Hi Vince,

Stories can lead to suffering if taken to be real - if no "weight" is given to thoughts and "I" learn to let them come & go, then the suffering can be lessened. When grasping / attachment happens to stories / thoughts the suffering follows.

Dependant conditions are just another story ...

Hello Vince,

Thinking about your post during the day, and all the quotes are stories. Its very difficult to answer the questions asked without telling a story.

Is "Martin" missing something here ?

Thanks

HI Vince,

Everything written is a story, it has to be in order for it to be communicated ?. . . . Experience is experience, it just IS. but as soon as it is communicated, either by speaking, or writing, it all becomes separated from experience, and is a story.

Getting confused now !

Hi Vince

Nothing is under control, nothing ever was either. There was an illusion of control, an illusion that there was "I" at the helm, so to speak. But now, there are just thoughts arising spontaneously, intention seeding experience. Dependant conditions creating experiences.

Today for example ...

Hi Vince,

Every day brings a new view, each day new experiencing, so with more looking its changing all the time.

Intention is a thought or label. Its not something "I" have. It arises spontaneously, & it is not "under my control".

There is also awareness of intention, & with continuing practise ...

Hello Vince,
I hope all is well with you. Ive written down some thoughts on dependant conditions, control and experiencing, along with some day to day examples. Nothing too profound Im afraid - my life is pretty quiet !

ps. there are a few uses of the word "I" below, it was easier this way rather ...

Hi Vince,

I'll look at experiences in day to day life regarding dependant conditions and come back with what Im seeing.

All the best
Martin

Hi Vince,
Thank you for all your time, energy & support. Its been a liberating few weeks :)

Best regards
Martin

Hi Vince,

With every post there is more and more deconstruction ! to the point now where there is nothing left, which is good, it feels very light & spacious.

I like your comment about asking whether something is happening in current experiencing or not. This cuts through the bullshit very cleanly ...

Hello Vince,

I hope all is well with you. Here's my answers to your questions from the other day.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I'

There is no SEPARATE entity called "I", or "me" - "I" is in my imagination, there is only a body, with senses and a mind interpreting what it believes ...

Hello Vince,

I might need a bit more time to work through your last post.

This is where I am at the moment:
Last week I had a break though. I saw that experiencing happens in this fraction of a second, where the future and past don't exist, just REALITY unfolding. There is responding to this ...

Hello Vince,

There's a lot to be thinking about in your post, so Ill take a bit more time over it and post tomorrow.

All the best
Martin

Hi Vince

Dependant Conditions - I was noticing this today out walking and saw that nothing happens without dependant conditions - everything that is happening is preceded by a set of conditions which the "happening" is dependant on - this is evident in nature but less so in relation to "me". for ...

Hello Vince,

Everything that constitutes experiencing. Stay with that last part - it is a portal to One-ness

Everything that constitutes experiencing - this seems to encompass the flavour of experiencing that you mentioned previously or as I wrote "the sum of all my senses", but it is feeling like ...

Hello Vince,
Thank you for your lovely post. It does seem that a shift has taken place. At the risk of getting distracted in labels, feeling more grounded. less anxious to control the world around me (which seems to have manifested in a lesser desire to be tidying up around the house :)

Happier ...