Much appreciation for the guidance from this site and the great team of 'squiggles'. Looking forward to any assistance available to paying forward.

Bowing,

Pete

Good morning Mr. Schubert!

what we're missing is examples for Q5 5) Do you decide, intend, choose, control events in Life? Do you make anything happen? Give examples from your experience.
So far this morning i have woken up, opened the curtains, used the bathroom, washed my hands, had my vitamins ...

Just re-read and need to clarify ...

5) Do you decide, intend, choose, control events in Life?

Sure, the story that is Pete does all the time.

i don' this response will be generally understood in the way it is intended. To be more plain, no. None of these things occur in Life. Life 'is'.

Hi!

Amazing be-ing today!

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever? Nope, never was and (still with the awareness of impermanence) never will be.

2) "Describe your experience of the illusion of separate self, how it arises ...

Another question please -

Does the recognition of the illusion of thought/self make them any less relevant?

Howdy -

i wanted to address a comment in yesterday's post.

Another point is i watched/saw it happen. Hard to describe but it was similar to that of a spectator. i could have stepped in the story but the view would have changed to that of participant. This way of 'seeing' has been happening more ...

Greetings,
It could be true but it is difficult to find a way to test. Are there any exercises you could suggest?
Yes, partly the difficulty is because thoughts happen at lightning speed, and they insist on labelling and categorizing.
Try the exercise with hearing again, this time while listening ...

Good to say hello to 'the squiggles that are Vince' :D

It was fun to recognize and 'see' it from that perspective.

It's been more challenging to converse the last day or so. Things in 'my' head seem to be processing differently and it's hard to identify exactly what to say. It's taking me longer ...

to clarify


It then occurred that the appropriate challenge would be to put this story to the test in the daily stories. To let the me with all the stories 'hang over the branch' and experience/know that 'the story that is Pete' would still exist.


To bring this teaching to my daily life. Allow ...

Greetings again Vince -

That didn't take as long as i thought it would.

Here's what happened. My wife shared that she had been reading the LU thread. This wasn't out of the blue. i had been explaining to her what has been going on the past week or so and this came out while we were talking. When ...

Hi Vince - I need to take a break from this for a few days please. I just had a discussion with my wife that has me feeling more open than I was prepared for. If it is ok with you I will reach out again once I'm ready to continue.

Thanks,

Pete

Hello Vince -

It''s 1:20 CST here in Omaha, Nebraska and this is what's going as of this moment -

Lots and lots of thoughts regarding truth, belief, real, reality, stories, self, ego, sensations, and pointers. Hard to know where to start so i'll start at this moment.

Words are vocal intonations ...

Greetings Vince -

Try this; get into a meditative state. Just a few breaths is enough. Then acknowledging that your anger is doing its' best for you, ask it what is it attempting to achieve.
Grab the first thoughts that arise. Don't question them. Assume that they are correct and sit with them for ...

Good Morning -

Just finished reading the 'close but no cigar' thread. There were many 'yes', 'oh my', 'i know that feeling/thought' experiences while reading. There was a part about the recognition of no 'i' in the present moment that hit home. It provided an 'aha'.

The past week has been a series ...

Question - The feeling of anger that began last week is constantly just under the surface and is boiling at a moments notice. There have been episodes like this in the past but this is much different in that these are very pointed, alive, intense, and brief. The anger episodes from the past were ...