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I'm really enjoying the simplicity, honesty, and consistency of the practice reports of Ron, Tom, etc. lately. Even though I guess I've made it to equanimity somehow, my practice has been complicated, erratic, inconsistent for the most part. I love the potential effectiveness of learning where I am on the "arc" and getting better and better at that. Right now, I'm not so good.
So, I'll start now.
Just finished 40 mintue sit in my office at work.
Rising, falling, stopping -- Rising, falling, stopping -- etc.
Stayed with that experience relatively well.
Felt peaceful and quiet for the most part. Sit uneventual otherwise. Just noted the rising and falling -- not much else happening. Saw how at certain points sensations kind of "shoot" into certain parts of my body just before the "falling" and just before the "rising." No sense at all of progress through the arc. At one point I got the typical "power surges" of energy up my spine that twists my neck slightly but that was only once or twic and very weak. No rapture, just over all quiet.
Lost in thought off and on but not enough to annoy me. Adam Lambert's version of "Mad World" was in my head the entire time.

Another 40 min sit at lunch in office. (I won't usually be updating so often!)
Between the two sits my vibe was a nice, mindful equanimity. Quiet, calm -- my favorite vibe and one that when it comes I appreciate.
Sit was similar. More strong and stormy vibrations mostly in my feet, abdomen and hands. A little more mind wandering. Stronger energ surges up the spine and twisting the neck about half way in followed by mild rapture feelings up the spine and scalp.
Just rising, falling stopping, noting sensations.
Noticed a little bit of desire for a different, more dramatic experience.

Thanks for your posts, I have been convicted as well to restart clear descriptions of my sittings. Its not that I am not sitting, I just don't seem to get around to the posting part. Good reports... Keep 'em coming...

Clayton

Back to back 60 min sits. At home before the house woke up.
First sit: Rising falling stopping. Trying to notice arc movement. This is new so I'm confused. Notice a lot of mind wandering. Seems to happen during the STOPPING.
At some point mid way the head starts to move back and forth and twist. This comes and goes. Then bits and pieces of more rapturous feelings and back to the head movements. Then, more wandering mind.
Second sit. Begins with more wandering mind. Frustrated. Then, some sustained time of good attention to rise fall stop. powerful surges up the spine. some rapture upfrom my legs to my knees and back.
Started to turn more attention to vibrations, sensations, feelings Lots of tickling feelings on face and neck..
Then -- started to notice this sensation that had been there all along of intense disatisfaction and pain. It was located somewhere between my throat and my chest. Just a permenant, familiar feeling of disapointment, desire, pain. I kept noting and as I noted I seem to kind of enter it. Then, I got the power surges strong up the spine that twisted my neck. Usually when this happens so intensely I change something in order to make it stop. It doesnt feel like vipassana to me for some reason. This time i decided to keep going. I kept returning to noting the sensation and letting the surges come. I noticed that my mouth formed a sort of disgusted shape.
At some point I knew the alarm was coming so everything settled back down.

Just sat here in the office before work. 45 minutes.
Rising, falling, stoping. Rising, falling, stopping.
I'm not following any particular system in my sits, what I do lately is mostly an intuitive process that changes throughout the sitting.
I start with noting the breath and then my basic goal is to not miss anything that is happening -- sensations, thoughts, feelings, etc. The not missing can just be the note "there" when something very subtle happens, or, "itch" or "tickle" or "vibration" or "image" or "wandering" -- whatever is happening right now noted in whatever way feels best right then. Sometimes I don't note at all I just hit the sensation with my awareness as fast as it happens. Sometimes I'll just say "next" as new sensations arise without giving them specific labels such as itch, pressure, cold, etc.
Today felt right. About halfway through very pleasant but subtle weak rapture feelings came along which I haven't had for weeks now. Not sure what part of the "arc" that is. The rapture comes after energy surges that jerk my neck around.

oh and here is the thing lately: the sits are remarkably similar day after day. after months and months of changes and interesting insights and new experiences things just seem steady now like I'm just hunkering down and developing my vipassana technique through practice and patience and consistency. I have faith that if I stay with my true experience that I'll go to some next step when the time and conditions are right.

"I'm not following any particular system in my sits, what I do lately is mostly an intuitive process that changes throughout the sitting... The sits are remarkably similar day after day. after months and months of changes and interesting insights and new experiences things just seem steady now like I'm just hunkering down and developing my vipassana technique through practice and patience and consistency. I have faith that if I stay with my true experience that I'll go to some next step when the time and conditions are right."-telecaster

Knowledge of Equanimity.

Like I've said elsewhere I haven't been sitting as much lately. I have arthritis in my lower back and I get prescriptions somtimes for pain pills. Since I am compulsive and addictive and like to feel all warm and fuzzy I tend to abuse the pain pills from time to time. This is an intermittent thing but definitely a factor in my life. Over the past couple of weeks I've been taking the pills a bit and what happens is my sensitivity to my body and mind goes away and meditation is kind of a non event.
The pills are out of my system today and my morning sitting in my office was markedly vibratory and rapturous from beginning to end and I ended up with the first feelings of joy i've felt in a while.