Dharma Treasure Community | Synelg | Activity http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/members/synelg/activity/ Activity feed for Synelg. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:32:53 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=4.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 fbb27cf1f19fecdb528e8a9ca9bda409 Synelg replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/page/2/#post-1739 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 23:26:56 +0000 Mine started mid-November. And I’m looking at this darn dullness as a sign of progress – heck – we’ve made it to Stage 4 Alex! Lol.

Also, I had my first on-line meeting with Tucker Peck yesterday. It was good. He said something like that my sub-conscious might be trying to not let the nasty stuff come up – I’ve already had two…[Read more]

]]> ba2fd96a514e43b43f8b848e52637333 Synelg replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/page/2/#post-1739 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 23:26:56 +0000 Mine started mid-November. And I’m looking at this darn dullness as a sign of progress – heck – we’ve made it to Stage 4 Alex! Lol.

Also, I had my first on-line meeting with Tucker Peck yesterday. It was good. He said something like that my sub-conscious was trying to not let the nasty stuff come up – I’ve already had two ‘purification’…[Read more]

]]> aa193309922c38508859bcbf7a96cb75 Synelg replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/page/2/#post-1737 Wed, 21 Dec 2016 20:26:33 +0000 Alek – yesterday I tried easing up on things as you said. Also, I got up and did walking meditation for just a few minutes several times, as well as the clenching muscles thing. It worked! I was able to do an hour and a half! Instead of battling and giving up at 20 minutes or so. I’ve NEVER managed 90 minutes, so I’m really pleased that…[Read more]

]]> a6c7f25330f9e9c334969b92c0511728 Synelg replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/page/2/#post-1736 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:08:13 +0000 Alex, not Alec. Sorry

]]> e5e522afe39bdc0d0d3ea2eb0a17996d Synelg replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1735 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 21:02:45 +0000 Me too Alek – it helps hugely to know this is normal. If I didn’t have the book and this community to know that, I might have given up on meditation as it’s almost impossible to get anywhere. I too seem to have been thrown backwards badly – I was making really good progress, now I can hardly meditate at all. I tried the whole body thing -…[Read more]

]]> ca506fd7ab457d4eb6bca2f003fdc223 Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1733 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 03:12:43 +0000 I will do the walking – my dodgy knees will just have to cope. Funny thing is, I’ve taught myself to meditate in bed, lying down, before I sleep. As long as I go to bed half an hour early, I can meditate just fine. It was really difficult when I first tried, but now it’s good. And even now, with the strong dullness, if I go to bed early, I…[Read more]

]]> b13cc4548af524d338d5908d7c7f45b8 Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1731 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 01:34:31 +0000 And I will try the spine straightening too! 🙂

]]> 18694db965d3c812513e2af1f5452458 Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1730 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 01:33:43 +0000 Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Junot C. 3 months? I can do that. XXXX

]]> e2020926ce4a55b6b3ee9dce47437216 Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1728 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 01:21:54 +0000 I can see why monks in monasteries used to whack their students for falling asleep lol. That would work I’m sure lol. I feel like whacking myself! Aaaargh!

]]> 374553c522f8483d19ce7fe3abf84cf3 Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1727 Tue, 20 Dec 2016 01:19:41 +0000 Hi B Lejon – it really is incredibly tedious and frustrating yes? Lolol.

Punching the air above my head – like you see boxers on TV punching the air in front of them – I do it above my head. Just raising one arm, then the other, only ‘punching’. Lol. It actually works, but I’m not sure it’s a valid technique lol

]]> 4a44c9e7a8c8013c05bf249ebcd02260 Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1725 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 23:09:14 +0000 Thanks Ted – the hold my breath, clench up and release helps a lot at times – it’s my chief technique and often lasts for several minutes. But other times, the dullness begins straight away and nothing (except punching the air so far) seems to work. I will keep going, using standing and walking when it gets really bad. Gosh I’ll be glad when…[Read more]

]]> b05ebde93f7d47b87f4c9497ae2ca7db Glensys H replied to the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness/#post-1723 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 22:08:17 +0000 Actually, both standing and sitting DO work. But with dodgy knees (one is a total replacement), I try to limit both. But THANKYOU for replying. 🙂

]]> 34d7f0c86b6403a06b541d63c3235a8e Glensys H started the topic Strong dullness in the forum Meditation http://dharmatreasurecommunity.org/forums/topic/strong-dullness Mon, 19 Dec 2016 21:09:32 +0000 I’m at Stage 4 and this dullness really SUCKS! If I’ve had plenty of sleep, it starts around the 20 minute mark. If I’m the slightest bit tired, it starts immediately and if I don’t do anything, I’d fall asleep every few seconds it’s so bad. Tried all the techniques in the book – they help but don’t fix so far… Today I started punching…[Read more]

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