This thread is meant to be a concise list of exercises pointing to the truth of enlightenment -- the truth of no-self.
All of the exercises listed herein are PRACTICAL! They are NOT philosophical or theoretical. They are not to be debated or pondered intellectually. They are to be actually done! Do each exercise carefully and notice what direct experience reveals. Often times direct experience will reveal something counter-intuitive, something that goes totally against all common-sense and any models you have of how reality works.
Feel free to contribute your own exercises to this thread. But do so in a concise and practical manner, so whoever is reading this thread can focus on LOOKING or CONTEMPLATION versus debating or asking theoretical questions.
This document is a work-in-progress. I'll keep adding more exercises to the list.
Here are some of my favorites so far:
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Exercise #1: Drawing An Imaginary Line
Exercise #2: Noticing Space As Unitive
Exercise #3: Noticing That All Phenomena Is Democratic
Exercise #4: Noticing Objects Exist Only Where They Are
Exercise #5: Sensory Field Connection
Exercise #6: Noticing There Are No Objects
Exercise #7: Noticing The Self-Image Isn't You
Exercise #8: Noticing You Are Not A Point-Camera
Exercise #9: Noticing The Gap Between Thoughts
Exercise #10: Noticing The Source Of Thoughts
Exercise: #11: Noticing That Sound Occurs Exactly Where It Is
Exercise #12: Noticing The External World Doesn't Exist
Exercise #13: Noticing Other People Do Not Exist
Exercise #14: Noticing That Nothing Is Hidden
The above exercises are true enlightenment work. This is where the rubber meets the road.
Keep practicing all of these exercises diligently, for months, until all your imaginary paradigms of reality break down and you are left only with direct experience. When you start to feel like this silly creature below, you're on the right track:
