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Hi,

I have lately been having a lot of doubts about meditation and buddhism in general, and am seeking some sort of higher guiding power of compassion that supposedly does not exist in buddhism but could be personified as a God in western religions. I find it has actually helped me gain deeper levels of insight and peace when I imagine a god of…[Read more]

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I am currently on stage 4 and I think that I have experienced dullness in my practice before as a pleasant sensation of almost nothing occurring in my mind. I find it to be quite relaxing and I always feel well rested, but I wanted to know more about this sensation. Does the conscious part of the Mind train the unconscious discriminating…[Read more]

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I was wondering if anyone has some insight on whether or not it is unhealthy to force yourself to Meditate, and what the difference between using willpower to Meditate and using diligence to meditate. When I first started meditating I was so intent on getting rid of my anxiety that I forced my attention on my breath for many days until I…[Read more]

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I am currently in stage 4, and was reading about moments of consciousness, and am having difficulty wrapping my head around it, particularly the distinction between unconscious moments of consciousness and conscious moments of consciousness. My main question regards the models conception of unconscious moments of consciousness, how can an…[Read more]