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The Dark Night

“(1) Historically it is not a term from the Buddhist meditative tradition but rather from the Roman Catholic meditative tradition. (Of course, there’s nothing wrong with using Christian terms for Buddhist experiences but…)

(2) One must clearly define what one means by a “Dark Night…[Read more]

Anything from Shinzen Young is great (a lot on Youtube).
His Praise listing https://www.shinzen.org/resources/ has a lot of names whose work helped me to get a deeper understanding. Culadasa is in that list as well.

I have the same problem.
I would love to take this course but a lot of my Saturdays are taken ;-(
If there is any way to combine my available Saturdays with catching up by watching recordings etc. that would be great.
Thank you.

Hi Peter.
I had the same problem for a long time. I had it as a “headband tension” that would start and increase during my meditation but would subside and disappear once I am off concentrated state.
I am not entirely free from it now but below is what definitely helped me to start understanding this condition deeper and work it out.
I had…[Read more]

Dear Samuel.
I can confirm that I had similar experiences that started about a couple of years ago.
I will just report to you what was and is happening to me in hope that it will help you to understand changes that are happening to you.
About two years ago I first started feeling that my body started to reject meat. I ate meat all my life, so it…[Read more]

Hi, Magnolia.
Thank you so much for your pointers. I will definitely try 3D-ing the experience. I know exactly what you mean! Thank you for the book recommendation. I’ll go thru for sure.

Regarding the 12 qualities: This is the free book I found that speaks about the 4 Elements and their 12 qualities, but I still not discerning them well. I feel…[Read more]