Hi Tyler,

Many thanks for your guidance. It's been very helpful in making things clear. Very much appreciated.

Regards, Padraic.

Good spot Tyler! What I said isn't really accurate. it's difficult to put my finger on how to describe it.

Before engaging in this process I had landed in a conceptual place where I saw myself as awareness and everything was appearing in me. That idea of awareness was really another conceptual self ...

!. there is no separate self in any shape or form and there was never one.

2. The illusion of the separate self is created by the assumption that there is an entity in the body that is directing and controlling. It is created by a mistaken identification with thoughts, physical sensations and ...

I can say definitely that there is no delf, never has been or will be. One of the stumbling blocks for me has been trying to find an answer and identify what 'I' am. I realise that this isn't possible or necessary. It would only create another conceptual identity.
I do feel it's important to ...

Hi Tyler,
Took a break in the forest for a bit with no internet hence the delay in replying. It gave me a chance to observe and inquire into all of this a bit more. In my last post it wasn't a typo. What I am realising is that the idea of a context is another 'thing' and although
I said inseperable ...

By content I mean everything that's happening including sights smells thoughts feelings etc. By context I mean the capacity for such things. There is no I within either. The context is completely open and isn't a thing really in that it has no qualities apart from openness. Perhaps aliveness is a ...

There isn't an 'i' doing any of those things in your earlier questions. It's more accurate to say they are 'happenings'.
There is still a sense of struggle or lack when entranced by the emotional reactions and accompanying thinking.
It's odd because I see that there can't be an 'I' doing this so ...

I can't find a feeler, seer,hearer or senser in direct experience.

I can't find a self that is attending although attending happens.

The feeling of a self exists because of a belief that all of the sensory data and thought stream refer to an entity. Particularly the contacted feeling I mentioned ...

No, I isn't the thinker of thoughts. It appears that there is an ability to wilfully attend to thoughts though.
I isn't the feeler of feelings. They do feel personal though.
I isn't the doer of actions. It can't be if there isn't one. In the moment though, it does feel like a choice can be made.
I ...

Where is thinking taking place?

It's taking place within awareness. It is possible for thought to exist without a thinker because that's what is happening. I can't find a self but I can certainly find thoughts.
T A self image can't be found in true reality. It's thought based.

Is this a recent ...

So can a mental image ever be exactly like reality? If so, can a self-image ever be found true in reality?

My last post went a bit wrong and missed out my response to this.

The mental image is an approximation/interpretation so is not exactly like reality. A self image can't be found in true ...

So can a mental image ever be exactly like reality? If so, can a self-image ever be found true in reality?

In reality there is no self image. Self image is totally thought based. It's reality is only as real as thought.

This brings up a good point to explore further. Are you in the body or are ...

I sent you a private message. Let me know if you aren't seeing it. It's in my outbox rather than sent. Not sure why. Take care

Just checking to see if it works.

I will look into what you have suggested. By all means I would appreciate a private message about the quote function.

Try this exercise. Look around the room you are in and see yourself sitting (assuming you are sitting) exactly as you are. Then close your eyes and imagine yourself in the room exactly as you saw with your eyes. Then open your eyes. Was the mental image of the room exactly like it is in reality ...