Hello Vivien
What is it that is not looking?
No thoughts arise saying, 'look, look at how things really are in your experience'
What is it that could be fully aware or not?
I have seen that there is no awareness as such. So this is also thoughts about being aware. Thoughts noticing the sensations, and the emptiness behind concepts.
“I have learned to identify thoughts and sensations…” – what is it that has learned to identify?
I don't know... I can't explain how and when learning takes place. It's more accurate to say that experiences have modified reactions and thought patterns in certain ways. It's not like there was really a person, a sovereign individual learning. Rather, experience and knowledge accumulated over time and was shaped in certain directions.
What is it that remembers to do small reminder practices? What is it that is doing the small reminder practices?
Thoughts of 'reminding' appear, to put it differently. A thought emerges which says, let's do a little looking here. And then there is looking, also carried out by thoughts. It's an interesting question though why the remembering and reminding occur. But that's probably for another conversation...
