Dear Hare

Thank you so much! Much appreciation from this end too - it has been amazing and I am very grateful. Challenging, especially at this end part but that really helped clarify some things, so thank you for staying with me.

Please pass my thanks onto the other guides too for their questions ...

Hi Hare

If something cannot be seen directly, it is an assumption. What else could it be?

Ok, I see that! No, there is nothing else it can be but an assumption.

Can any process unfolding in time be seen in DE? Look, and report back.

No. Only the present moment can be seen. Past and future ...

Hi Hare

Rip, earlier you wrote:
"No there is not an experience of two different states, there is just DE, the present moment... Selfing can arise but reality continues to unfold at the same time whether selfing is happening or not."
Then in the previous post:
"When I look I don't see the thoughts ...

Hi Hare

Ok, I see what you are saying.

Look at something in the room where you are now, taking in the colour, shape and so on. Now close your eyes and visualise the object as accurately as you can.

The first part of that is direct experience - sensations of colour, light etc directly coming ...

Hi Hare

Yes! Really interesting, the whole process and what is different, what arises out of this experience.

"just a little clarification. Rip says: "In DE it feels straightforward just to act, as if action unfolds in harmony with the natural order, in harmony with the way things really are ...

Hi Hare

By' taking responsibility', it looks like you mean acting ethically or skilfully - that is to say action based in empathy and connection rather than a sense of separation - please say if that iis not correct.

Yes that is what I mean by that.

Is ethical or skilful action more or less ...

Oh I have something to add to this on reflection: 'selfing' can only happen when the self believes it's real, so it is that 'self' that thinks it is real, momentarily or for longer, that 'selfing' happens to, and that same 'self' who is responsible.

Hi Hare

'To whom will 'selfing' occur? Will someone be responsible?'

Well although there is no one to whom 'selfing' happens, there is no one really here for that to happen to, at the same time it feels important to take responsibility for action that happens when acting as if the self is real ...

Hi dear Hare

It has been such a joy for me too. I am just so grateful, so moved that this is something that we can do for one another, what an amazing thing. And yes sure let me know if any other questions.

Lots of love Rip xx

Hi again

5) Describe decision, intention, free will, choice and control. What makes things happen? How
does it work? What are you responsible for? Give examples from experience.

Experience in terms of action, choice and control feels very different to before. That part was a shock and is still ...

Hi Hare

A better phrasing of the question in the last post would be:

Is there "wanting to be a self" in DE? Have a look and let me know what's found.

No, sorry, that's not right. The wanting was there in the beginning of the process but it's not there now. In DE there is no sense of wanting ...

Hi Hare

Thanks so much for this! It has been amazing from my end too, you just seemed to keep pointing in the right place at the right time, each time it was needed.

I am in Florence at this conference now and will answer a few questions now and the last ones over the next day or two. Writing it ...

Hi Hare

So there is wanting, but nobody who wants? Just a longstanding habit rolling on? Anything else?

Yes, just the wanting. More or less insistent at different times, a strong strong habit rolling on as you say. At times the 'me' 'mine' thoughts bring strong feelings too, but that's all that ...

Hi Hare

So far the 'self' has only been found in the content of thought, idea and belief. It is assumed to be there, but IS it in fact there?

Can a separate self of any kind whatsoever actually be found or directly experienced? Yes or no?

No. There is no separate self in direct experience ...

Hi Hare

Who said? Who thinks?

Is there a self saying, writing or thinking? Or are words and thoughts simply arising? Which is it? Look.

Experience happens in DE, arises in awareness. Thoughts arise, in dependence on experience or other thoughts. Thought tries to interpret experience and puts it ...