are you seeing this directly?... imagination for the purpose of this exercise is simply more thinking...Imaginatively putting myself in a baby’s position I see that without the labels and the thoughts, it’s all just happening.
LOOK closely and gently... can you know that you have eyes in this moment... or is that simply what you think the experience is... can you find the label 'eyelashes' anywhere... what is your experience of 'air' without the explanation 'this is air'Seeing – the eyes tingle and can feel the air, eyelashes felt whilst blinking, shapes, colors, movement is visibly happening.
"When for you there will be only the seen in reference to the seen, only the heard in reference to the heard, only the sensed in reference to the sensed, only the cognized in reference to the cognized, then, Bāhiya, there is no you in connection with that."Thoughts are happening in response to the visual happening… feelings are happening in response to the thought and visual happening.
really LOOK at your experience... can you directly see 'response'... can you directly see any connection whatsoever between what is SEEN and what is COGNIZED... or is "in response to" an explanation of your experience and thus simply thinking...
get right into the middle of these emotions and separate out what is direct SENSATION and what is simply thinking..."only the sensed in reference to the sensed, only the cognized in reference to the cognised"...Feeling – emotional response to visual stimuli and thought, as in seeing this feelings arise, and thinking that feelings arise, it is also just happening…
great stuff...very direct... as 'I' sit here... typing is happening... thinking... sounds... colours... labelling 'screen'...thinking... emotion... clicking keys... pain in 'hand'... movement... seeing...Touch – in this case is happening in response to thought, finger clicking keys in response to thinking, touch also happening in response to body sensation as in finger scratches tip of the nose.
you won't be able to write to me without labels but are you seeing 'beneath' them quite clearly?
what is 'finger' like... describe 'keys' ...'tip of nose'
yes!Thinking is happening.
yes!The same with hearing….
great... this is where we need to go next... when you are deeply LOOKING, notice how 'I' arises... is it an image of yourself... the sound of your inner voice... an idea of what you are feeling emotionally... how does 'I' arise...I have drawn a line under what I actually know, or what I actually experience. “I” is a thought that happens based on past experiences, here and now “I” is thought and thinking is happening.