Hi Pete,

I am in Brighton at the moment, which is guess home of LU - I went to the Lewes bonfire night and have only just returned to my computer.

'Can you say with 100% certainty that there is no separate self.

If yes, what makes you sure of your answer?'

I can say for certain there is no ...

Hi Pete,

Hope you having a good day, here are the follow ups for the guides.

She says that, in answer to Q1, you say "There is no separate self entity in my experience" - and asks, "Is it possible that a separate self entity exists elsewhere and you didn't find it yet?"

If a separate self is ...

Hi Pete,

Hope all is well, thanks for the support. - down to business:

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

There is no separate self entity in my experience, in any of the forms of experience, i.e. the 5 senses and though ...

Hi Pete,

I am still here :-) All is well, I have been distracted job-hunting and trying to figure out plans for the future, my apologies for being not giving the Gate the attention it deserves.

I will write a response tonight or tomorrow afternoon, i have an interview at lunchtime.

Thanks for ...

Hi Pete,

Aside from these feelings being the product of thoughts and sensations, perhaps combined with the all-persuasive sense of aliveness/awareness, is there anything in direct experience that shows there is a self-entity involved or present in any way?

I cannot find a separate self-entity in ...

Hi Pete,

Sorry I have been off-line for a couple of day, I had some work to do at the last minute, I would like to take the time to give due consideration to the questions you raised, however I will write a response this evening or tomorrow morning.

I hope you had a good weekend,

Thanks for your ...

Hi Pete,

Have you been able to find, a ‘self’ that is the ‘experiencer’?

If i look in experience all i find is the experience. It does still feel (Maybe its an emotion not a though and not a perception) like there is an experiencer, we could say the experiencer and the experience are the same ...

Hi Pete,

Sorry my reply is a little late today, hope all is well.

So, please look once again at your present experience; that is to say, in a relaxed manner, simply pay attention to what's going on right now, and let me know if you can find the sense or idea of self that you mention. If so, what ...

Hi Pete,

You mention a feeling that I would ordinarily call myself. Is that it? If so, how is that seen in direct experience? Based solely on your experience, is it an entity that can be identified as a separate self? If not, is it a mixture of thoughts, albeit subtle, and bodily sensations? if it ...

Hi Pete,

I am having a Busy day Today so i will not have time to write a full reply until this evening.

I hope thats not a problem.

speak soon, rich x

Hi Pete,

You say It that apparent entity a self? Is your question based on anything you've so far been able to see in direct experience, or just what thought tells you what might (or even should?) be the case?

Well it's a bit of both, mostly i still have a feeling i would ordinary call myself ...

Hi Pete,

Also, personal is synonymous with the self and, as the self is just an illusion, so is any notion of something being 'personal'. There really is no personal. Awareness isn't personal; it's love and happiness - far from cold.

Is it possible to get in touch with that awareness directly ...

Hi Pete,

Good, and yes, it is impersonal. The way we normally use the word sounds quite cold, but here it's not that at all. There's nothing to be found directing thinking (or anything for that matter) is there?

I think it is not personal because it come from outside the personal sphere, the ...

Hi Pete,

It's been a rather damp day, however had a very pleasant short walk in the woods to explore your questions.

Further once an individual thought has arrived it can initiate a chain of thoughts that seem to be connect by a theme. So it sometime seems that one thought follows another and ...

Hi Pete,

I hope you had a good time in London. I have been enjoying the process so far, I am a little suspicious of my idea(s) of my self though, I have hard many stories of it being a tricky customer. I don't entirely trust my own mind!

So, for each of the sense arising: seeing, hearing ...