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1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever? The only existence of a separate entity 'self' appears in the form of a thought. It holds the same value as the other 30,000 or so thoughts people have every day. For the last 40 odd years ...

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If there is no self, who gets identified?
Sometimes there is a knowing that there is no self.
Sometimes there is a mind thinking that there is no self, yet this too is known as just a thought.
The difference between the two is obvious and incomparable.

There is no one who becomes identified ...

Hi Joseph,
Yes I can see through the illusion of a separate self.
It's happening in waves whereby the separate self is seen, then there are moments when identification returns, followed by clarity again.
The important part at the moment is the recognition and acceptance that even the identified ...

Thoughts are happening as an expression of consciousness itself. The "I" that believes it is thinking is another thought. The 'I' that I have been identified with, cannot control what is thought or felt because the 'I' itself is one of the very thoughts. Feeling and thinking are happening to and ...

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I have been practicing thought focussing exercises like this for over 20 years, but never succeeded.
In doing this exercise, there was always a very subtle thought as an interpretation or comment arising.
It was impossible to remain completely silent. The mind continually did its thing.

After a ...

Hi Joseph,
Your comments are very direct.
The resonate deeply with me and the are greatly appreciated.
All that is left is to experience this.
To stay in this,
To be this,

This is all that matters and all energy and focus will try and remain on this.

The misperceptions you point are true, especially when I become idenfitfied.

I feel like I'm back at the very beginning and using a mindfulness approach to observe the workings of the mind.
A thought does not know another thought. A thought doesn't really know anything. There is just a knowing that ...

I will sleep with these words and reply tomorrow.

Does one thought know another thought?
Sometimes the thoughts gather momentum and they seem to all be sequentially linked, but
it can be seen that they are just thoughts: random, uncontrolled, unchosen, sometimes repetitive, often compulsive and impulsive.

At the moment thoughts are rampant. It's ...

thank you for the clarity that comes with your response.

I don't think a self has a thought of its own. The belief in the self (which is a thought), gives rise, or helps generate more thoughts based on the idea of 'me', 'I', 'my' . This in itself gathers momentum and is like an energy that keeps on ...

A thought is recognised as it appears - not before.
The veil seems to exist as a thought that has been generated from a self, which is really a thought/belief fixating on another thought/belief. Even though I can see this, seeing is not enough, or perhaps it is not the Direct Experience of the ...

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I understand and acknowledge what you are saying about present moment. I can see that i am superimposing an idea onto what is. But surely we can not accept this super imposed version of this moment as the truth? Surely we must realize that the ...