Dharma Treasure Community | Stefan | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/stefan/activity/ Activity feed for Stefan. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 ba8a6d60e5853354bd19be0f07dd6e09 Stefan replied to the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice/#post-1764 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:34:55 +0000 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 When I am in foul mood I tend to get very withdrawn and uncommunicative.

]]> 19fd22905c9898df1f0b64d01bf62297 Stefan replied to the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice/#post-1764 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:34:55 +0000 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 When I am in a foul mood I tend to get very withdrawn and uncommunicative.

]]> 78d7f3ebc9553773b3ad472b7e4e25a9 Stefan replied to the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice/#post-1763 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:32:25 +0000 @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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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]

]]> 5281a02b73d2870eff00e88357fbef90 Stefan replied to the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice/#post-1760 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:24:03 +0000

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]

]]> 1982dc5553c72db40f7c881ee5682680 Stefan replied to the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice/#post-1760 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 14:24:03 +0000

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]

]]> a587fb1d60eaa67a9ccaa3d1bb814315 Stefan started the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:54:06 +0000 (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]

]]> 549536e66f6f3b509cdc2cfa790e7b98 Stefan started the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:54:06 +0000 (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]

]]> 5220a5468647ac51a7e71821f1bf0ab3 Stefan started the topic Struggling with practice in the forum Help Wanted or Offered http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/struggling-with-practice Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:54:06 +0000 (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]

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