All public journal entries by JohnRandall

Set-up purpose of metta. 10-15 minutes of metta.
Set-up purpose of Vipassana (to note all phenomena of body and mind are transient, conditioned and are non-self)> Mind initially interested in sounds. Breath arose - thinking arose - back to breath / sounds. Noted that thinking was happening more quickly than previously. Noted transience of thinking. Body comfortable. Moments of piti in the breath and hearing.

No metta - set-up by reviewing purpose of meditation in wider context of the teaching.
Periods between mind wandering in fantasy with no noting and then brought back to the breath. Noted little: concentration or wandering.