[Upali UMember]

Hi again Darrell,

Sorry to be vague and to only leave you with more questions! I agree with what Blake has put here, that simplifying your practice would be beneficial. It stood out to me that you feel like you have a lot of ‘balls in the air,’ when the practice is actually quite simple: keep your attention at the sensations (or lack of sensations) of the breath, when the attention moves, kindly bring it back.

I’d also be curious to know more about the distracting energetic sensations you are having. Why do you think those are there?

Upali

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Hi Dcurtis,

It sounds like you have some misconceptions both about the stages of TMI and about attention vs awareness. While this sounds critical, I actually think you are more advanced in the practice than you are giving yourself credit for. I would highly recommend working 1:1 with a teacher because I think you will find that much more inspiring and productive than an internet forum at this point.

Here is a list of teachers in training with Culadasa: https://dharmatreasure.org/teachers-in-training/

Much love,
Upali

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