The Gate

Hi Mat,

Merry Christmas !

Yes the last few days there is a shift of seeing. Small but significant.

Can you share a little bit more about this shift? What is the understanding now?

Yes, thoughts create stories... but where is the mind and the chain? :-)

Can you explain more about free will?

Is there someone responsible?


Lubo

Hey Lubo,

Yes merry Christmas indeed! Hope you and your loved ones are having a great day.

Can you share a little bit more about this shift? What is the understanding now?

So now there seems to be more clarity whilst looking for the absence of a me when stuck in a story. It feels there is an understanding and an explanation to previous dead ends where suffering and negative thought processes occurred. That understanding and clarity is based on framing the story as a story albeit when accompanied by the feelings of stress/negativity in the chest is more difficult to see through but indeed there has been progress and a shift in this respect. All the exercises that we have done here are at hand to act as a reminder and prompts when stuck in story.

Yes, thoughts create stories... but where is the mind and the chain? :-)

Another great question this Lubo! It seems there are so many layers to this whole mind/story/me business. Like a huge onion.
Yes you caught this beautifully. Again we are at a story again here! The chain of thought is a thought and a story , the mind again is a concept.

Can you explain more about free will?

I had trouble seeing this as a concept previously but part of this recent alignment has helped the "seeing" So it is seen that I am not the doer. I have no free will. The body moves , decisions are made , directions are chosen before thought kicks in and claims ownership of that decision. Free will is an assumed position from the perspective of an "I"

Is there someone responsible?

There is not a someone who is responsible just a spontaneous happening and a slightly delayed corresponding thought process

Hi Lubo , re-reading my reply I understand that the following is a series of labeling and thoughts tho it is a feeling/sensation that comes up and requires analysis to see through

feelings of stress/negativity in the chest

Hi Matt,
Thanks for the greetings, and for the honest reply.
I understand what is the meaning - to be stuck in the story, but Who can be stuck? The story is just a story.
Look around, notice what is real, what exists, what grows?
Could the story be alive? Can the story be touched?

There is a clear boundary between what life is and what story is, can you see that?

Is there anyone separate from the life, from what is here now?

Who is this I, who is not a doer and don't have free will?

So it is seen that I am not the doer. I have no free will.

feelings of stress/negativity in the chest

here it is wonderful example to see what is the story for the I who is in trouble, who is...tell the story out loud.
Who is stressed? Is there someone behind the story? is there anyone who needs to be protected?

Hi Lubo,

Look around, notice what is real, what exists, what grows?
Could the story be alive? Can the story be touched

No the story is not alive and cannot be touched. It is all in thought.

There is a clear boundary between what life is and what story is, can you see that?

Yes that is seen very clearly now even more so due to the presentation of this question.

Is there anyone separate from the life, from what is here now?

No one separate from life as it is seen here and now

Who is this I, who is not a doer and don't have free will?

This I is the aliveness/awakeness. It is not a me that it has been mistaken for previously.

Who is stressed? Is there someone behind the story? is there anyone who needs to be protected?

Not someone no , this thing that is here is not a someone who is stressed , there is noone there that needs to be protected.

Hi Matt,
OK.
Is there anything else than what is? Is there someone who arrived here in what is and probably will be gone?
Is there a witness, observer of what is?
Someone or something that must fight with what is?
Is there someone who has memory, past life and must be fulfil in the future ?

Spent with these questions few days, look and reply with honesty.

love,
Lubo.

Hi Lubo. Happy new year!

This set of questions certainly needed a few days pondering.

Is there anything else than what is?

No

Is there someone who arrived here in what is and probably will be gone?

No , but this is less clarity with this answer tho it is seen.

Is there a witness, observer of what is?

No witness/observer to be found just a series of events

Someone or something that must fight with what is?

No

Is there someone who has memory, past life and must be fulfil in the future ?

No but again altho this is seen it lacks clarity but it is seen through nontheless

OK.
Lets look here

Is there someone who has memory, past life and must be fulfil in the future ?

No but again altho this is seen it lacks clarity but it is seen through nontheless

The reality is what is here, OK?
Past and future are stories, they are seemingly alive.
But what is real/alive is the experience of thoughts, not stories. Can you see this?
There is a thought about tomorrow - this is real and it cannot be deny.
But what is real - an experience of a thought or an experience of tomorrow?

Is it possible to know which thought will come before it comes, which story will be told before it is told? Check this story of me in this very moment.
Touch something and notice the core of me. What is it this me, is it real like what is here or me is an experience of a thought?

must be fulfil in the future

Notice that what is - is already here and you don't have to believe in the story that there is a "me" to be fulfilled in the future?

:) lubo

Hi Lubo.

Just to let you know that work is being done here each day , clarity in seeing is being accessed more and more efficiently as each day passes. Your previous post is a great reminder of this simplistic seeing. Thanks

Hi Matt,

Great. Thank you for reply.
Write me from time to time to keep connection live :)

Chears,
lubo