Ah, well, there really is no mind, just individual thoughts that appear. When I say it communicates with body I mean that a thought appears and then the body reacts to that thought. When I say it claims something I mean an individual thought has content that implies a claim on something.

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

No. No such entity exists or even can exist. It's like casting a net into the ocean and claiming the water inside the net is "separate" from the ocean itself.

2) Explain in detail what ...

Have you seen through the illusion of a separate self?

So this may be an odd response, but it's the one I feel to give:

There still seems more to do. Yes, everything that I think of as "I" is just a character in a sort-of video game/movie in a 3-dimensional, immersive, first person perspective ...

What does the 'I' refer to there - an actual being separate from what's happening, or merely a perspective on the situation?

A perspective of course.

Ever play video games - Could you play a video game without a character/perspective there in the game? Is that character real, or just a vehicle ...

Here's another little exercise to try for yourself when you find that yourself 'in' thought -

As soon as you become aware that you are 'in' thought, mentally shout 'STOP' to halt the unfolding scene (For example, you may be having an argument in thought with a colleague). Then ask a simple ...

I know them as memories, but they're just being projected into the future, with the assumption the future will be the same.
Look at this a little closer - Is there a future anywhere at all in direct experience?

Of course not. There's only the projection of it.

Kind of. I reached the bottom ...

Look at that tightness in the body -

Is that a reaction to the thoughts, or did a 'you' create those sensations?

Reaction to the thoughts.

Is there anything there that owns those sensations?

No. They're like any other thoughts or emotions, they're just there.

Look at those thoughts closer ...

Watching closer for a bit, that tightness-feeling seems to accompany thoughts of loss or damage. It gets stronger when the anticipated trauma is nearer in time (particularly the future).

I'm very available today btw. I'd love to continue via a faster/more intense medium like an IM service if that's ...

Literally, fear is a tightness-feeling in the heart area.

First off, let me say again that I didn't partake at all in the first place. It came from a place of fear, but I decided against it. I may have called it a ceremony, but it was far less formal than that sounds (it's just the most appropriate word I could find for the setting).

As someone who has ...

So tonight I had the opportunity to completely dissolve. I don't know if you've ever done it, but I went to a ceremony to take 5-MeO-DMT (not the same as N,N,DMT, which is Ayahuasca, 5-MeO-DMT is much more intense). The experience shows you death itself - it's the literal dissolution into ...

I guess what's bothering me is the continued attempt to doubt what is so incontrovertible, or rather for the mind to fall back into these beliefs it knows are untrue when it isn't specifically watching out for it. It's like I keep waking up and falling back asleep over and over.
Perhaps you would ...

I can't find it. More accurately - if there is, it doesn't have a shape or color like, say, my leg, or a sound like a passing car. If there is a seer, it's intangible.
I'd like you to look a little closer at this. Observe that you begin with 'I can't find it' - that's great, it sounds authentic to ...

There's a lot of frustration and uncertainty in this answer though.
Can you share a little more about that?

My answer just doesn't fit the pattern. It's an honest assessment of what I see, but it's mixed in with the understanding that I've been so wrong so many times about this kind of stuff in ...