On Revealing the True Nature That Has Been There All Along

[freya]

Hello Warissem,
It took a while for the answers to be ready. Here are the answers:

1)
There is no separate entity of “self”, “I”, or “me”. There has never been. It is possible to encounter the thoughts of I or a separate self, but this mentioned “separate self” can be found nowhere except thoughts.
2)
The illusion of separate self began with language. The taught language always had a subject and an object: a doer and the one getting affected by the doing. This created an illusion that there is an object (the self illusion) doing something and affecting things. As this subject-object thought became more poignant, the illusion of a separate self became stronger. For example, day to day life became a partial illusion, where there would always be a thought about looking at “the self” from a 3rd person eye.
The society also contributed to the self illusion to grow. The illusion that there is another compartment called “the self”, and the rules revolved around it made this thought more frequent.
The self illusion is a thought, just like labelling the sensations of the body as “pain” or “anger”.
3)
In a way, nothing change but everything changed at the same time. The thought of a separate self is less frequent, although it comes and that is okay. It is easier to know the sensations and thoughts without the thought of a sensation that labels it various things. Even when there are the thoughts of sensations or thoughts of thoughts, it became like a game to watch the suprisingly not-so-connected thoughts.
4)
There is this thought of a memory, that there was a leaf falling. The leaf swirled and swirled, until it fell down. That moment was very vivid, where there were no separating lines like the so-called self. There was only the leaf falling.
5)
Well, firstly, all of it are thoughts.
Desicion is a thought/illusion that what is going to be done was “picked” by a separate entity from a seemingly connected thoughts. It is the illusion that from multiple options, this “I” chooses one from them.
Intention is a similar illusion. It creates the illusion that actions and thoughts have a link. For example,
“I intend to go to the kitchen” is a thought. Going to the kitchen is an act. And the intention is just another thought that says “me going to the kitchen and thinking of going to the kitchen are linked.”
Free will is the thought of the ability of this “self” to choose what it is going to do. For example, the act of raising one arm up. Free will thought says “I lifted my arm” when in reality, there is nothing to lift the arm up. The arm is just up.
Choosing thought implies that there is an object “self” that is able to somehow know what thought is going to arrise next.
For example, a number from 1 to 10 will be “chosen”. In reality, there is no act of choosing and only a thought of a number arising. But choosing implies that this self has a control over which number will be thought.

6) Ana 'l-Haqq.


thank you for the lovely guidance.

Jasmine

[warissem]

Good morning

Glad to read the answers. I invite other guides to read them and they would be eventually further questions. Be patient.

Best for you

[warissem]

Hi Jasmine

There is a comment from a guide :
You have not answered to this :

"What are you responsible for? Give examples from experience.

Best wishes

[freya]

Ah, that one seems to be slipped out.

There needs to be an “I” for “me” to be responsible. But there is no I to be responsible in the first place.

For example, let’s take the example of taking care of a cat.

“I am responsible of feeding the cat”
“I am responsible of giving the cat what it needs”

They are all thoughts. There is a thought called feeding the cat that is labelled as the responsibility by another separate thought.

There is only the act of feeding the cat.
There is only the act of giving the cat what it needs.
And then, there are thoughts.

The “responsibility thought” has nothing to do with the act itself. They are two different things.

So there could be a lot of thoughts regarding what this I should be responsible of. For example, a thought raised that says “ I need to finish my homework” as of now. There could be an endless list of responsibilities :)


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[warissem]

Hi Jasmine

You will be invited to LU groups on facebook.

Best wishes