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Josh replied to the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation 5 years, 10 months ago
Bobby,
I can’t tell you how helpful your feedback has been, and how grateful I am to have found resources like TMI and this community. I really think I could have ran around in the dark for 25 years if not for some of this specific feedback.
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So, I figured it out.
I was making a few mistakes that were really confusing me. First, I was…[Read more]
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Josh replied to the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation 5 years, 10 months ago
Update:
I tried the 4 step transition this morning. It’s helpful — especially now that I’m specifically trying to tease out what’s in attention and what’s in awareness.
(It’s actually interesting, the breath-counting method I came up with on my own actually has served a similar purpose but with less clarity around where attention was actually…[Read more]
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Josh replied to the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation 5 years, 10 months ago
@Peter – Haha, glad to know I’m not the only one 🙂
@B_Arnold – Thanks for the super comprehensive response. I’ll try to answer your questions as well as I can.
1. Regarding Stage 3 following/connecting + the body scan
I find that when I first sit down (first 5-10 minutes) trying to very clearly observe subtle sensations feels very difficult…[Read more]
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Josh started the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation 5 years, 10 months ago
Hi,
My question is about orienting myself and my practice within The Mind Illuminated’s framework.
This is a long post, so I really appreciate your taking the time to read it and help me out 🙂
A little background:
I started meditating about 5 years ago, and pretty consistently for the last 3 or so.
From the beginning, I found that although…[Read more]