Hi Jonathan

Thank you for guiding me through, I really appreciate it. :-)

John

Hi Jonathan


Ok, it may just be simpler to ask, is 'the very core of who we are' some sort of experience?

Also, though there is no 'self' where are 'we' in relation to the body?

I had misunderstood, thanks.

There is no me, therefore there is nothing to have a core. There are just sensations ...

That's fine Jonathan. No rush :-)

Morning Jonathan.

"We all go about our daily lives believing that we have an essential self. A part of us that is at the very core of who we are. That is in control of what we do and can alter the future course of events. No such self exists."

When you say 'at the very core of who we are' what ...

Hi Jonathan

What is the 'you' that has no separate self' Also 'You say others have no separate selves - So there are others, and there is 'you'? What is 'you' that there are others to?

There is no me, there is no you, there is no other. There is just one flow. There are stories of me, you and ...

Hi Jonathan

4)Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience. Describe it fully as you see it now (as if you were explaining to someone who has never heard of any of this).

We all go about our daily lives believing that we have ...

Hi Jonathan

I'll look at the new 5 first.


5) Describe decision, intention, free will, choice and control. What makes things happen? How does it work? What are you responsible for? Give examples from experience.


Hmm, the me has gone from the first two sentences, but all these concepts require ...

Hi Jonathan

Unfortunately I haven't got time to answer all three remaining questions now. 4 is not going to be a quick answer, so I'm just going to answer 5 for now.

5) Do you decide, intend, choose, control events in Life? Do you make anything happen? Give examples from your experience.

There ...

3) Was there a moment, perhaps something I said or something that you looked into that that pushed you over, made you look and realise?

There was no one specific moment. Having my conceptualisation kind of ignored had an impact. Your responses always lead back to Looking and this is where the ...

2) How does it feel to see this? What is the difference (if any) between 'now' and compared with before you started this dialogue? Maybe give a report from the past few days.

I feel lighter, less intense. I have found it easier to act. Some of the fear has gone. There is no I responsible for the ...

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

There is no separate entity and there never has been one.

I'm ready :-)

When the 'I' has been seen through, fully and completely, what's left?

Seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, tasting, feeling, thinking (thoughts arising) - experiencing. Life flowing. No controller. Just as it has always been. I thought I decided to visit this site to find liberation. I didn't ...

Morning Jonathan

Isn't this all one movement of what IS? Isness, being. Is it separate from the whole? Where is the line where me ends and the world begins? Is there a boundary in experience?

Yes it is all one movement of what IS. No, it is not separate from the whole. There is no separation in ...

Back to it.

Has there been a particular moment in the past couple of weeks, through something you felt or understood or something I said, when you felt a shift or change in your understanding in connection with 'self'? If so, could you describe the moment or experience?

I can't put it down to a ...