The following experiments are designed to provide an
opportunity for you to reflect, in a variety of nonordinary
ways, upon your understanding of:
the fundamental and essential nature of Reality and
our identity and experience as human beings.
  
They are predicated on setting aside our "normal"
consensus- based assumptions about the apparent
"objectivity" of "external" reality and the "subjectivity"
of the "internal" self.


Experiment #1: Reality and Enlightenment
1.  To the best of your ability, describe, in writing,
      the nature of Reality.

2.  To the best of your ability, describe, in writing,
      the nature of Enlightenment.

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Please do not read below these lines
until you have written your two descriptions.
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3.  Now, review what you have written with a 
     recognition that these words are only descriptions 
     of Reality and Enlightenment.  Look at your 
     descriptions with an eye to discovering what 
     beliefs you are now holding that limit (within 
     your own mind) the possibility of what Reality and 
     Enlightenment might actually be.

4.  Next, consider the possibility that Enlightenment 
     is nothing more, or other than, an insight into 
     or understanding of the nature of Reality, and 
     review what you have written.  How would you 
     modify your descriptions of Reality and 
     Enlightenment, based upon this assumption?


Experiment #2: Awareness
1.  Imagine that your awareness within the present
     moment is the background for everything that 
     exists within the manifest universe.
  
2.  Can you prove to yourself that this is not true?


Experiment #3: Infinity and the Present Moment
1.  Imagine that the present moment is Infinite.  

2.  Can you prove to yourself that this is not true?


Experiment #4: Limitless Essence
1.  Imagine that anything you can experience, 
     through your mind and senses, is only a limited
     part of who you are. 

2.  Now imagine that the larger part of who you are 
     is not limited.  

3.  Consider: how does your sense of identity, or 
     self, shift during this process of imagination?


Experiment #5: All That Is
1.  Imagine that Reality is one unbroken, continuous
     Whole.  

2.  Consider: how would this understanding of Reality 
     affect:
     - your sense of identity? 
     - your relationships to other apparent parts of
       Reality?
     - your understanding of your ability to choose?
     - the way you live your life on a day-to-day
       basis?


Experiment #6: Time
1.  Imagine that the past and the future are contained 
     within the present moment.

2.  Consider: how would this understanding affect your:
      --  your regrets about the past?
      --  your concerns about the future?
      --  your choices within the present moment?


Experiment #7:  Life and Death
1.  Imagine that you will never die.

2.  Consider: how would this affect the choices you
     make within the present moment?


Experiment #8: Identity and Clear Seeing
1.  Imagine that when you are completely at peace 
     and "at home," you are completely free from any 
     particular identifying characteristics.

2.  Consider: how does this feel?

3.  Next, look at your life and your world through 
     this "clear" lens.  What do you see?



Experiment #9: Seeking
Consider your responses to the following 3 questions:
(1) What are you seeking?
(2) Do you really want to find it?
(3) Are you ready -- now -- to accept it, fully?


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You may continue exploring the nature of
Reality by engaging with Metta in
the Insight Mentoring process.


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