Thank you.
I am now away for a week.
X Scot

Its a 'bit scary' by the vastness! Nothing nihilistic in the fear.
Yes, 'even' interconnectedness is a thought. No split between imagined self and imagined anything else ..... 'insubstantially' a thought.... so, so vast, outward and inward. .....
Beautiful? mindblowing beautiful. At the same time ...

No. Oh dear! No reluctance at all. Quibbling about the need for the word 'just'.
"experiences are happening' rather than 'experiences are just happening'.
Sorry.


'Can interconnectedness be seen in DE? In DE, is anything a condition for anything else, or conditioned by anything else
That's a ...

Hello,
Experiences are happening. Not sure about the 'just'.

Carolyn

Thank you.
Oh it clearly just happens!
Real enjoyment in these questions.
Carolyn

Hello Carolyn,


One of the other guides has suggested a few things that are worthwhile looking at together. These emerged as questions when reading through your answers to the six questions.

What is 'past experience'?

You said

What I was trying to convey was that past experiences only exist ...

I'm not sure what I meant by this.


Is 'no-self' an experience that can be integrated ?
My experience is often of dwelling in a world without limits in time or space, continual change, interconnectivity. Each 'thing' connected and dependent on a host of others. This space is increasingly pervasive ...

I went to a concert last week.
A song by Bob Chilcott called 'High Flight' resonated with this experience.
Carolyn

Hello Jonathan
Hello Carolyn,





Essential. Yes. One can only point towards it. Can one even 'know' it in the ordonary sense? Perhaps that is why we cannot find words?
It's the 'no end' bit that is overwhelming, isn't it? Where does this leave the 'I'?

Yes definitely an experience, tiny in ...

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hello Jonathan,

Well, your questions take me a long way from direct experience but I've tried to bring it back!

What do you mean, Carolyn?

You asked me to explain something to someone who does not know about this. I automatically went into 'scientist' and 'teacher' mode because I find that it ...

Good morning

Well, your questions take me a long way from direct experience but I've tried to bring it back!


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.

I think I did this in my ...

Hello Jonathan,

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
We perceive life, the world, the universe as being composed of discrete objects, each with a separate identity, with definable boundaries and independent properties. This is ...

Hello Jonathan,
Yes
Carolyn

Hello Jonathan,




This 'self' that 'exists'. Is it anything more or less than the thought or the idea of a.'self'? When you say 'I' exist, do you mean as a 'real' seperate entity that is 'in control' of events?

No

Or do you mean as an illusion that seems real in thought but that you ...