Don't worry we will go on until you tell me a big fat "NO" that a self / you exist.It feels great to learn how to look at experience like this. Not scary at all. Mingboggling yes, but not daunting.Is it ?
:)
You have looked almost everywhere and could you find this self/you anywhere?
If not
Is it scary as that thought say ?
I can’t find this self anywhere. But I really need to practice and decondition how I see reality.
Thank you,
Suzanne
Hello Adil,What do you notice?
Is there a body?
Is there a ceiling?
Is there a distance?
Brilliant Looking SuzanneHello Adil,What do you notice?
Is there a body?
Is there a ceiling?
Is there a distance?
When my eyes are open, I see body and ceiling and there’s a thought that the two are separated by distance (sight +thought)
When the eyes are closed however, I notice that there are sensations and a visual memory of the ceiling in the mind. But as these fade, I notice that there is nothing really, but the remaining sensations and thoughts that pop about ceiling and other subjects.
Metta,
Suzanne
Could you have made a different decision at given circumstances?>> yes I could have decided otherwise and not get married.let's examine the idea of free will..
Look back into the story of your life and find one important decision that you made.
It can be anything..Deciding to get married, choosing your school..choosing to buy a car..anything
Then ask this-
How do you know this ?Yes I could have decided otherwise and not get married.
Are you sure ?yes i could choose freely. I could have said no and we would have stayed together but not married.
The circumstances may be out of my control, but I did say yes.
If I return to direct actual experience to look clearly, I see that thinking (content of thought process) about the different possibilities of the decision at the time did not change the reality of what actually happened. However, in the functional world, it’s best to think about possilities and their potential consequences.Yes I could have decided otherwise and not get married.
How do you know this ?
Does thinking "it could be any different change what has happened ?
There’s no way of knowing that, so I can’t be sure. There are only possibilities. Anything could’ve happened really. And no, things that happened in the past cannot be different when you evoke them in the present. That’s simply impossible.yes i could choose freely. I could have said no and we would have stayed together but not married.
Are you sure ?
How do you know this ?
Could anything happen in the 'seemingly past' be any different ?
I get it, if content of thoughts aren’t part of DE, then, thinking about a decision won’t change a thing. What happens, happens. I don’t control what happens by thinking.The circumstances may be out of my control, but I did say yes.
Was your "yes" anything out of those "out of control circumstances ?
yes. only by thinking you may know that this would be any different. and you will never know this.Hello,
Let’s look some more:If I return to direct actual experience to look clearly, I see that thinking (content of thought process) about the different possibilities of the decision at the time did not change the reality of what actually happened. However, in the functional world, it’s best to think about possilities and their potential consequences.Yes I could have decided otherwise and not get married.
How do you know this ?
Does thinking "it could be any different change what has happened ?
Even if there’s no way of knowing really.
Sure it is impossible.There’s no way of knowing that, so I can’t be sure. There are only possibilities. Anything could’ve happened really. And no, things that happened in the past cannot be different when you evoke them in the present. That’s simply impossible.yes i could choose freely. I could have said no and we would have stayed together but not married.
Are you sure ?
How do you know this ?
Could anything happen in the 'seemingly past' be any different ?
Yes. Sure Suzanne.I get it, if content of thoughts aren’t part of DE, then, thinking about a decision won’t change a thing. What happens, happens. I don’t control what happens by thinking.The circumstances may be out of my control, but I did say yes.
Was your "yes" anything out of those "out of control circumstances ?
It’s thought.What is the actual experience of "possibilites" ?
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