Tim11's practice notes
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15 years 2 weeks ago #71360
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2:55 Wednesday
Mind felt reasonably undistracted, alert, present, etc. Faint tingling and swirling in the body, light head pressure constantly moving around. Subtle flickering and pulsing at times. Everything soft and smooth, very relaxing. Thoughts were quiet however the mind felt quite blunt. Towards the end the body felt very insubstantial, the only solid part being soft, massaging head pressure. Felt like spacing out except I was present for most of it.
2:05 Thursday
It seems the previous day was an anomaly. Quickly reached the same lightness and tingling of recent sits. Thoughts were very easy to work with until I reached a place where the slipperiness was extreme - the mind just wanted to slide off everything into thoughts. Worked up momentum with noting which helped, the intensity increased, then the thoughts and the intensity all eased off. After that the body wanted to relax, to the point of being floppy. Mentally it was like looking at a bright light (not a real light, just the impression of one), and all sensations were arriving around it.
1:35 Friday
Same territory as the previous day, except the slipperiness wasn't quite so bad this time. Later on things became subtler and subtler, the sensations of little particles swirling around the body seemed magnified.
Mind felt reasonably undistracted, alert, present, etc. Faint tingling and swirling in the body, light head pressure constantly moving around. Subtle flickering and pulsing at times. Everything soft and smooth, very relaxing. Thoughts were quiet however the mind felt quite blunt. Towards the end the body felt very insubstantial, the only solid part being soft, massaging head pressure. Felt like spacing out except I was present for most of it.
2:05 Thursday
It seems the previous day was an anomaly. Quickly reached the same lightness and tingling of recent sits. Thoughts were very easy to work with until I reached a place where the slipperiness was extreme - the mind just wanted to slide off everything into thoughts. Worked up momentum with noting which helped, the intensity increased, then the thoughts and the intensity all eased off. After that the body wanted to relax, to the point of being floppy. Mentally it was like looking at a bright light (not a real light, just the impression of one), and all sensations were arriving around it.
1:35 Friday
Same territory as the previous day, except the slipperiness wasn't quite so bad this time. Later on things became subtler and subtler, the sensations of little particles swirling around the body seemed magnified.
- Tim11
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15 years 2 weeks ago #71361
by Tim11
Replied by Tim11 on topic RE: Tim11's practice notes
2:15 Saturday
Very similar to recent sits: lightness & tingling, then attention drawn to front/centre and the impression of a bright light, then things become subtler and subtler, body sensations magnified. Today seemed to end up deeper, body and mind very still, breathing very slow and shallow. At times the body sensations would be more intense but then settle down again. Felt like magnifying more and more over time.
3:05 Sunday
Same territory but seemed to go further today. The slipperiness was extreme again, had to work hard to get through it. Little buildups of something like tension mixed with excitement or adrenaline. There was a specific moment when the slipperiness ended, afterwards quiet, slow thoughts would come through but they had little power to take me away. The body was quiet too, head pressure mild and shifting. Towards the end things seemed closed in, like the whole world was inside my skull. Hard to understand exactly what I was seeing or sensing, but it seemed microscopic.
Very similar to recent sits: lightness & tingling, then attention drawn to front/centre and the impression of a bright light, then things become subtler and subtler, body sensations magnified. Today seemed to end up deeper, body and mind very still, breathing very slow and shallow. At times the body sensations would be more intense but then settle down again. Felt like magnifying more and more over time.
3:05 Sunday
Same territory but seemed to go further today. The slipperiness was extreme again, had to work hard to get through it. Little buildups of something like tension mixed with excitement or adrenaline. There was a specific moment when the slipperiness ended, afterwards quiet, slow thoughts would come through but they had little power to take me away. The body was quiet too, head pressure mild and shifting. Towards the end things seemed closed in, like the whole world was inside my skull. Hard to understand exactly what I was seeing or sensing, but it seemed microscopic.