The Gate

Yes, although that identification with the body is still there.

The identification does it have to disappear completely?
Why?
Why not?
Identification will go on and it is good this way….just in case you get in way of a car or a shooting or or… . This film can go on running, it is the knowing that this isn’t all there is, and that there is no one or no thing separate from what is which makes the difference.
The content of thought can stay the way it is, once it is seen who would be worried about it.

To be honest, there has been a feeling a apathy recently. This sense of a complete lack of faith in thoughts, plans, fantasies and ideas that otherwise would present a sense of hope and certainty.

Yes, this can happen.
It is quite a change from the the belief in the separate, all doing and planning I to life simply happening, unfolding. Be patient, just notice what emotions and thoughts appear and just allow them to be, welcome them as you would welcome and old good friend and notice how they appear and disappear. There will be a new balance found.

Noticing itches, constantly changing sensations that can feel aggravating. There tends to be much more identification during those moments.

Noticing is the key here. Notice how a sensation appears and how thoughts appear, offering lots of explanation and trying to weave the sensation into the story of Dawson.
Just stay with it - no fighting it - just observing with curiosity.

Struggling to find a compass or something to cling on to (as melodramatic as that may sound). Then in contrast, that's interspursed with periods of just being. Nothing to say or to think or do on those occassions.

It can be helpful to see that it never was any different, ever at all. There never was a self steering the ship of life, never, there was just the belief, the idea that it is/was so. So everything as usual. ;-)

Take your time, have lovely time in nature if possible and allow what happens.
Notice how life unfolds everywhere, no captain on board.

Happy New Year for you!

Love
Jadzia

The identification does it have to disappear completely?
Why?
Why not?

As you point out, it serves a function so it's not the end of the world.

My experience is fluctuating, but just observing it to the best of my abilities. There's not much to report in truth. There seems to be less resistance to things in daily life and more of a sense of simplicity. I just need to let it unfold more.

Thanks for all your help and feedback, Jadzia.

Alec

As you point out, it serves a function so it's not the end of the world.

Thoughts are a lot about like or dislike, nice or bad, advanced or beginner.
The beauty of it all is, that everything is part of what is, just is.

There seems to be less resistance to things in daily life and more of a sense of simplicity. I just need to let it unfold more.

Is there an I who has to unfold it more or is there unfolding, closing, opening – ever changing?

Love,
Jadzia