Dharma Treasure Community | Jacques Pierret | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/jacquespierret/activity/ Activity feed for Jacques Pierret. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 b4abca2c15f48f6964b3c7d637444e0b Jacques Pierret started the topic On sleep and dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/on-sleep-and-dullness Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:54:05 +0000 Hi All,
If anyone is interested, here is a recent video from The Nature of Things. Several neuroscientists explore the many ramifications of sleep. They involve how sleep influences choice, among other things. I bring this up here as, for those interested, there might be a strong argument for how sleep would be essential for meditation…[Read more]

]]> d47eccf29e2367d4e79d953653f62d12 Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-415 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:25:17 +0000 Hi U. Tucker,

Thanks for your advice. Things are moving on and taking care of themselves.

I’m writing this short note to mention that, indeed, the service (or technology) that is supposed to be sending us emails … Notify me of follow-up replies via email… is not functioning. I haven’t once received an email to my inbox since…[Read more]

]]> d95ee96c8718ddb493aaba443b514ed7 Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage Three Question in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-three-question/#post-409 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:23:09 +0000 Hi Patrick,
First of all, just to be clear, I am a beginner (not to meditation but to this book) myself. I simply figure that I have sufficiently understood and assimilated the difference between peripheral awareness and attention.
That being said, one thing that has helped me is to go over the book several times. This is…[Read more]

]]> 3bfe73d0dd06b4a121f79ef5474b464c Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-408 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:54:38 +0000 And to drag things out further… :o) I forgot to omit the context of this thread from the very beginning. It has a lot to do with this paragraph from Stage 3 of Culadasa’s book:

“The dullness and drowsiness we’re concerned with here are due specifically to meditation practice, and need to be clearly distinguished from dullness due to other c…[Read more]

]]> f8cd940afe3070553fbc10795d1c7a7c Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-407 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:28:03 +0000 Hi Upasaka Tucker,

Thanks for your answer. You certainly put PSD in a larger context, which is helpful. I think a big part of my problem is that dullness follows me around through much of my days. I have something akin to chronic fatigue syndrome. Have you heard of how to deal with this problem in dealing with…[Read more]

]]> 44bc1aa7d3a9dd0269765c67ea7f6b78 Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-404 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 13:06:43 +0000 Hi again,
I was wondering if anyone could address my last question (above)?

My predicament lies in knowing if one can move on to a subsequent Stage -in this case, from Stage 4 to 5 – when uncontrollable factors like a lack of sleep is confusing matters. In other words, if I can notice only subtle dullness when I have had proper sleep,…[Read more]

]]> 9f88b737634eca12d9c592d63cff4cc2 Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage Three Question in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-three-question/#post-403 Tue, 05 Jan 2016 20:14:20 +0000 Hi Patrick,

Maybe another way of explaining the difference between alternating attention and peripheral awareness is to take the example of sound. You might be walking down a typical downtown city street and just hear the background hum of all the traffic as well as other activities. Meanwhile, as you continue walking, let’s say you…[Read more]

]]> d6c16a8dbacd4091fc9362f0e4736b1b Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-397 Sat, 26 Dec 2015 09:39:48 +0000 Hi Upasaka Tucker,
Thanks for your observations. I have also investigated dullness in a recent meditation, but there was little dullness as I did so. In any case, I’ll look into it further as you describe.
More than goofy thoughts, I have found the apparition of hypnagogia to be a current and infallible flag for dullness. But…[Read more]

]]> 648735bb913a8f40196ff00d038cb94f Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-395 Fri, 25 Dec 2015 11:57:03 +0000 Hi again,

I’ve moved on to Stage 5. The body scans have been very effective in general but I still seem to sometimes have problems with progressive subtle dullness.
But there is more to this. I have chronic sleep problems. So on some days when I have gotten a not too bad night’s sleep, I am relatively awake and alert in the day.…[Read more]

]]> e30d9f264731abe383d07f205130633f Jacques Pierret replied to the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions/#post-394 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:59:22 +0000 Thanks Blake…Your pointers are indeed helpful.

]]> 7eb8cddcfd94e01f5e6abe4e3150fc98 Jacques Pierret started the topic Stage 4 Questions in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/stage-4-questions Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:24:22 +0000 Hi All,

I am presently on Stage Four. Along with a friend, we are wondering if you could further elucidate what you (the authors of The Mind Illuminated, or anyone else) mean by “the mind watching the mind watching the breath.” Do you mean this literally or is it a metaphorical pointer? I manage to hold the background sub mind simultaneously with…[Read more]

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