Texts and dialogues about seeing through the illusion of self – stream-entry, the first step on the path to awakening.
The self illusion is the first fetter.
The assumption that there is someone who exists independently of everything else. Someone who has a life that they direct, over which they are the decision-maker. A person who thinks, decides and acts. Someone who controls something and is in charge of themselves.
Is there a self that thinks, experiences, chooses, decides, acts?
In the past, I would have answered, “Sure, there is. It’s the self! I think, I decide, I act!”
It is I who am directing my body! I am the decider, the one who says where it goes! The supreme decision center. The pilot.
But then something happened that threw my self off track. I took a closer look.
Seeing through the self-illusion is the first step on the path to awakening – the stream-entry.
It’s the moment when it becomes clear that the self you’ve always taken yourself to be has never actually existed.
Nothing mystical, nothing lofty – just simple, obvious, and entirely real.e streamentry.
The sense of being an I feels real – yet it is only a misunderstanding. This article shows, through direct exercises, how experience unfolds without an experiencer.
What remains when it’s clearly seen: there never was a self? A deeply quiet phase begins – not as a search, but as integration. A personal glimpse into this unfolding.
A real look into what it’s like to guide someone through the self-illusion: no theory, no big words — just simple, honest looking. Easy to follow and try for yourself.
You alone see what you see. You alone feel what you feel. But does that mean there’s someone at the center? This article explores what happens when experience unfolds without a self.
If the sense of self is still there, but cannot be localized when you look for it, you have already come a long way.
Now it’s a matter of looking again and again to see where the sense of self arises.
Is there a moment when you notice that no self can be found?
Focus your attention on the sense of self. Where does it appear to be perceived?
The self is the object of inquiry, and you are looking at it directly. Is there really a self to be found there?
Focus your attention on the self.
If the search is frustrating because you can’t find anything, you know you’re really looking.
