• Finally, apologies to both Blake and Sergey for replying so late. When I am in foul mood I tend to get very withdrawn and uncommunicative.

  • Finally, apologies to both Blake and Sergey for replying so late. When I am in a foul mood I tend to get very withdrawn and uncommunicative.

  • @Sergey

    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…

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  • @Blake

    Welcome to the forum. Your post starts with the following “… my sessions still feel as poor as they did on day 1”. Right away this shows that you have a lot of judgment and dissatisfaction with your practice. It is very difficult to develop tranquility when you have this much resistance.

    Tell me about it. Tranquility does come somet…[Read more]

  • Welcome to the forum. Your post starts with the following “… my sessions still feel as poor as they did on day 1”. Right away this shows that you have a lot of judgment and dissatisfaction with your practice. It is very difficult to develop tranquility when you have this much resistance.

    Tell me about it. Tranquility does come sometimes. I get t…[Read more]

  • Welcome to the forum. Your post starts with the following “… my sessions still feel as poor as they did on day 1”. Right away this shows that you have a lot of judgment and dissatisfaction with your practice. It is very difficult to develop tranquility when you have this much resistance.

    Tell me about it. Tranquility does come sometimes. I get t…[Read more]

  • (This is a slight reformulation of text I originally wrote on TMI subreddit. I was referred to this place so that I can ask Culadasa directly for advice about my problem.)

    I have been meditating for 5+ months with TMI (1 hour daily) and my sessions still feel as poor as they did on day 1. I have a lot of problems with kriyas/kundalini syndrome…[Read more]

  • (This is a slight reformulation of text I originally wrote on TMI subreddit. I was referred to this place so that I can ask Culadasa directly for advice about my problem.)

    I have been meditating for 5+ months with TMI (1 hour daily) and my sessions still feel as poor as they did on day 1. I have a lot of problems with kriyas/kundalini syndrome…[Read more]

  • (This is a slight reformulation of text I originally wrote on TMI subreddit. I was referred to this place so that I can ask Culadasa directly for advice about my problem.)

    I have been meditating for 5+ months with TMI (1 hour daily) and my sessions still feel as poor as they did on day 1. I have a lot of problems with kriyas/kundalini syndrome…[Read more]