Hi Blanca,
Good — let’s look even more precisely here.
Something will come into my attention from my periphery that I wasn't aware I was even tracking peripherally.
Look carefully. Is there ever anything experienced that is not known at all?
Or is it rather that something is present, but there is ...

Hi Glen
I get sucked in when the thought is accompanied by a sense of certainty
Look carefully… What is that “sense of certainty” made of? A sensation? A thought?
Even when you are “sucked in”, does a self actually appear? Or is there a thought saying “I am a body”, a sensation (tight, heavy ...

...
A guide has asked with regards to:

This understanding that I'm not a self is not constant yet.

Who judges constancy? Is it possible to know what is constant in direct experience or only with a thought of past or future?
Love
rali

Hi Glen

Great! Everything you wrote is consistent except for this subtle drift:
This understanding that I'm not a self is not constant yet.
Look! Is this about an understanding being constant or about thoughts appearing and disappearing?
It seems like there is still an expectation for something ...

Hey Blanca
Just checking up on you... Is everything OK?
Love
Rali

Hi Lanie
Good. Now don’t turn this into something you “had.”
It hasn’t reappeared.
Look carefully. What hasn’t reappeared?
That clear, obvious, no-self seeing, is that something that comes and goes?
Or is it a moment where thought stopped interfering, followed by thought saying “it’s gone”
Look ...

Hi Glen
Enjoyment shows up when it does and so does the label.
Exactly!
thoughts that something ought to be different still appear
Of course they do. BUT when that thought appears, is there a problem?
Or just a thought saying there is a problem
Nothing has to change for this to be clear. Even ...

Hi Glen
Good. You’ve answered everything cleanly:
No sensation claims to be me.
Calling it me is just a habit…
What happens doesn't need a me.
That’s it.
Now watch what thoughts will “try to do” next - turn this into something to maintain, turn this into something to deepen, turn this into ...

Hi Blanca,
Good. This is very clear. Let’s go directly to this part:
But peripheral awareness is something else. It is the background scanning that happens all the time. I'm not aware of it (by definition) but it's definitely happening.
Look carefully! If you are not aware of it…how do you know it ...

Hi Glen
No separate self in the real world
Good. This is settled:
Now let’s clean up the last subtle piece you’re asking about:
That quote from your April 23rd post is what was referenced - badly. Tell me if the "aliveness" is merely sensation or something more.
I knew what you were referring to ...

Hi Lanie
Good. This is very close now. But see what’s happening right at the edge — thought is still trying to reposition itself in a more sophisticated role.
the focus has changed to awareness being aware. It feels like a dropping back, with no contraction. Thoughts are still there, sensations are ...

Hi Glen
Very good. This is clear enough to stop circling.
It's the thought of being a separate self which for me was the thought of being a body .
That’s it. Before going into your questions, one last check:
Even when the thought “I am a body” appears…, does it ever do anything more than appear ...

Hi Glen
Good.
Without referring to any thought, is there a self anywhere in any form?
No.
Great! Now check what thoughts will try to do next. They will say “Yes, but…”, “How does this carry into life?”, “What about memory, functioning, decisions?” Watch that. Those are just more thoughts, trying ...

Hi Blanca
looking feels effortful… like something I’m doing
Look carefully. That feeling of effort, what is it, exactly? A sensation? A thought saying “I’m doing this”?
Check… A thought appears “ I need to look ”. Does that thought do anything? Or does it just appear? Did the thought move the ...

Hi Glen
Now comes the part where the thought “tries” to turn this into a position instead of letting it cut all the way through.
No thought points to a real me.
Good. Don’t move past that.
Sense of certainty that can attach to an opposing thought…?
Look for yourself! Don’t try to understand with ...