How is that self 'experienced'? Can you find an experience of self in direct experience?the self is an experience, the experience of the separate self aka Radu.
So was there actually a self before and now there is not? Can you please clarify?before there was a self that went through those things, now I see that there is no self to be part of this equation.
Breathing is happening...do I breathe? No. Looking throughout these days, I saw how the work ideas, that we were talking about, pop up in the mind.Is it more true to say, I walk..... or walking is happening? Is the body/mind an entity that is an experiencer, or is experience just happening?
Just look ... Is life happening TO someone? Or is life just happening? Is there a you that is experiencing anything? Or is experience just happening.
I don't see it like this. What is this awareness anyway? The way I see it, awareness is not something separate from what is.Are you the awareness that the body (physical, emotional, psychological bodies)-mind may seem to arise in?
No, there is no self in direct experience, not even an experience of self. I know that this is in contradiction with what I wrote earlier, but this is just the way I see stuff now. The way I see ’the self’ is a thought, a label, a belief. Its hard for me to write these things now, because I find it hard to try to put them into words - there are simply no thoughts that appear in this direction.the self is an experience, the experience of the separate self aka Radu.
How is that self 'experienced'? Can you find an experience of self in direct experience?
I read the post that I wrote “before there was a self that went through those things, now I see that there is no self to be part of this equation.” and the first thought that came to mind was "I didn't write that" :)So was there actually a self before and now there is not? Can you please clarify?
No.1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?
Separate self is belief. I don't know exactly when it starts, but as far as how it works - belief system, reinforced every day by more belief. In the previous answer I have written a little about inertia, some sort of momentum that the beliefs have; I would like to add this as well to the answer.2) Explain in detail what the illusion of separate self is, when it starts and how it works from your own experience. Describe it fully as you see it now.
The degrees of seeing through the illusion of self vary from more subtle nuances to more obvious/powerful/gross(not sure on the adjective here) ones.3) How does it feel to see this? What is the difference from before you started this dialogue? Please report from the past few days.
For this I would like to refer, if its ok with you, to my previous answer: "I remember that realizing that the self if not my self, it is just "a self" was pretty big; i don't know why, but i had this thing looping through my mind for half a day, but I think that the thing that "pushed me over" was seeing that the self is just belief; past self is belief - thoughts. I also feel that having you Sarah, poking at my expectations helped a lot."4) What was the last bit that pushed you over, made you look?
No. I consider good examples the things that we talked about in previous post -"Breathing is happening...do I breathe? No." - body, thoughts about things etc. Driving the car, playing on the computer, ideas at work - everything really.5) Do you decide, intend, choose, control events in Life? Do you make anything happen? Give examples from your experience.
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