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Hi, Vinnie.

Sorry I didn’t reply earlier, but I have been busy and no able to check up the site.

I’m very stable with my practice; at this point I cannot conceive giving it up. But I do recognise some of the emotions & thoughts, in particular the judging. In fact, loving-kindness (recommended in TMI) has helped a lot. Have you tried this…[Read more]

Hi, Alex & Philip.

I tend to agree with Philip: it’s practice.

When I bring my attention to the sensations in the body, I focus on all the pleasurable sensations and the peace of mind that seems to emerge. At one point, my attention just seemed to get ‘glued’ to the breathing sensations. It just happened, out of the blue.

Even if very useful at…[Read more]

Hi Alex!

I live in Munich and I’m interested.

Kindest regards,

María

Hi Alex!

I live in Munich and I’m interested.

Kindest regards,

María

Hi Blake,

There are noticeable signs of pacification of the senses going on (mainly on the proprioception & visual side), so it can well be that the process of unification of mind is getting stuck. Even if I cannot think about any issue in particular, I’m sure I can do with some purification of mind; so I’ll do some loving-kindness & take up the…[Read more]

Thanks, Alex, you are very kind.

Wishing you well too.

Maria.

Hi, Tom,

That’s a good question :))

I went all the way through up to ca. stage 7, following the instructions quite precisely. I could clearly identify specific signs of progress (e.g. not forgetting, overcoming dullness, at one point it started to happen that distractions would altogether disappear for a good part of the meditation and I sort of…[Read more]