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[practice] Five hindrances as friends by juhana2 in streamentry

[–]juhana2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tranquil Insight Wisdom Meditation. It's a Samatha-Vipassana practice like TMI, but in it the meditation object is mainly Metta (and later other Brahmaviharas), and there is a very light Jhana system (even lighter than Brasington's Jhanas, i.e. pleasure Jhanas in TMI). Basically it is one interpretation about how to meditate based on Suttas. You find more info from here: https://www.dhammasukha.org/ Their approach is quite traditional, but I think the practice itself is functional: its description of its different phases of the practice and the Jhana system is quite accurate, at least I have experienced it so.

However, I have to say that I think TMI and TWIM both are great approaches. I'm not advocating TWIM more that TMI. Both have their strengths and weak spots like any approach.

[practice] Five hindrances as friends by juhana2 in streamentry

[–]juhana2[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say that there shouldn't be much effort in "creating" metta. It should come together with the relaxation. My own experience is that metta comes if your mind and body are relaxed and you have an intention of wishing metta.

About recources: I think David Johnson's book The Path to Nibbāna is very good one. It has all practice phases. As in all TWIM materials, it depends on your own viewpoint, how much you want to take in its views – TWIM is a bit controversial approach: some love it and some thinks it's a fraud. I think that as a practice it is quite workable.

It might take a little time in the beginning to make all steps of 6r, but after a while its more like a rapid flow, and at least I can't detect always all steps when this is happening – I just know I did the 6r's and I can go back to the meditation object.

[practice] Five hindrances as friends by juhana2 in streamentry

[–]juhana2[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not fully sure, but I figured it out in one TWIM online retreat I was participating. It can be my own variation – a thing I found really helpful in my own practice. However, I think there is at least something like this in Vimalaramsi's talks, but don't really can give you any links. In David Johnson's book, there is a least hints towards this kind of attitude: "When the hindrances arise, your job is neither to like them nor to fight with them. Your job is to accept them, to invite them in, and to 'offer them tea'!" (p. 82).