Dharma Treasure Community | Josh | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/jfrey/activity/ Activity feed for Josh. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 20ad5239f46b42e3c165ebb7d88f1dba Josh replied to the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/orienting-myself-in-practice/#post-2966 Tue, 15 May 2018 19:59:12 +0000 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]

]]> f6aea7a9a6d298b0ab976a626208294b Josh replied to the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/orienting-myself-in-practice/#post-2959 Sun, 13 May 2018 17:12:08 +0000 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]

]]> 7f59dc98530a4143bd6cb014239439aa Josh replied to the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/orienting-myself-in-practice/#post-2958 Sun, 13 May 2018 05:59:01 +0000 @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]

]]> dc75e31ff0d41ac41a0bae0981c66004 Josh started the topic Orienting myself in practice in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/orienting-myself-in-practice Sat, 12 May 2018 23:01:01 +0000 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]

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