There is no taster. Tasting just happens. Cant stop it, cant start it. Taste is always happening.There is no listener. Hearing just happens.
What about a taster, a smeller, a feeler, a seer, a thinker etc ?
There is no taster. Tasting just happens. Cant stop it, cant start it. Taste is always happening.There is no listener. Hearing just happens.
What about a taster, a smeller, a feeler, a seer, a thinker etc ?
One of the first "decisions i thought i made" was to play sports to gain my fathers attention. It is becoming more clear to me that the body mind just responded to environmental conditions and thought overlays made it seem like i was the doer. So far it is looking like that is all there is.You had no say in being born or which school you first went to. When did you make your first decision?
i didn't back out far enough. That too is this body responding to environmental conditions. Am i on the right track?Question. It seems like attention can be directed to particular sense gates and thought or even just part of a sense field. If that is true, what directs it?
This feels right, When i relax into this there is a sense of relief. No need to try, no need to protect. Just along for the ride right now. Thoughts arise. The content is objection. Just a thought with illusory content.So there appears to be a body here that does what it does and that is all that can happen.
Each moment is what it is.
Seeing through self is nothing more than this.
Nothing has changed, yet everything is different, that's freedom.
Something is shifting, It is becoming more and more clear there is no controller, no doer, just things happening right now.Watch experiencing during everyday activities. What is it that drives the car? What puts food in the mouth? What is it that reads these words, types replies? Is there a 'something' doing these...or do they simply happen, all on their own? Look deeply into this many times a day, without expectations....
Nothing at all to lose, except the false idea that you exist.
An illusion is a miss perceived stimulus. It feels like there is a knowing that it is a misrepresentation.What's the difference between a delusion and an illusion?
Yes i see that. Seeing the illusion kind of stimulates a tendency to pick up the reigns again. Now that i have clearly seen its not there, the reminder that it is an illusion feels helpful. There is still a feeling of wanting to look again and prove its not there, prove nothing is running the show. That is done fairly often during the day. Maybe a little doubt remaining. Not sure. i am just letting the body do what ever it does.Yes, the self was a delusion, that was believed to be real.
The self is now an illusion, like a mirage in the dessert that looks like water, but when you walk up to it, you realize it was heat haze.
But remember when you look from the original position, the mirage will still look like water.
There is still a feeling of wanting to look again and prove its not there, prove nothing is running the show
Decision making: i am aware of activities that look and feel like decision making. I am approaching it from the perspective that i don't have to make any effort towards making a decision. Most of the time it appears nothing else is needed. Occasionally effort happens and i remember there is no control so there is moving towards the first impulse that arises. That seems to work.What are your current thoughts about decision making and responsibility?
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