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Dear Adrienne!
This is great. Look where it is not so obvious. Is there something left, where the self is hiding?
🙂 Steffi
Dear Adrienne!
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 is a matter of repeatedly looking where the sense of self appears.
Is there an instance that notices that no self can be found?
Focus your attention on the sense of self. Where does it seem to be perceived?
The sense of self is the object of investigation and you are looking at it directly. Is there really a self to be found there?
Can you perceive a sense of self right now?
If so, where can you find it?
Focus your attention on the sense of self.
If the search is frustrating because you can’t find anything, you know that you are really looking.Dear Adrienne! I read your guide at LU. You kept taking breaks because you weren’t feeling well and did trauma work. How are you doing now? How do you feel?
Dear Adrienne!
We do not expect an answer from the mind. The self can emerge as a thought or as a feeling. So observe in everyday life whether self thoughts or a sense of self arise. So when you are sitting, feel into your body and see if the feeling is there: I am sitting. Or when you look out of the window, for example, see if it feels like YOU are looking out of the window. Or do thoughts arise that say: I am sitting, I am looking out of the window…?
It could be that the thought then arises: There is no self! And that ends the search for the sense of self and the self thought, then it could be that it has become a new belief that tells itself that there is no self.
If this happens, then simply let this thought move on and search freshly in your experience for the sense of self.
