The 6th fetter is not about the self anymore.
It is the subtle assumption that experience belongs to an inner centre.
This article describes how that structure is investigated, what unfolds along the way, and what remains when the inner receiver falls away.
realize
Texts about realization, insight, and seeing what is true.
They describe shifts, awakenings, and moments of clear recognition.
Is There Anything Outside of Experience?
Is there anything outside of experience?
Or does everything we know – including space, time, and the universe itself – only ever appear within experiencing?
This article explores where knowledge ends
and what remains when assumptions are questioned.
Sinking In – what happens after seeing through the self-illusion?
What happens once it’s clear there is no self? That’s when Sinking In begins – the insight slowly becomes the new normal. Discover how this natural unfolding shows up in daily life, with examples and simple practices for deepening.
What happens after seeing there is no self?
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.
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
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.
There is no self, I do not exist!
Continuation of What is the self?
What happens in the shift?
To see through the self illusion we go into direct experience. Here we separate the sensual experience from mental interpretations.
In direct experience there is no self (and no other illusions or assumptions).
In seeing through the self illusion, the following happens: The no self that we experience in direct experience becomes our everyday experience. It is then no longer necessary to go into direct experience. The ego-lessness is then always experienceable. Omnipresent. Whereas, of course, in this way there is neither self nor egolessness.
So if we have to go into direct experience to experience selflessness (no self), the shift has not yet occurred.
Experiencing this shift is important, because otherwise the self illusion is not seen through and we cannot loosen the next fetters. We no longer investigate the next fetters in direct experience, but in our then everyday experience – without the self filter.
So if you notice that you are not getting anywhere in the next fetters, it may be because the self illusion has not been fully seen through.
What can you do? Just keep looking. Do all the exercises for recognizing the self illusion again and again and check: There is no self – is that true?