A thought suddenly feels true.
Not because of what it says –
but because it is believed.
What happens when you look exactly there?
inquire
Guided inquiries and practical experiments.
These texts invite you to look directly at what is found in experience – beyond concepts or belief.
What is the self – and how does it show up in experience?
A hands-on workbook for those who want to explore the self-illusion – no theory, no spiritual add-ons.
Direct Experience – a Tool for Investigating the Self-Illusion
An experiment – a tool for investigating the I-illusion Arriving Sit down. In the kitchen. On a chair. The room is here: window, table, cup. A thought immediately says: kitchen, chair, coffee. That is normal. This is how experience usually begins – with an immediate impression and a quick label. Seeing Let your gaze move …
No Special Seeing
Sometimes it feels as if clarity has vanished – as if the simple seeing has been lost. But what could really be lost? When even the wish to see more is included in seeing, only this remains: what is already here.
When Fear Appears
You want to look – and suddenly there’s fear. Or resistance. Or the feeling that you can’t do this.
This isn’t a mistake. This is already part of the inquiry.
After Desire and Aversion: When Old Wounds Appear
After desire and aversion fall away, it can seem as if reactions still happen. But what arises now are not new fetters – they are old wounds, surfacing to be felt and healed.
Everything belongs
Guilt, fear, confusion, tiredness, tears, the wish to get it right – all of it belongs. Nothing is wrong.
When Desire and Aversion Are Investigated – and the Self Is Still Active
When the mind jumps and focus seems impossible, it can look like something’s wrong. But often it just shows that the self hasn’t been fully seen through – and is still trying to protect itself.