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ashton
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Re: TrueSelf

Postby ashton » Fri Jul 31, 2026 5:07 am

Hi Jack,
That's surprisingly not so easy to do, as in times of stress the mind is very chaotic and lots of thoughts/sensations flying through very quickly, like a very convoluted chain .
Can you see that this is thought content?
Look.
See.

Not a problem. Just note, that this is thought content.
And that is what arose.
It arose on its own accord.
1 a thought "hurry up your late"
2 feeling of tension intensifying
3 feeling of annoyance for something not being on the right place delaying me for another few seconds 😅 THOUGHT CONTENT
4 "why can't he put things where they belong?" Frustration
5 my little one wakes up calling me
6 "arghhh why now?! Going to be even later" frustration and tightness intensifying, feeling a stress headache coming on
7 "breath calm down, not little ones fault I'm in a rush, doesn't deserve a frustrated dad"
8 taking a few slow breaths (somewhat hurried😝)
9 spending a few minutes with my kid, calm on the outside, very tensed on the inside
10 rushing to the door, head throbbing, all kinds of worrying scenarios+accompanying emotions whirling around
Good job. You saw a chain of events as a chain of events.

I want you to live life for a day. And during that day, if it happens, and if noticing is present, try to notice occurances of focal points shifting. Or awareness shifting. And also if/when the sense of self arises.

But when those things come up and get noticed, pay close attention to notice it as a chain of event just like you did above.

Notice that, it, too, is no different than any of numbers 1-10 you wrote above. It could take place as number 1. Or number 5. Or number 10. Just see if it presents itself at all. Any of those things I mentioned.

And if it doesn't, but let's say thetorically you are trying to notice it and it doesn't pop up- just notice that the "trying to notice it" is also an event in the chain... that it too arises on its own, and could take as being number 1, 2, 5, 9, etc in a given chain.

Do that for me?
And of course, report your findings or hangups.
But if there is a hangup, before you write it down... notice that that "hangup" too, just like anything else, arose on its own, out of nowhere, without asking for your permission to he a hangup. It just presented itself.

Ash.

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Re: TrueSelf

Postby TrueSelf » Fri Jul 31, 2026 4:43 pm

Thanks for your prompt replies and guidance, greatly appreciated 🙏
try to notice occurrences of focal points shifting
Could you please clarify what you mean by that?

Thanks
Have a nice weekend 🙂

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Re: TrueSelf

Postby ashton » Fri Jul 31, 2026 6:57 pm

Hi Jack,
1 a thought "hurry up your late"
2 feeling of tension intensifying
3 feeling of annoyance for something not being on the right place delaying me for another few seconds 😅
4 "why can't he put things where they belong?" Frustration
5 my little one wakes up calling me
6 "arghhh why now?! Going to be even later" frustration and tightness intensifying, feeling a stress headache coming on
7 "breath calm down, not little ones fault I'm in a rush, doesn't deserve a frustrated dad"
8 taking a few slow breaths (somewhat hurried😝)
9 spending a few minutes with my kid, calm on the outside, very tensed on the inside
10 rushing to the door, head throbbing, all kinds of worrying scenarios+accompanying emotions whirling around
try to notice occurrences of focal points shifting
Could you please clarify what you mean by that?
When you said all of that....
Is each link in the chain also a shift in focal point of your experience?

Something new begins to take center stage?
A new link in the chain?

So what I'm saying with that line is...
Yeah, try to notice occurances of focal points shifting in real time.
Or said another way, try to notice new links in the chain... new sensations taking center stage when new sensations take center stage...

Start with that.
We will dissect your findings later.
But just go ahead with that and let me know of some chains that happened and got noticed throughout the day.
No pressure.

I'm not asking for clarity to be in your experience 100% of the time.
You'll probably find (through looking) that it actually isn't....

Ash.


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