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[Russ84]

Continued to look and notice what is actually seen vs the mental images

[Russ84]

Still working on step 5

[Russ84]

Continuing on step 5, not much progress but keeping at it

[Russ84]

Still working, will shift focus to noticing what is seen before thoughts without looking in the mirror and see if that helps.

[AwayKen127]

Hi Jerry,
Perhaps try looking in the mirror from almost no distance. If you're close enough, you'll see just a blur of colors. Is there any information intrinsically in the blur that tells you it's an image of a part of a body? If you had never seen a photograph or a mirror before, would you know immediately what you were looking at? If not, what is the process, in microscopic detail, by which you would eventually identify what you were seeing?

[Russ84]

Sure thing I'll give that a try today after work

[Russ84]

Perhaps try looking in the mirror from almost no distance. If you're close enough, you'll see just a blur of colors. Is there any information intrinsically in the blur that tells you it's an image of a part of a body? If you had never seen a photograph or a mirror before, would you know immediately what you were looking at? If not, what is the process, in microscopic detail, by which you would eventually identify what you were seeing?

This was helpful, noticing lots of mental images trying to work out what could be seen when very close. Will continue with this

[Russ84]

Continuing to look very closely at the mirror and still trying to notice what is seen vs mental images

[Russ84]

Still working, didn't get much time yesterday.

[Russ84]

Continuing to look over the last day

[Russ84]

Hey Jeff I'm going to stop looking, have been losing the motivation / desire over the last month and reducing the time spent looking. I've been barely spending much time looking over the last week.

I'm really grateful for the time and work you gave to help me over the past few months, the progress made wouldn't be anywhere near the same without your guidance. I've got a month long retreat in a Thailand monastery at the end of the year so that might help reignite my search but otherwise will just continue to look as much as I can.

[AwayKen127]

Jerry,
Thank you for your diligence and daily check-ins. I wish you all the best. Blessings on your journey. Ping me if I can be of assistance.
Warmly,
Jeff