Hello Alan,

I enjoy looking at my emails and seeing a message from LU knowing it's from you. 😊

Please could you clarify by what you mean when you say ‘looking beyond that’

We talked about the fact that the simplest and deepest level to describe perception are colors, sounds, sensations and ...

Hello Alan,

I can only surrender to the present moment
As you look DIRECTLY at your moment-to-moment experience you reference here, tell me a little more about this I and how surrender is experienced.

Arriving consciously in the present moment, neither past nor future exist and I have no real ...

Hello Alan,

Please excuse the late reply. I have taken the time to go back through our chat and look at topics again.

1) Is there a separate entity 'self', 'me' 'I', at all, anywhere, in any way, shape or form? Was there ever?

I see the idea of a self that is being built up in every moment ...

Hello Alan,

I'd like to invite some other guides here at LU to have a look at the work we've done to make sure there is no stone left upturned in what you and I have covered. […] Are you happy for me to do that Hannes?

Everything that supports our journey is fine. 😊


With love

Hannes

Hello dear Alan,

if our attitude is one of wanting to get rid of the feeling then that in fact tends to act like a tackiness that keeps it hanging around

We say in Germany: If you have a problem and don’t want it, than you have two problems.


When we can see that the THOUGHTS have little or no ...

Hello Alan,

Oh Hannes my heart sings when I read what you have written. 😊


Peace is the signature of truth.

I can sense that.


Simply CLEARLY SEEING that "interpreting, meaning making and story telling" - as you point to here - are just thoughts and concepts in IMAGINATION is the key to ...

I would like to add something else:
I have always imagined the dissolution of the separate self as something mystical, where perception and the world somehow change completely and I immerse myself in a kind of super high consciousness.

In the brief moments when the idea of a separate self ...

Hello Alan,

Is not the suffering that has occurred just a thought about the past?

You are right. It is an incredibly persistent and emotionally charged thought about the past.


Tell me about this responsibility.
What is this “I” that feels responsible?

This "I" is a self-constructing thought ...

Hello Alan,

Has it been clearly seen that there is no separate individual (“I/me”), and never has been?

No. I once told you about my separation from my lady after 16 years. I see my son regularly, but still feel bad because I can no longer be there for him every day and have thoughts that I will ...

Hi Alan,

How is it known EXACTLY that a ‘memory’ thought refers to something that has happened?
This question has been bugging me for days and I just can't figure it out. Can you give me a clue? Please 🙏🏻
Now ....could it be that it is just another thought?😊

It's actually just a thought that ...

Hello Alan,

How is it known EXACTLY that a ‘memory’ thought refers to something that has happened?

This question has been bugging me for days and I just can't figure it out. Can you give me a clue? Please 🙏🏻



(1) First, close the eyes and feel the sensations labelled ‘body’.
(2) Then open the ...

Hello Alan,

Almost everybody believes that a memory thought is referring to something that has happened. That a memory thought is a different thought than a non-memory thought .

Yes. So challenge accepted 😉


What is memory exactly?

The "mental preservation" (= collection of thoughts) of my ...

Hi Alan,

Maybe I'll have the pleasure of visiting Australia one day. 😊
We love people to come and visit. Let me know when you are coming !!

I will definitely do that. In fact, I'm curious to see you. I would also like to thank you for taking time for me and being so patient. I really appreciate ...

The missing answer for your last question:

Apart from feeling you would like things to go faster what changes - if any - do you notice from when you first started this exploration to now (now that you have seen the "me" is not real but a thought)
What is different - if anything - for instance, in ...

Hi Alan,

I don't mind the posts that accidentally ended up here in the thread. At first I thought you were trying to cheat and tell me the answers to the questions 😜 Then I realized it was someone else. 😅

I am the meaning maker.
I take when you say "I" here you are pointing to the imaginary "me ...