Aloha Mark,

My answers to your questions:

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

No there is not, and no there never was.

2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your ...

Aloha Mark,

Still here :). I'll send my reply tomorrow.

Much love,
Jen

Aloha Mark,

Thank you for these lovely questions. I received them and will take my time with them and be back soon.

It is probably clear by now that this seeing is not the arrival into some 'Executive Lounge of deluxe experience, all floaty and calm' where our voice changes to become more like ...

Aloha Mark,

1. I can fully see that there can be an experienced sense of 'harmony' as resistances melt away and what IS is sort of sunk into. But to make sure we are not getting at cross porpoises here (the porpoises surely wouldn't like that ;-) ), could you please give me an example or two of ...

Aloha Mark,

This is a "still here" moment. I can say the harmony/disharmony knot is starting to soften, yeah! Still considering :).

Much love,
Jen

Aloha Mark!

Still here, will be back with you tomorrow. I love your response! Even with just my first read, I feel lighter already. Thank you!!

Warmly and porpoisely (hee hee)
Jen

Aloha Mark,

Alrighty, let's get started :).

So: 'Life's lifing is a whole lot more than this local point': is this (T) or (E). So is it deduction/projection/assumption or direct firsthand immediate experience? Can we ever find in this direct sensing anything more than (sort of) This?
If so please ...

Aloha Mark,

Still here! And sitting on the edge of that harmony/disharmony holding sticking point. I can almost see through it. Keep returning to it and not quite through. It's a king pin in the "jen" (T) framework.

I loved this:

So: 'Life's lifing is a whole lot more than this local point': is ...

Aloha Mark,

Rats! I had written my whole post then went to hit submit and it erased it. *sigh*

But, at least I had the experience of the consideration. :) So my briefer but still heartfelt answers on take 2:

Hehe, ok. But is storying ok too? (especially when it is not believed, ...but even if it ...

Aloha Mark,

I've been considering off and on your questions all day.

Could you please tell me how does it feel so far since starting this investigation together? Any changes?

Gosh, that is a hard one to answer. It feels like so many changes and so hard to put into words. A sense of awe. Alot of ...

Aloha Mark,

Still here, still considering, I'll be back tomorrow :).

Warmly,
Jen

Aloha Mark,

Wow, you are a man that knows how to bring on the amazing inquiry :).

And yes, totally cop to a little "storying"(T) in the beginning there :).

Love the way that you acknowledge the sensations which arise, and then their passing. These can be welcomed as though they are a little ...

Aloha Mark!

Alrighty, let's dive in:

Here's an exercise: The next time you take a drink, consider three alternatives from drinks which are available. Stay with the consideration of each, then notice the apparent move towards one or the other. Can a choice point be found (a place where the ...

Aloha Mark,

This has been a busy get unpacked and finish setting up the new house day, so this reply is a combo "still here and still considering" plus an initial response :). I will check out your homework with drinks/clothes tomorrow.

Reads as though some expansion is happening, some seeing ...

Aloha Mark,

Wow! That homework packs a punch.

I would like to formally bust myself on what appears to me as a resistance pattern of coming to contemplate this towards the end of the day. It would work much better if I begin the day with it, or at the very least, do it in the middle. Even leaving ...