thoughts come, actions happen but how does the I take credit for it?

Thanks for accepting me as your guide, for letting me know a bit about yourself and for accepting all the various conditions etc.

I am the one who needs to be thankful to have someone like you spending the time and effort to work with me.

It’s worth mentioning at this early stage that what can ...