The Gate

Hello dear,

No, you certainly can’t package This. :)

Beautiful sharing. A couple of clarifying questions:

Thoughts appear with images and stories about possibilities and things I want, but what I actually do is not something I can actually predict. Attempts to do so refer to past actions, and appear correct only by circumstance. Writing this requires confidence.

What does it mean that this requires confidence?

I used to try and describe my experience to people but that desire has died down and feel like interactions require such care. I can see that what there is of my remaining selfing is a fear of doing harm.

Who or what is carrying the image of being good? Can that image be responsible for anything?

Tensions accompany thoughts that tell me when I shouldn't be doing a thing, and the tension are like a drag-net.

Is there a me that gatekeeps the action happening or not?

Is the tension responsible?

Is there an actual link between the tension and the thought? Which comes first?

Much love,
Becca

Confidence, being good or bad, the drag-net; all images that I must have believed in, even somewhat. It's astonishing how noisy the mind really is, even when it seems to be whispering.

I feel tension when thought and sensation appear to be aspects of the same thing, and the tension becomes what "I" am feeling. The thing that thought and sensation imply to be is a belief that can itself be associated with other thoughts and beliefs, creating the appearance of a world "out there".

This is really wild, to so calmly notice that there is no inside or outside, no me or mine, no world to be in.

It's bright and vivid. It's raw vulnerability of the heart and open awareness, flooded with colour and movement. This is literally true for as close as I can describe it. I see it very clearly, but there is also a pulling effect that makes "me" happen, like weeds that keep returning to a pavement.

I noticed that there is a difference between deconstructing a self that is artificial and recognising that it was never there. This is the key insight that you are pointing to, right? It truly doesnt matter if the selfing stays or goes when we recognise it for what it isn't.

It is really wild! And beautiful. And bright and vivid.

I noticed that there is a difference between deconstructing a self that is artificial and recognising that it was never there. This is the key insight that you are pointing to, right? It truly doesnt matter if the selfing stays or goes when we recognise it for what it isn't

Precisely. The illusion is seen through.

I and a few other guides read through your responses to all these questions and we are collectively satisfied. It appears the Gateless Gate has been crossed… but as you know there is no Gate, no one to cross it, and no end to the journey. ;)

Soon you’ll receive an email notifying you of a PM from the forum, inviting you to join LU's Facebook groups. It also has other information that might be of interest. Your username will change from green to blue and this thread will be moved to the ‘Archive’ section of the forum, but you will be able to access it.

The experience these past couple of weeks is just the beginning of exploring. It will also be the beginning of cleaning up of all sorts of old beliefs and habitual patterns of thought as has already been happening. This can be an emotional process and a nonlinear one. If you have any questions or hiccups at all, you are welcome to drop a line here or email me directly any time. Will send you a DM with that.

It has been a pleasure to walk beside you here. Of course it is not the end of our conversation. Here to support as things continue to evolve.

With gratitude and love,
Becca
🙏

What a find you've been!

:D