Hi Dridhamati,

Thank you so much for the time, encouragement, insights, inquiry, love, courage, openness and presence on this amazing experience of life. I am excited about continuing on some level with LU. This community and shared knowledge helps strengthen my own knowing and helps to override ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Wow, very slowly getting better (almost a week). Looks like food poisoning which has been humbling. Found old conditioning and habitual responses (fear, control, anger) kicking in as I felt vulnerable and challenged with being sick. Good to be back with LU community to strengthen the ...

Hi Dridhamati

Thanks for checking in. Been thinking of LU and meaning to check in, but have been really sick. I think food poisoning or severe stomach bug. It leaves me with no energy or creativity so being patient as it hopefully works it way out of my system. Hope to connect again soon.

With ...

Hi Dhridhamati,

Feels good to be able to sit and connect once again. Not sure what is happening, but life seems full as the summer winds down so have not been able to write and might be challenged in the next few weeks to respond daily. Your guidance and LU are very present though and as each ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Went for a spin through thoughts in the middle of last night. Many questions: Am I authentic? Do I truly know on a deep level that there is no doubt about seeing through the illusion of separate self? Can I really see? Who am I to know? What about mirror images of oneself? . . . and ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Love the questions and look forward to responding. Today has been a long day with a training then Drs. visit, etc. so heading to bed and hopefully respond tomorrow during the day.

Also, a friend is coming Friday and then we are heading off Saturday for a week with no wi-fi (might be ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Dridhamati wrote: And to be even more precise: in DE there is no 'sound', just an experience, that words attempt to define.
Would that be accurate? This took a moment, but yes, in DE sound is an experience labeled as sound. What took a moment is that sound is one of the five senses ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Dridhamati wrote: In other words, in direct experience there's no way of observing where the experience of 'sound' is located. Would that be accurate? Yes, in DE there is no way of observing where the experience of sound is located. In DE it feels like sound is always happening from ...

Hi Dridhamati,

A struggle implies at least two protagonists, can these protagonists be observed?
The thoughts of protagonists are observed, the struggle is felt. . .

Since “self” is a mental fabrication, can any 'control' -also implied in struggle- be exerted over thoughts and their content ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Jai Ananda wrote: The five body senses are continuously happening, they do not ‘arise,’ only awareness in the present moment brings them to the forefront.
Dridhamati wrote: Hmm. Can these 'body senses' be observed in direct experience?
Yes, but questioning the words ‘body’ and ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Yes, back to the original direct experience (in quote below):
Dridhamati wrote: Is the “body” just another thought label for sensations (namely tactile & kinaesthetic)?
Jai Ananda wrote: ‘Body” just another thought label – Yes, it is a label for a presence of energy experienced ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Still exploring the body. The body - what a concept! There is so much here, the history, the stories, the identity, the associations, the feelings . . . Is there self? No, there is no self in this body, yet this body seems to hold memories (karma?), it seems to show signs of past ...

Hi Dridhamati.

Is the “body” just another thought label for sensations (namely tactile & kinaesthetic)?
This particular question is challenging. I would like to explore this before moving on to the next questions (which actually seem easier!).

‘Body” just another thought label – Yes, it is a ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Another late night so a quick follow up. Hope to spend more time soon on this inquiry. Been side tracked with health issue since back.

Jai Ananda wrote:...Sometimes the thinking helps form a decision..
Dridhamati wrote: Would you say that this was observed in DE or that it is an ...

Hi Dridhamati,

Responding to a few of the questions. For some reason the question about the body stopped me as there are health issues that make the “body” feel more than a thought label. . . would like to DE with this more.

Have you been able to find, a “self” that is the ‘experiencer’?
In DE I ...