How did the shift happened to looking at direct experience? And what is the difference between looking as it was before and truly looking at DE? (if you need more explanation about it, feel free to ask).


Before, I looked with the mind. It was an intellectual knowing, instead of a "seeing". Now ...

Could you explain more about this difference?

It’s just an awareness. A knowing, a seeing that is hard to explain. That’s the difference. Like when things come into focus through a lens and you see all the same things you did before but just differently. Clearer, sharper.

How did you look at ...

In answer to the series of “I” questions, “no” to all of the above.

What could you notice after reading the list?

I just noticed how freeing these questions can be. Simple yet powerful! Great questions!

Are you clear about all these points?

Yes.

Is there any of them you want to clear out ...

Hi Diana! I am so sorry, I knew I was headed up against a very busy week and it was that indeed! I have not had a chance to sit and answer the summary questions just yet, I have been observing with them in mind though. I have a little time to myself right now so I am going to do that now. : ) I will ...

I sat with these questions this morning and honestly have not had anything come up. But I will continue to sit with them throughout the day, in the mean time if you want to send me the summary questions I will have this whole day to sit with them too. My work week begins tomorrow, so I may not get ...

Ok!! I have printed off these questions and will sit with them today. I am off today and will probably respond back to you soon, since I have adequate time. Thank you Diana!

So many questions, where do I begin...

There is no stress now to be observed. Next time that happens I will keep those questions in mind.

How is a thought believed? I guess it cannot. Belief is just another thought.

No there is no separation. All is.
Can you explain more about this as you see ...

Here's where I am in this process: I have seen that "I" does not exist, never has, never will. I don't feel like I need as much pointing as I need encouragement. I am feeling like since seeing through the illusion, life, specifically work has gotten unusually stressful.

I work at an elite salon ...

Can you find something in life that you can choose, control, or make happen?

Nope.

Thoughts and memories (that are thoughts about the past) build stories, can a story be controlled? What if the story never stopped showing up? would that be a problem?

No a story cannot be controlled. It ...

If the moments are few and far from each other, does that reduce their clarity? What do you consider more important, clarity or the frequency in which they happen?

No. Clarity really.

Please look at this picture. What do you see? (please see the image before reading the next part)

I have ...

Just hearing you say,"you're doing great" is a relief because last night was tough with those questions!

What is to identify with thoughts? How does it happen?
Nothing, no one. I don't know, it happens so fast, it's like a dream that you suddenly have waking moments in. The waking moments ...

-I don't have any expectations about the gate. What happens, happens. I am open.
-I'd like to not identify so much with my thoughts. I guess unnecessary suffering.
-I want to lose the story of "me" I have lost a lot of it already or I wouldn't be here today at LU. Well I guess beliefs would be best ...

Yes I agree!!

Yes I agree!!

Hello Diana!

You can call me Jenny. How did I get here you ask? Well, here's the "story"...grew up here in the south, "the Bible Belt". I was an only child up until the age of eleven. By then i was hopping from home to home within the church we attended as a sort of foster child due to my mother ...