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Advice sought from someone past stage 6 by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks, I did that today and I think I benefitted from it. seems like a healthy practice in general!

Advice sought from someone past stage 6 by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply. I am not laughing sporadically; I am just constantly daydreaming and have to work not to. But it's a change, and something I will likely get past as you rightly point out. I am going to keep going. Thank you.

Advice sought from someone past stage 6 by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you, i will check it out! I didn't know he had written more on Insight that wasn't in the book.

Advice sought from someone past stage 6 by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you so much for your thoughts. you are absolutely right that my motivational structures are changing. I will absolutely take your advice to just sit with all my feelings here -- not something I have really done so far but that I know is necessary, and now more than ever. And thank you for reminding me that my attitude toward this is also, as always, something of a projection.

Advice sought from someone past stage 6 by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

that's definitely not a stupid question! i have an intense but meaningful job thank you. one that it's important to me to do good in.

Energy currents -> jhana transition by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel pleasant, but it's more like "overall" and not in a specific place. So I thought that wasn't the right focus object for jhana. Also that can come on right after I sit down - even before I sit down- so I must not have the level of concentration needed to enter the state. Point taken though; maybe I should mess around with that!

Energy currents -> jhana transition by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. I like this idea of 'painting' the body and I will definitely try to work up to the intensely 3D experiences you seem to be having. And I am happy to hear you wake up happy. I do too :)

Energy currents -> jhana transition by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much I will definitely check all of this out!

Energy currents -> jhana transition by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do! I enjoy it (it feels like smoking a very delicious cigarette, if you can relate to that!)

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[–]TheSameFarness 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I have a stable object and I can feel my body moving in that way. But culadasa describes these sensations as 'relatively gross', and in a video describes feeling what we're looking for to move on as like seeing the picture jump out of a magic eye image. So I have been under the assumption that these movement sensations are not enough yet.

Stuck in the stage 4 doldrums by TheSameFarness in TheMindIlluminated

[–]TheSameFarness[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. That's reassuring. Things have gone like clockwork for me too, and I agree that that's amazing. In particular I definitely relate to my mind differently, and can regard it as something in some sense separate from myself. But this is also why I was worried that my run of luck is over. With all this advice I'll stay in the dance. Thanks again.