Awesome!
Let me try to clear up some things first.
Viv Westbrook:
There is no need for an agent to do any thing.
If you think it's plausible that there is an observer, can you identify that observer?
If you can, then can that be what you are?
I do not find it plausible that there is an observer, but I do find it plausible that there can be an observer. In other words: while it is true that "there is no need for an agent", this needlessness does not necessitate non-existance. The only way of knowing this existence to be or not, is to look for something which is clamed in these circles not to exist: the self.
After reading your post I reflected a bit, and this is what I came up with:
[quote=My"self"]
I am that which happens within my own reality.
Because that is so many things, all eventually passing away and stopping to exist, it is unlikely that the self is unchanging or seperate.
I see now how the "self" is a perspective applied to all these things, these sensations, not something which is observing anything.
The self is a seasoning added to the ingredients (sensations) of the dish of experience.
But this process of adding the self, even though I try, I do not know how to stop.
I do not remember what brought me to think "I am that which happens within my own reality", but there is a clue in it as to how I am relating to a self.
Viv Westbrook:
In other words, is there an observer, or is there just observing?
Are you the actions and the motions of the body? Or are there just motions and actions.
As to that clue that I mentioned, it appeares here as well. I do understand that the reality I experience is made of only tiny pieces of stuff (sensations), all arising and passing away. But the process of adding the self into the mix I cannot do much with as of now. To illustrate: while I understand that there is "just observing", I will think of it like this: "I am only the observing". Or, while I understand that there is "just motions and actions", I will think of it like this: "I am only motions and actions". And while reality/experience is just a field of sensations, I will think of it like this: "I am that which happens within my own reality".
As you see, the process of adding self/I am to everything still persist.
Viv Westbrook:
BTW - I am a friend of Ilona, Elena and Thassa - and since they are a little busy at the moment, they asked if I could respond to you.
Viv
Nice to meet you, Viv