Thank you for everything. In the midst of unexpected difficulties, the heart remains open.

I watched the Puppetji video by the way. Very funny and also "profound"!

Hello,

Thank you Petrus. It was a pleasure to be guided by you.

Who is responsible?
Can one develop "complete acceptance and openness" through mind tactics?

I knew that answer would raise questions, but I couldn't give the easy answer! To say that "I" am not responsible for anything may be ...

Hello Petrus,

I'm sorry I was not faster with my response. It is an American holiday involving guests and lots of cooking and little private time. I hope you are enjoying your trip. There is no hurry from my side to have the answers shown to other guides.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me ...

No more specific questions at this time. I think I have a better idea now of what "seeing through the illusion of a separate self" means for the purposes of Liberation Unleashed. It is clear that the "self" is not real. it is also clear that this is only a first step. Before requesting a guide, I ...

Hi Petrus,

So they just are thoughts, and that "it seems a totally separate part" is a thought too!
And the contents of a thought has no real connection with reality, or in other words, it is not real.


Thoughts about thoughts observing and commenting on thoughts! Too busy! haha

In perception ...

Hello Petrus,

o now you are convinced, haha?
Or still some "I" left?
Or is it the place on the wall where the painting was hanging that you still see?
Or is the aliveness (from http://liberationunleashed.com/articles/direct-experience/) which you give a label "I".
Look closely. What is left now ...

Hello,

There is nothing wrong with thoughts. The only thing is: their contents are not real. Can you see that?

Yes, it is very clear that the contents of thoughts are not real. I have heard and read about people who say that they experience thoughts disappearing…silence after liberation. I didn ...

Hi Petrus,

It seems so long since I have been able to write. Life is happening. I write a bit and get interrupted.

So, first stop the believing. Believing is thinking. Thinking isnt it. Agree?
...

Yes, Agree!

So what is left when there is no believe in what thinking just imagines?

Nothing ...

What shift are you expecting?


ust the incredible shift from thinking from a center called "I" to living from NO center.

That is the shift I am expecting. I don't know how to go from believing there is no separate self, having been taught it for years and "understanding it intellectually ...

I wonder, what thoughts and feelings coming up during this conversation?

There was a feeling of lightness or relief on reading your message, especially the following lines. Somehow a flash of realization of how the whole thing works, some momentary lack of need to try so hard. An energetic ...

Hi Petrus,

Bodily sensations were much more noticed today and I noticed that thought was secondary to label or explain. I was watching a movie and the action was very intense and my entire body was reacting and for a moment it was just sensation no connected to any reason. Also ordinary thoughts ...

I don't know! I can't locate a self anywhere but I am still writing and have a body and can think and feel. I think I'm trying to figure it out rather than experiencing. When I have experienced extreme openness so that there seemed a merging of some part of "me" with others…a kind of communication ...

Hi Petrus,

What you mean with "more than"?

I just meant that I was having fewer thoughts and more experiencing.

There is no layers of thoughts, just one thought at a time. There being layers is a thought. Can you check that?

Yes, one thought at a time but sometimes so many in succession on ...

Hi Petrus,

I read your post earlier today and also a couple of articles from the website..one about emptiness teachings, which was very familiar from Buddhist studies. Later watched the video you mentioned.

It is important to be able to distinguish between the actual experience and the arising ...

Hello,

Did you see this article already? http://liberationunleashed.com/articles/direct-experience/


I just read it.

Where do thoughts come from? They are just experiences that appear.
Where are they going? They stay as long as they do and then recede.
Can ‘you’ stop a thought in the middle ...