Look again : are there two sensations : one of a chair another of a body?This is not well defined either. There is a bit of pressure, but it makes a blurry boundary.
The label refers to a body in the medical sense, with all its organs, muscle, skeleton, etc.What does the word/label ‘body’ ACTUALLY refer to?
What is the ACTUAL experience of the body?
No, the chair and body seem to be the same sensation, not two.Look again : are there two sensations : one of a chair another of a body?
Without using thought, there is no "feeler", the feeling is just happening in the experience of the moment.Is there a feeler of sensations?
The actual experience is seeing pink/red.When you look at the word label ‘GREEN’, what is the actual experience?
Pink/red is experienced. There is no visual experience of the colour green.Is the colour red ‘experienced’, or is the colour green ‘experienced’ as the label suggests?
The label "Green" does not have a one-to-one correspondence with reality. It suggest a different colour than what is actually being seen in experience.Does the label ‘GREEN’ have a one-to-one correspondence with ‘reality’? Or does the label suggest something else other than what is here now (red colour)?
"Green" is just a label overlaying the experience.Is 'green' associated in any way with the experience of the colour red; or is green just a label that overlays the actual experience of red?
the visual experience of the redness is not affected in any way by using different labels. The mental reaction experience could be affected.If the label ‘GREEN’ is replaced with the label ‘GOOD’ or ‘BAD’, is the redness affected in any way as the labels suggests?
No, reality is not affected by the labels whatsoever.Does redness become ‘good’ or ‘bad’, or do the labels have no affect whatsoever on ‘reality’?
The movement seems to happen on its own.How is the movement controlled?
Thought does not seem to be controlling it.Does a thought control it?
NoCan a ‘controller’ of any description be located?
There does not seem to be any point where thought decides to do it and makes it happen.How is the decision made to turn the hand over? Track any decision point when a thought MADE THE DECISION to turn the hand over and the hand turns over immediately.
The choice seemed to happen automatically, without thought.Who or what chose which hand - the left or right hand for the exercise?
Nothing can be found that is choosing when to turn the palm. It's just happening.Can you find a separate individual or anything that is choosing when to turn the palm up or down?
Seeing happens as direct experience not in thought. Is "a hidden controller" not another thought?Doing the exercise again, sure no controller can be seen, but how do I know for sure there's not a "hidden controller"?
It's true, "a hidden controller" is just another thought.Seeing happens as direct experience not in thought. Is "a hidden controller" not another thought?
I have seen this phrase many times in reading the LU and GG books, so I'm a bit used to it, and it doesn't generate much in the way of thoughts or feelings any more. It is something that I can agree with mentally.What arises as thoughts, feelings when you read this :
There is no you, no Marty, no separate self in any shape or form. It never was, it will never be.
When you walk in the street or wherever, you meet people. When you see or meet a "person" you don't know, there is only a body which is seen. But when you see a person you know, you see the body, the name and all the stories about him.At the same time, seeing "my" name there in the statement did give a bit of a shock. It was a very brief feeling that is hard to describe. Maybe a flash of concern or fear.
Yes, this is seen clearly.Do you see clearly the difference between what is here now and the stories about it?
Yes, stories are not actually attached to anything. This only happens in minds.Do you see that the stories are not put as a charge on the back of a body or whatever object?
Yes, this is seen sometimes, but not all the time. There are lots of time when Marty seems real.Do you see that Marty is a story?
Yes, this is seen without a doubt when looked at directly, but at other times it is not seen, when distracted by the illusions.Do you see without a doubt that there is no separate self in charge of life, driving the body?
Yes, this is seen when looked at directly, but at other times it is not seen, when distracted by the illusions.Do you see that there is only life flowing as the body ?
Does it mean that there is a separate self when distracted by the illusions?Yes, this is seen when looked at directly, but at other times it is not seen, when distracted by the illusions.
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