Hi Star,

[quote When I become aware, I sense the dynamics, the story is seen as a story, there is a relaxation of it, yet lot of discomfort in the body.[/quote]

Who is it that becomes aware?
The intellectual kind of answer would be "no one," but who is it really?
Could you show?

Kento

Hi Star. :)

What is it that makes you call that dynamics "concoction"?

Kento

Hi Cole.


If the thought of what it is is dropped it's more like an energy of urge.


Ok, just describe the quality of that "energy" as you keep observing it.
Put your focus on it, and try to give as much time as you can to the observation.

Better if you could reserve time dedicated exclusively ...

Hi. :)

I saw in the announcements, that you are offering video based guidance. How does that work?

Send me a PM and I'll let you know about the details.


So, what is your answer to my previous question in a nutshell?

First question again: what concocts images, thoughts and sensation?

Kento

OK, is that "sense" of control something similar to
bodily sensations such as pain or itch? Or is it more like a thought
that has the content related to control?

Drop the label "control" or "ownership" and look at the sense again,
after which you may describe what that "sense" is down at the ...

Hi Cole.


as soon as “I” come in and try to see them as mine, there’s an immediate contraction to the sensations arising.


What is that "I" that comes in? Again, drop the concepts and dive into the sensate experience, even if that's a
thought; investigate not the content of the thought, but ...

Thanks, Cole. :)

Ok, close your eyes and examine closer. What makes those sensations
so special that they are associated with something called the separate "self"?

It's not about pondering on the above, but rather about focusing on
the sensate experience itself, without naming them, in which ...

Hi colemination. Sorry, I meant if I could call you by your own name, as calling you
"colemination" sounds a bit awkward to me.

Anyway ...


it does feel ephemeral but also sometimes comes with an image

Does "True Self" equal with an image? Observe that "image" as it appears, and
see whether ...

Hi Star. :) It's been a while. How have you been?

the sense of I is a concoction of Images, Thoughts and Sensations.

What concocts them, and how are they concocted?
Take a look at the very moment they are concocted, and describe it.

Regards,

Kento

Hi colemination (is there any other way I could call you, btw?). :)


the identification of the “I” (true self/no self) with the “me”. Or the idea of a me.


How do you perceive what you call "true self?"
Is it an intellectual understanding that there is one?

Is it any different from one of the ...

Hi colemination. My name is Kento, and I'm here to help you, as a guide in this forum, to
go through the LU process.

You wrote in your intro that the "identification" must be broken.
Could you start by telling what identifies with what?

Regards,

Kento

Can you show that in a far less abstract way?

Hi Omkar. :)

Then inquire again and again, "what is 'it'?" Grapple with this simple question, night and day.

would point to what is, right here,

What exactly is "what is, right here?"

when there are no thoughts.

What about when there are thoughts?

I would point to being here

What do you point to exactly?