How do you define what is or isn't a thought? If something is noticed it must necessarily be a thought that creates the experience of noticing. Anything unnoticed would be outside of the present awareness, even if you noticed that you didn't notice it, in hindsight, which itself becomes the present thought. My mind scrambles when I get caught in this house of mirrors. All that can be noticed are the footprints of the mind in hindsight, but the origin of the thought can't be seen directly. The thing which sees is itself the thought/mind/awareness.
@@Lexor1111 Focus on the substance of thought rather than the content. Self aware, knowing, awake, alive, immediate. Don't worry about defining anything objectively because that's just more thought like you're saying, it will happen intuitively the more you have the intention of moving attention away from the content of thought, to the immediate and direct experience of thought as it is happening now. It's really simple but sometimes it takes a bit of practice before this clarifies. You could use one inquiry question and don't deviate from that. That way you can be sure that anything other than that question is a distraction. For example "before birth, who am I?". If the mind gives you anything other than that question, bring it back. Until you feel the question with your entire being. Ask the question then open yourself up to your immedoate experience :)
@@Lexor1111 Hope that helps! In one of my older videos I describe how when I got into this it was really difficult and confusing and I struggled with thoughts a lot. I think what changed that was self inquiry. Turning the attention back towards the one who is confused by thought. That was what changed it all I think, investigating the subjective position at the core of it all 🙂
What would clarity indicate? Not always the case but in that practice it was peaceful spaciousness. I sit in (what I think is) awareness and nothing. Sorry if that's a daft question.
@@norfolkyeti Well I feel the inherent self-knowingness of experience doesn't need anything. In that it's complete and at peace. The more I relax into that the less I feel separate from everything in experience. The clarity is the simplicity of being.
@@norfolkyetithis actually became really uncomfortable for me because i always felt a sense of being on edge….. and in a way i was afraid to move because i didn’t want to “ lose” it…… only recently have i been moving more and not holding on …… though it’s not really a separate “ me” doing that. it’s just life or this or whatever is just being the whole experience. that’s how it feels lately.
These videos are quite helpful. "Is what you are apart from the thoughts?" I do more often catch myself during my thinking, and find it important to wonder, "does this thought belong to me?" , "who thinks this?" As if I can see the thought but not quite "buy into" the content of it.
So good! When you talk slow like this and there are pauses my mind can settle down and what you're pointing to becomes more available. Thanks David
Beautiful! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
always a pleasure returning to your presence. thank you 🤍
How do you define what is or isn't a thought? If something is noticed it must necessarily be a thought that creates the experience of noticing. Anything unnoticed would be outside of the present awareness, even if you noticed that you didn't notice it, in hindsight, which itself becomes the present thought. My mind scrambles when I get caught in this house of mirrors. All that can be noticed are the footprints of the mind in hindsight, but the origin of the thought can't be seen directly. The thing which sees is itself the thought/mind/awareness.
@@Lexor1111 Focus on the substance of thought rather than the content. Self aware, knowing, awake, alive, immediate. Don't worry about defining anything objectively because that's just more thought like you're saying, it will happen intuitively the more you have the intention of moving attention away from the content of thought, to the immediate and direct experience of thought as it is happening now. It's really simple but sometimes it takes a bit of practice before this clarifies.
You could use one inquiry question and don't deviate from that. That way you can be sure that anything other than that question is a distraction. For example "before birth, who am I?". If the mind gives you anything other than that question, bring it back. Until you feel the question with your entire being. Ask the question then open yourself up to your immedoate experience :)
@@difficult_to_describe ok yeah, thanks you for the direct advice!
@@Lexor1111 Hope that helps! In one of my older videos I describe how when I got into this it was really difficult and confusing and I struggled with thoughts a lot. I think what changed that was self inquiry. Turning the attention back towards the one who is confused by thought. That was what changed it all I think, investigating the subjective position at the core of it all 🙂
What would clarity indicate?
Not always the case but in that practice it was peaceful spaciousness.
I sit in (what I think is) awareness and nothing.
Sorry if that's a daft question.
@@norfolkyeti Well I feel the inherent self-knowingness of experience doesn't need anything. In that it's complete and at peace. The more I relax into that the less I feel separate from everything in experience. The clarity is the simplicity of being.
@@difficult_to_describe it's weird, like the mind is sitting in suspense but I'm without thought or anticipation.
@@norfolkyetithis actually became really uncomfortable for me because i always felt a sense of being on edge….. and in a way i was afraid to move because i didn’t want to “ lose” it…… only recently have i been moving more and not holding on …… though it’s not really a separate “ me” doing that. it’s just life or this or whatever is just being the whole experience. that’s how it feels lately.
@@norfolkyeti 😄
@@katehiggins9940 always there always at peace ❤️🕉️
These videos are quite helpful. "Is what you are apart from the thoughts?" I do more often catch myself during my thinking, and find it important to wonder, "does this thought belong to me?" , "who thinks this?" As if I can see the thought but not quite "buy into" the content of it.
@@erniejohnson7636 Perfect :)