Nothing is done by the individual - The individual is done by the universal

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Key Takeaways
• No Individual Action Exists:
What we call “doing” is not done by an individual self. Every movement, thought, and decision arises spontaneously as the expression of the universal — not from a separate doer.
• The Body-Mind Is an Instrument, Not the Operator:
The body doesn’t act by itself, nor does an individual entity inside it control it. The sense of “I am doing” is a feedback loop of perception, thought, and sensation reinforcing the illusion of separation.
• The First ‘Trauma’ of Separation:
The moment awareness identifies with the body (“I am here, that is there”), the illusion of distance and individuality arises. This is the original split — the root of all conditioning and suffering.
• Life Does Itself:
Just as the heart beats and hair grows without effort, all actions occur naturally. Breathing, seeing, walking, speaking — all happen within being, not by a personal will. You are the being in which all doing unfolds.
• You Are the Doing, Not the Doer:
Existence itself is the movement — being the doing of all that is done. You are the aliveness animating the body-mind, not the limited sense of control imagined by thought.

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Topics
• Illusion of the Individual Doer:
The belief “I am moving the body” arises from layered conditioning — thoughts about decisions, sensations of motion, and perceptions of distance. Together they fabricate the sense of “me” as a separate operator.
• Layers of Experience:
Each experience of selfhood contains layers:
1. Thought (“Should I answer the door?”)
2. Feeling (bodily sensations)
3. Perception (hearing the bell, seeing movement)
These intertwine to recreate the illusion of agency.
• Trauma as Conditioning:
“Trauma” here means residual patterns of identification — preconditions that shape future reactions. Every moment we identify with the body or mind, another imprint of separation forms.
• The Tail and the Dog Analogy:
Drawing from Alan Watts, Saja compares the body to a tail and the universal to the dog: the tail doesn’t wag the dog; life doesn’t get moved by the self — the self is what’s being wagged.
• Effortless Doing and Flow:
Everyday habits like walking or cooking reveal glimpses of effortless flow — life acting through us. The illusion returns only when effort and control reappear, when the “I” claims ownership of what arises.

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