Could you take a couple of things from your everyday life and, using them as examples, describe the process as best you can please?

Some examples -
Decision
Fingernails are seen to be long, clippers are taken, nails are clipped. The seeing that the fingernails are long produced the response of ...

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

'Self', 'me', 'I', aren't there. No stable sense of ownership of anything that is happening anymore. There was the belief that there was, but never anything really.

2) Explain in detail ...

Cool vids, no I had never heard of that guy before! That website is perfect, thanks for the link.

Ok so an instruction on the screen, or a thought, seems to trigger the action or the decision.
But can you find any self, any entity, who is actually doing these thoughts, or are there just the ...

1. Get up and walk some steps slowly. Notice, who got up and walked the few steps. Is there a controller who controls the getting up and the walking? Or is there just the getting up and the walking? Consider this deeply. Let me know what comes up.

I can't find a controller. It seems that things ...

You have mentioned various bodily sensations: sternum, back, 'the sensation of the drink in my mouth and throat'. The term 'the sense of smell' is also a little physical in feel. So, considering each of these terms, when you leave aside even these bodily labels, what is left in the now experience ...

So, like with the 'items', if you remove the label 'David' what is left? Any more than something like a sense of 'aliveness'? Is it even truly describable?

Just the feeling, just the sensations of something. It does not even seem describable anymore aside from the tensing that comes and goes ...

1. Take some time to sit and fix your gaze on one 'item' in the room, leaving aside what it may or may not be called. Consider all its qualities, even allowing the other senses to take part if appropriate. Once you have done that, then consider its name. Does that name arise before, with or after ...

This is not a way to escape your daily life.
This is not going to lead you to eternal peace and happiness, it is not about happiness.
This is not a solution to problems in relationships.
This is not a way to get free of depression or other diseases.
This is not a way to make the story of you ...

David is good.


Please will you start by telling me what comes up when it is read that there is no “you” at all in reality, not in any shape or form, there never has been a “you”, nor is there or will be there ever be? There is only life moving freely, without any general manager called "you ...

Hey Mark! I have read and agree to the terms, and would like you to be my guide. Let's do this thing. My timezone is CST (-6:00), but I am usually up overnight.

Hello, my name is David. I've been interested in Zen, Buddhism, Christianity and other religions for a long time now and have recently discovered this website. I feel I am very close to something, but I'm being held back by clinging to certain negative things in my life. If there is someone out ...