Another occurance this morning that felt like somewhat of a breakthrough. I've done self inquiry quite a few times before but today seemed to be the first time I actually isolated and felt the sense of I. Previously I've excluded thought, body, concepts etc from the sense of I but for some reason included all my senses and perceptions when looking for "I". Today I went beyond that and just stayed with the presence itself, before sight, hearing, thought and everything else.
I feel like another piece of a puzzle has fallen into place and the road to where i need to get to seems a little straighter now. I can kind of see why you keep telling me to forget all the other stuff. I'm not going to solve anything with my mind because there's nothing to be solved. Just a shift that needs to occur.
Question... Is there value in continuing with self inquiry after this point? Is constantly going back to and resting in being/emptiness/whatever what's required for me to make the shift from living as a little me to living and knowing myself as just an empty presence?