The sense of being is the assumption that I am.
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Invitation to work with me
For some, enlightenment strikes like a blow. Others find it after decades of searching. After years of meditation. Or with a guru. So it’s pretty unlikely that awakening could happen to you.
Spiritual awakening – a cosmic joke
What is actually meant when people talk about spiritual awakening? This text is about spiritual awakening using the concept of the 10 fetters as described by Buddha.
There is no self, I do not exist!
Continuation of What is the self?
What is the self?
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.
Direct Pointing – Direct experience
For the inquiry into the self illusion and the other fetters, we work with direct pointing. I would like to invite you to find out what they are.
Part 2: (My) Dialog – Desire and Illwill
This is the dialogue between Christiane and myself, taken from the Facebook group – with all spelling mistakes and forgotten words.
Through the 10 fetters to awakening
The concept of the 10 fetters is one of the Buddha’s discoveries.