Dharma Treasure Community | Henk de Wit | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/henk-de-wit/activity/ Activity feed for Henk de Wit. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 c7de7ad24d93356e6ec47df42ead2a13 Henk de Wit replied to the topic Proceed to Stage 4 or train introspective attention? in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/proceed-to-stage-4-or-train-introspective-attention/#post-2983 Sun, 20 May 2018 10:46:56 +0000 Hi Alea,

I’m not sure if this can help you but I’ll give it a shot anyway.

My practice is currently at the end of Stage 3 and I have trained my introspective attention to become more continuous by doing the following for quite a number of sits: holding the intention to invoke introspective attention as frequently as possible (for me this was…[Read more]

]]> a5af5405115e4c196b186a10a9ab44c0 Henk de Wit replied to the topic Agitation in Stage 3 in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/agitation-in-stage-3/#post-2876 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:43:14 +0000 Thank you for that answer, Tod! It’s really appreciated and definitely helpful.
I’ve indeed noticed that since some weeks my attentions is stable longer than before. What I as a result interpret as a sign of progress after months of mind-wandering and forgetting.

Again, thanks very much and good luck with your own practice.

]]> f7c1c0573274d9f5aacfee5c6cdb9257 Henk de Wit started the topic Agitation in Stage 3 in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/agitation-in-stage-3 Thu, 12 Apr 2018 19:54:02 +0000 Hi all,

Currently my practice is at Stage 3. Periods of mind-wandering have almost completely stopped and I notice that introspective awareness is becoming more powerful. I also find myself better able to prolong the periods of attention to the breath.
However here’s the problem as well; very often the following occurs:

I’m going through the…[Read more]

]]> 506ec6d866efc4276af24ef1517e68fe Henk de Wit replied to the topic Stage 3 question in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-3-question/#post-2643 Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:14:46 +0000 Thanks to all of you for your responses. They will definitely be of help to me.

In reply to Judith:
”I can’t tell from what you’ve written so far if this is a simple issue of misunderstanding or if you’re facing obstacles in moving your attention from focusing on sensations of the breath to conscious knowledge of thoughts arising in the mind.…[Read more]

]]> 4b063f5dc03d29aaa3ada1d0d9604e5a Henk de Wit started the topic Stage 3 question in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-3-question Sun, 04 Mar 2018 11:48:05 +0000 Hi there,

A few weeks ago I have started in Stage 3. In TMI various exercises/techniques are described to achieve the goals of this Stage.
Most of the techniques are straightforward and rather easily applicable. With regards to developing introspective awareness the practice of ‘checking-in’ is described. The book states that this practice…[Read more]

]]> 7115b6e40088ff8f4ec9b24e6d318451 Henk de Wit replied to the topic Question on dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/question-on-dullness/#post-2534 Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:03:14 +0000 Thank you all very much for the wonderful advice and suggested links.
Last night I listened to and summarized the audio that is being referred to. It contains some very useful tips on how to deal with dullness. To show my appreciation to all of you, I will include the summary in this post. Please find it below.

• Dullness is when there’s an inc…[Read more]

]]> b9c5d3c5f7a62f396709c24b7df4aa75 Henk de Wit started the topic Question on dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/question-on-dullness Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:33:56 +0000 Hi there,

About a month ago I have started meditating with TMI. I have made some good progress such as the mind-wandering that does not last longer than max. 10 seconds.
However what I am currently running into is a(almost daily) dullness/sleepiness/drowsiness that shows up just when I start to notice the sensations around the nostrils more…[Read more]

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