Hello there Brigitte

Yay!

Once again thank you so, so much for this gift of seeing. An amazing journey, an amazing site. You guys do such incredible work. So glad that you managed to enjoy the process too :)

I am not on Facebook (not very techie) but would be interested in exploring other areas ...

Hello Brigitte
Thanks for these questions. Here is the response.

“You say ‘There was an intense seeking. This has completely dropped.’ Is this significant? Could seeking return? Would that signify anything?”

Right now, seeking in the form of the attempt to see through the illusion of self has ...

Hello again, Brigitte


You ask "Is there a body/mind in DE that can be controlled?"

Absolutely not. Belief in all that is part of the illusion of a separate self. Actually, there are just sensations and thoughts arising.

"Give examples of how control or decision occur from "your" experience ...

Hello again Brigitte

Here are some reflections

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

No. Self is not an entity that exists separately, anywhere. It is not the doer, the chooser, the thinker, the controller, the experiencer ...

Good evening Brigitte

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, "I" is a label that points to nothing. This is clear. Nothing to do and nobody to do it. What remains is an open gentleness in which things happen.

Please ask the remaining questions when you are ready.
Love
Francis

Hello there Brigitte,

As suggested, I have read back over our whole conversation. What a journey! Thanks.
What comes up is a clearer seeing that thought complicates everything, obscuring the fact that it is all actually very simple. Almost as if the mind needs to justify its existence by MAKING ...

Hi there Brigitte

Thanks for your challenging responses here :)

“...I sense there is a tendency to overcomplicate matters and your answers seem to reflect this in overthinking. Just keep it simple.”
Great advice. Thank you! It is never about thinking. Only about what is in DE.

“There is ...

Hi there Brigitte
It has taken all day to realize that this dialogue now runs to a second page! Hence this post now, rather than much earlier in the day! Ha ha !

“Although there is a sense that the sensations are happening relative to some other sensations happening elsewhere. Can you explain what ...

Hell Brigitte
How's life?

Here are my responses to your latest questions.
“In DE, do you find a body experiencing anything? Yes, sensations are experienced, but is there a separate experiencer? With eyes closed, rub your hands together. Do you actually experience hands at all without resorting to ...

Hello Brigitte
Thanks for your latest questions. They are really helping to clarify how this all works.

“The story of ‘you’ has been ongoing for some time. Deeply entrenched habits and conditioning will take time to dissolve but the story of ‘you’ is just that, and will continue, as that is all ...

Good morning Brigitte
I hope you are well and happy today.
Thank you so much for staying with all this. It’s extraordinary. Despite having read many accounts of this journey, on this site and elsewhere, having a direct one-to-one dialogue with a guide is a TOTALLY different order of experience ...

Hello Brigitte
Thank you for your last post. Very interesting questions you posed.
“Yes, choices are made but is there really a ‘you’ making them or are there just thoughts arising and, at some point, a thought settles on either option? Look.”

These are my reflections from my morning shower ...

Hello again,
This is rather interesting!
You ask me,

“Do you see that whatever comes up is automatic? Do you create these emotions, any emotions, or do they just appear?”
Well, emotions simply arise in dependence on certain thoughts, apparently. If I allow the thought “Brigitte is telling me that ...

Hello Brigitte
Thanks for the response to my post. I intend to post regularly (once a day), and for my part I will try to be completely honest in the moment, and precise. Please let me know if I seem not to be doing this. I have read the piece on Direct Experience as requested.
In your message you ...

Cool. Many thanks for agreeing to help me, Brigitte.

OK, so my journey thus far looks like this: I am a 54 year old male and have been practicing meditation in a Buddhist context for about 15 years. More recently (over the last 4 /5 years) my “meditation” has largely become periods of reflection ...