Hi Vince,

fascinating questions, I've answered them the best I can...

#1: "The 'three parts of the brain' TED talk was very useful as it was then seen clearly that the process of the mind is just a set of pathways (like a computer)....."

#1: Questions:
How all this known?

Wow I can't answer ...

Thanks Vince, I'll read through the pdf and await any more questions you or the other guides have for me.

Have a great day,

Julie

Morning Vince,

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

Right in this moment when looking for the character called 'Julie' I only find a collection of stories, so no I cannot find a separate standalone 'me' anywhere. The body is ...

Hi Vince, just checking in...

Seeing that everything is a story is really settling in now. I have been finding that I am quickly noticing when I get caught in thoughts and the emptiness of them.

Have a great day,

Julie

Hi Vince,

Can you see how, without labels that the perception is actually experiencing, and that what appears to be 'out there' is completely, totally, the experiencing of the organism ?

Yes that was clear both yesterday and still today, actually today it was experienced more. On waking I had a ...

Hi Vince, Just checking in again.

Today I have noticed I have been looking at things differently than ever before. For example I stared out of my window at sunset and noticed the colours and shape of the clouds and a flock of birds were swooping in front of the cloud, but for the first time I ...

Hi Vince,

How much of the day are you now thinking about 'no self', and how much is just 'getting on with it' happening ?

I would say that I have been thinking about 'no self' the majority of the time. Maybe 60% of my time is taken up with 'no self' and the rest is just getting on with it. Even ...

Hi Vince, Just checking in for the day. One thing that has struck me since agreeing to not read any other spiritual material is just how much I was doing this throughout the day. I think I was addicted to reading about 'no self'. It's been good to sit without that distraction. I have felt more ...

Wow wow wow wow wow, I love that! I was watching it thinking this is going to take me some time to recondition my brain but then I realised that that was just a story and laughed.

The most interesting thing comes back to us just being a biological machine and with a bit of tinkering we can come ...

Hi Vince,

what you wrote makes perfect sense and it seems so easy, I will practice that from now onwards whenever I realise I have believed am believing a story.

I'm going to check out the video now and I'll report back shortly...

Julie :)

Julie, from your short rant, a story arises here that you already have one foot through the 'gate'. Your expectation is reasonable, based on experiencing here.

My emotional response is that this is good news :)

From reading other guiding, you may already know that there is a de-conditioning ...

Hi Vince,

Thank you for agreeing to help, I really appreciate it. I understand and agree to all of the terms you have stated above, and yes to also posting daily.

My expectations are to recognise the fullness of this moment and not to be lost in thoughts so much as I am now. I wish to become more ...

Hi,

I keep oscillating between seeing through the illusion of self and getting stuck in thought. I could do with some help to clarify where I am up to tbh and I seem to resonate with your style best Vince.

Hope you can help,

Julie