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Pop replied to the topic Culadasa is now offering private consultations online in the forum Dharma Treasure Community Information 6 years, 9 months ago
Personally, I really don’t matter how much Culadasa charges for a personal consultation. But I would be worried if his staff of teachers were expensive too. No complains here, the book is crystal clear and its price really low for all its content, plus the audios for free in the webpage and helpful teachers online responses for free.…[Read more]
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Pop replied to the topic Body Scan Difficulties in the forum Meditation 6 years, 10 months ago
Hi Junot, here my 2 cents:
– I feel every cm2 of skin as a lung, opening and closing. You feel as if inbreathing/outbreathing through your skin. If you can’t get that, before meditation you could try a 15 minutes qigong practice, that would help you notice it. Feng Ziquiang’s qigong should work fine. Just pick up one single exercise you like (eg:…[Read more]
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Pop replied to the topic Stage 4 Tension Headaces – Pushing Through Vs. Switching Focus To The Abdomen in the forum Meditation 6 years, 11 months ago
Hi,
My 2 cents regarding sinusoidal pain:
Check out where your eyes are look at: nostrils, abdomen or eyebrows. The last one may be the problem. But focusing downwards brings up further unconscious stuff to purificate. It may also work to release tension to widen up the scope of attention to the sides of the nose, or do some gladdening of the…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Confused about introspective awareness and concentration depth (stages 4-5) in the forum Meditation 7 years, 2 months ago
Hi Andrew, as for the gaps between breaths, I either watch the absence of strong/sharp (focused) sensations or the change in broad & peripheral sensations suchs as skin pressure, body temperature and sounds.
I have also tried to calmly wait for a diffuse tension to arise in the abdomen just prior to the inbreath. It’s interesting to see how much…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Confused about introspective awareness and concentration depth (stages 4-5) in the forum Meditation 7 years, 3 months ago
Hi,
I’m working on the same level as yours. Here’s my two cents (notes from my personal log):
– When the mind stabilizes, I found fruitful to observe the start of thoughts. That cuts them off, for a while. And when they appear (words, images, emotions, sensations), it is necessary to observe when they end, and to enjoy the later moment (be it a…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic How well does loving-kindness train concentration compared to breath? in the forum Meditation 7 years, 6 months ago
As far as I understood, Bhante Vimalaramsi’s jhanas matches Culadasa’s “Very Lite Jhanas”. but I don’t know if Culadasa’s implied critique is related to a higher-than-acceptable dullness in them and/or that BV’s TWIM method is based in an alternate attention method, going back and forth metta and release of tensions, even though it’s eventually…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 7 months ago
In these last four weeks, I wade through Stage 4, not really mastering the stage. In the 2nd week I had too many interruptions, family and work affairs, so I couldn’t meditate most of the days or less than 30 minutes. So, in the remaining last two weeks I tried to catch up.
Before, Brilliant Discourse was the main distraction. Finally, it came t…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Got an Insight and my practice became rare in the forum Meditation 7 years, 7 months ago
Regarding loving-kindness meditation, what worked for me was using pictures of love ones when they were childs, pics of smiling kids. Though it may be difficult to connect emotionally with grown up persons, you may connect with your/their inner child.
As a variation, you may try with “gratitude” towards someone. The rationale is that “love” may…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Best way to handle the pauses in the forum Meditation 7 years, 7 months ago
Hi,
Not an expert, just my two cents. In the book, it’s mentioned to observe changes in temperature and pressure in the nose. So there another object to watch related to the breath cycle. Also, the book talks about comparing the lenght of breaths, and so the natural thing is to compare the lenght of pauses too.
IME, the pauses are extremely…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Best way to handle the pauses in the forum Meditation 7 years, 7 months ago
Hi,
Not an expert, just my two cents. In the book, it’s mentioned to observe changes in temperature and pressure in the nose. So there another object to watch related to the breath cycle. Also, the book talks about comparing the lenght of breaths, and so the natural thing is to compare the lenght of pauses too.
IME, the pauses are extremely…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
In the last two weeks, I sat for 60-70 minutes daily in half-lotus. On good days I stay through-out the session in Stage 4, but on bad days I climb up and down from Stage 2 to Stage 4. Transition to Stage 4 was quite natural, with a steadier focus the mind calms down and the scope of attention widens up (physically and mentally). The first impulse…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
In the last two weeks, I sat for 60-70 minutes daily in half-lotus. On good days I stay through-out the session in Stage 4, but on bad days I climb up and down from Stage 2 to Stage 4. Transition to Stage 4 was quite natural, with a steadier focus the mind calms down and the scope of attention widens up (physically and mentally). The first impulse…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
I sit for one hour on a daily basis, half-lotus. Luckily, I have no postural problems/pains, other than a leg gone slept nearly at the end of the sit. The only postural thing that I watch closely is the bending backwards of the neck, which I recently discover is connected with dullness.
I start the sit with a few minutes of the Four Steps, and…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
I sit for one hour on a daily basis, half-lotus. Luckily, I have no postural problems/pains, other than a leg gone slept nearly at the end of the sit. The only postural thing that I watch closely is the bending backwards of the neck, which I recently discover is connected with dullness.
I start the sit with a few minutes of the Four Steps, and…[Read more]
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Pablo P replied to the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
I sit for one hour on a daily basis, half-lotus. Luckily, I have no postural problems/pains, other than a leg gone slept at the end of the sit. The only postural thing that I watch closely is the bending backwards of the neck, which I recently discover is connected with dullness.
I start the sit with a few minutes of the Four Steps, and then…[Read more]
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Pablo P started the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
Hi,
This is my first post. Happy to be here! There isn’t a specific place in the forum to present ourselves, so I guessed “Ride Sharing” is the best place to start. A copy of the book arrived a couple of weeks ago, and I started to practice while having a first quick read. I already have five years of meditation practice, though with many stops…[Read more]
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Pablo P started the topic Every Breath You Take – PP Log in the forum Ride Sharing 7 years, 8 months ago
Hi,
This is my first post. Happy to be here! There isn’t a specific place in the forum to present ourselves, so I guessed “Ride Sharing” is the best place to start. A copy of the book arrived a couple of weeks ago, and I started to practice while having a first quick read. I already have five years of meditation practice, though with many stops…[Read more]