Hi Tao,

apologies for late reply. I got busy in work.

My compulsive response for issues to be immediately solved along with fear did not occur in its intensity afterwards. I will do below exercise when I have that response again.


Are the issues ACTUALLY important in the light of DE?
What is it ...

Hi Tao,

So have you found the 'I' that thoughts are concluding?
Is it simple to see that 'I' is only ever thought conclusion?

Actually I have not found the 'I' that thoughts are referring too. It is simple in the context of seeing sometimes that oh its just a thought..but a sense of 'I' has been ...

Hi Tao,

Apologies for the delay. few issues had come-up.

I read the direct experience article. 3-4 times. it helps reading multiple times.

I liked the definition of D.E.

D.E is what is noticed here and now

there are few questions.

1) its easy to notice thought and also easy to notice ...

Hi Tao,

sure. I had read it earlier and read once again now. But I want to read it 5-6 times more thoroughly before I ask questions on D.E.

One sense I am getting is that 'looking' is the tool, not 'questioning and understanding the answer'.

I always had this fear that I am not sincere or honest ...

Hi Tao,

What is the difference, in DE, between the object and the space around the object?

space is transparent and object blocks the view of the wall...but I guess this is not D.E. mind has answered it...not able to avoid continuous interpretation while doing this exercise..

In fact, what is ...

Hi Tao,

I am also hung-up on trying to see a thought as it appears and experienced.......a thought is never experienced as it comes...it always seems to be experienced afterward....and feels like i missed it again...also one or two times it felt like meaning is undertood first and then thought ...

Hi Tao,

yesterday and today i was obsessed with "is there anything that is not appearing now". i was kind of repeating it like a mantra. not by effort but more for some kind of attraction to it. Somehow it seems to be the key to stop day dreaming which goes on...but nothing clicked yet...

Seeing ...

Hi tao,

i got busy today. will reply tomorrow.

thanks
jiten

So is awareness ever 'off'?
Or is it always 'on'?

not able to come to conclusive answer. If awareness goes off what will know..and if awareness comes back...what will see it coming..

but this does not conclude that awareness never goes off.

Thoughts see things from the point of view of a ...

Is the object ever separate from awareness? Does thought create real separation?

I am not able to see this clearly in D.E. can you please guide.

when I look at a object, empty space surrounding it and awareness is experienced as one but when the attention goes to the object, it is not ...

so real question is what is the importance of D.E...whatever is not happening in direct experience but is remembered...rather appears as thought/images which speak about past now.....

why does it get believed in?

Hi Tao,

Look at an object in the room.
Where does the object end, and the knowing of it begin?
Is the object and the knowing of it separate? Or is that just an appearance?

Where does the object end, and the knowing of it begin?

when I put the question where does the object end, focus goes to ...

Hi Tao,

I need more time to work on these two questions... they are very unique and not easy. i dont have answers currently but many questions about questions.


Where does the object end, and the knowing of it begin?
Is the object and the knowing of it separate? Or is that just an appearance ...

Hi Tao,

I had a triggered day today.

I could notice reactive feelings and sensations without identifying with them as mine. It was not a investigation in proper meditative state of D.E so don't have aha moment. but not getting identified itself was a big change.

just thought of sharing.

Thanks ...

Hi Tao,

What would be choosing NOT to do it?Another spontaneous thought/impulse?


yes..mostly another impulse. Certainly i am not choosing the response.

Are those thoughts/impulses 'yours', or do they just appear?


they are not mine..they just appear.

'Probably' is a word used when ...