Seeing through the self illusion: This blog is about spiritual awakening using the concept of the 10 fetters as described by Buddha. The first step is to see through the self illusion – the streamentry.
1st question
You want to realize that there is no real, separate, inherent “self” – what do you mean by that?
Final questions
The thing about the final questions in Liberation Unleashed is that they can actually be answered once the self illusion has been intellectually understood. The Shift, is the best indicator that the self illusion has been seen through. So if you can answer the final questions and they have been confirmed positively, but you have not had a shift, the self illusion is most likely not seen through.
So take another close look:
Is there still a feeling somewhere:
I say that!
I think!
I do this!
I decide!
I control!
I move the body!
These are my feelings!
I experience the world!
No connection
Things happening in the world and feelings arising, but there is no connection, no next step, they are not supposed to “lead somewhere”, they are just there.
written from a client who is currently investigating desire and aversion
Are you ready?
Are you ready for the inquiry into the fetters? It takes curiosity, honesty, focus, priority, continuity, openness, will.
If it feels like goodbye, it feels right
It’s about the truth and nothing else. And if it feels like goodbye, then it feels right. It’s about letting go of everything. And there’s nothing that can save you. Because there is no you. It’s the illusion of this you that says goodbye.
Feeling feelings – how does that actually work?
Excursus: Feeling feelings: In the inquiry into fetters we often work with body sensations. But what exactly are body sensations and how can we feel them?
Awakening: The end of suffering
When we no longer suffer, awakening has come. Awakening and the end of suffering are the same.
Restlessness: The 9th fetter
Restlessness is a state of insecurity and unease.