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Hi Louis,

I totally agree with Blake’s responses (also please be aware that he is an approved teacher of Culadasa, and I am just a guy practicing the book)

But what I can also suggest to try is this: try to let all these thoughts go for a day or two during your sessions, and then compare the results. Did you get more understanding of…[Read more]

Another piece of advice is to try and make that tension your point of attention, and then try to notice where you react to it – it might be some different place, so then you make that place of reaction your point of attention. If that brings relief, try hanging out in that place as your primary object of attention.
I also had some tension in my…[Read more]

Hi Stefan!

I am not an authorized teacher or a direct student of Culadasa, so it’s not an official advice – so you should probably take Dharma Treasure teachers’ advices above mine.
I am myself at Stages 5-6 and from what you write it sounds like you are at Stage 4 – you get distracted by pain and tension, that’s what happened to me on Stage 4.…[Read more]

Thanks so much, everyone!
Sorry for not posting earlier, I wanted to have some results at hand before I do, and also some time to figure things out.
I was overwhelmed by feelings and problems (my relationships with family showed their true nature, same was with my employer – so it took some time to adjust and recover. As for the job, I found a…[Read more]

Thanks so much, everyone!
Sorry for not posting earlier, I wanted to have some results at hand before I do, and also some time to figure things out.
I was overwhelmed by feelings and problems (my relationships with family showed their true nature, same was with my employer – so it took some time to adjust and recover. As for the job, I found a…[Read more]

Thanks for your help, Jevan.

I think it’s partly leftovers of my traumatic past, partly dark night
I had a quite good awareness/mindfulness since 5 years ago, as well as the darkest period of my life, and at about that time I enrolled into psychotherapy, and my awareness grew tremendously fast every year – my life was also becoming increasingly…[Read more]

Thanks for your help, Jevan.

I think it’s partly leftovers of my traumatic past, partly dark night
I had a quite good awareness/mindfulness since 5 years ago, as well as the darkest period of my life, and at about that time I enrolled into psychotherapy, and my awareness grew tremendously fast every year – my life was also becoming increasingly…[Read more]

Thanks for your help, Jevan.

I think it’s partly leftovers of my traumatic past, partly dark night
I had a quite good awareness/mindfulness since 5 years ago, as well as the darkest period of my life, and at about that time I enrolled into psychotherapy, and my awareness grew tremendously fast every year – my life was also becoming increasingly…[Read more]

Jevan, not sure if that’s Insight-related, but there are a few things:
– I am quite uncomfortable with my body, I have muscle tension in my stomach, my back, and especially my neck – e.g. I can’t lie down on my back being relaxed, I feel like my cloths start pushing on my neck/chest and I am quite uncomfortable with that, but even if I take off…[Read more]

Hi Jevan,

I think it made me more detached of my future and my goals – I am more present now (that present moment is mostly uncomfortable though). I dream of future much less, and I spend much less time planning and worrying about the future, the plans, etc. Just to be clear, I still do a lot (or more) of wholesome healthy things for myself, so…[Read more]

Hi Jevan,

I think it made me more detached of my future and my goals – I am more present now (that present moment is mostly uncomfortable though).
I dream of future much less, and I spend much less time planning and worrying about the future, the plans, etc. Just to be clear, I still do a lot (or more) of wholesome healthy things for myself, so…[Read more]

Hi Jevan,

I think it made me more detached of my future and my goals – I am more present now (that present moment is mostly uncomfortable though). I dream of future much less, and I spend much less time planning and worrying about the future, the plans, etc. Just to be clear, I still do a lot (or more) of wholesome healthy things for myself, so…[Read more]

Hey everyone,

So much thanks for all you wrote! I actually did a 40 minutes session today and plan to do another one, and I got back my meditation tracker apps too. I will post an update here in a week or two, to tell how everything worked out, but I feel a change already!

Literally each of you had some precious piece of advice for me: I used…[Read more]